Christine wrote, >>I worked it out to about $11.00 per hour - which means you do it to extend your experience into journalism rather than for the money. << Or you're a person who loves to read newspapers and other news sources, and/or needs to do so for a university course... might as well get paid while doing something you'd be doing anyway. A friend of mine did that while working on his thesis. >>Call centre work pays more.<< So does temping as a data entry clerk or backoffice typist, assuming one has the keyboard skills and no problem with RSI. Jean ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************