I'm a full-time web editor at a metro newspaper. My take? There is plenty of cheap, low-grade, evergreen content out there (think Associated Content), and onl

I'm a full-time web editor at a metro newspaper. My take? There is plenty of cheap, low-grade, evergreen content out there (think Associated Content), and only low-grade media companies want it. What decent news outlets want is high-grade, local, exclusive, timely content -- and I can't see a freelancer who is capable of producing that type of content using a platform like StoryMarket, rather than dealing directly with the media outlet. Similarly, I can't see assignment editors using StoryMarket to find that type of content. Assigning editors like to deal with freelancers directly, for a whole host of practical reasons. My prediction? StoryMarket is going to find itself with a lot of content, and not a lot of people willing to pay for it.