| Managers | Staff members | |
|---|---|---|
| The compensation made it worth my time | 39% | 42% |
| I wanted to raise or market my personal profile | 30% | 30% |
| I believed in and wanted to advance the mission of the organization | 25% | 21% |
| I wanted to gain experience producing work that my current job | 23% | 28% |
| I wanted to give back to the organization in some way | 21% | 11% |
| Other | 16% | 16% |
| I just had something I wanted to say | 11% | 13% |
| I hoped it would lead to a paying job with the same organization | 10% | 16% |
| I haven’t done any freelance work in the last five years | 2% | 1% |
MANAGERS18: Most important reasons for freelancing
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About the Author: Laurie Beth Harris
Laurie Beth Harris was the Editorial Manager of the American Press Institute, and lead writer of API's morning newsletter, Need to Know, until May 2018.
She is the former copy fellow at Southern Living magazine. Laurie Beth is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. While at UNC, Laurie Beth served as copy desk editor at The Daily Tar Heel.
