Aaron Crowe

Doc Kane

After two years of newspaper layoffs in the Bay Area, it’s time to do something to get more freelance writers and editors hired.

Doc Kane, above, lives near Chicago but hires writers and editors from around the country for his company. Every major metro area should have such a service.

In the Bay Area there’s Editcetera, a site I just learned about, that hires freelance journalists.

In my New Year’s goal of Timothy Ferriss’ book of starting a business, I’m thinking that there’s room in the marketplace for another such business to connect freelance writers with businesses. Editcetera and others are filling that need, but I’d like to find a niche to narrow the market.

Another place for writers and editors to do their work can only be a good thing. Maybe the Bay Area needs another newspaper, but online only…

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