
If you have nothing to lose, let them have it
I’m a career journalist/comms professional. 10 years of comms, 4.5 years of journalism, 2 degrees, and a fellowship. I’m looking to shift full time to community journalism. I applied to a posting that was vague about the salary. I corresponded with the hiring individual for about a week before they finally told me that they were only offering $36k a year and expecting me to relocate on my own dollar. (I have no issue relocating on my own dollar, but be organized and offer to pay me above living wage). This salary is nearly half of the living wage for the region.
Perhaps I am just angry, but I have nothing to lose with a random newspaper on the other side of the country, so I was very, very honest.