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A new national freelance market?

This report in today's New York Times presents a possible new freelance market for all you health and wellness freelancers out there.

USA Weekend Smart Health, which will be published midweek as opposed to weekend, is being published by Gannett.

The spinoff, titled USA Weekend HealthSmart, was distributed by 76 of the 600 newspapers that carry USA Weekend, including The Chicago Sun-Times, The Detroit Free Press, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and Newsday. The 76 newspapers have an estimated circulation of 7.5 million; the total USA Weekend circulation is 22.7 million.

The 32-page issue of USA Weekend HealthSmart carries a cover date of June 19-22 and is billed as "a special midweek edition of your favorite weekend magazine." It includes articles on topics like allergies, asthma, A.D.H.D. (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), cholesterol and migraines.


Advance, which owns my hometown paper The Plain Dealer, does a monthly publication I write for called Smart Health. Articles are typically short with one or two sources, but the pay is on the higher end for Northeast Ohio.

There's word that Gannett is considering another spinoff for food.
Published Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:16 PM by WendyHoke

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# re: A new national freelance market?

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:42 AM by Adetokunbo Abiola
I wish to subscribe so I can receive e-mails when there updates. I also think this initiative is very useful for freelance journalists.
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