"don't have skin in the game" -- can you explain what you mean by saying that journalists don't have skin in the game of journalism? Your first paragraph says

"don't have skin in the game" -- can you explain what you mean by saying that journalists don't have skin in the game of journalism? Your first paragraph says that content-based websites are easy even for poor people; your second says it's hard and that you have to work for free for months. I'm confused. How are poor people supposed to work for free for a few months and then have enough to pay themselves reasonable salaries with health care/insurance and retirement and PTO?