NOTE: The following is from The Bird Writes Associate Editor Preston Ellis. The thoughts and opinions outlined here are those of my own and those that agreed to post the shared statement below.
You’ve probably heard the news by now.
SB Nation and Vox Media recently cut ties with 200 positions operated by some of our West Coast-based colleagues following the passing of a California law designed to protect freelancers.
What you may have not heard is that most (if not all) of those who helped to build these individual websites from the ground up were dismissed without word or proper notice ahead of the general public.