Author: Peter Erikson

Peter Erikson is a freelance copy editor and writer who has worked for newspapers around the world, from Tokyo to Honolulu to San Francisco.
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Going Solo: Choosing to Freelance After Layoffs

October 19, 2023 by Peter Erikson | 3 Comments on Going Solo: Choosing to Freelance After Layoffs

The fateful call from the largest newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I worked as an editor, left me unprepared. It was the same for the other 17 people who were laid off this year, almost all of whom, like me, were over 40. It felt as though a door had been slammed […]

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