freelance

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The New York Times cut ties with a freelance book critic who admitted that an A.I. editing tool had regurgitated passages from a Guardian article into his draft.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

We begin at the end of a “Save the Frogs” fundraiser at the country club, presented by Josh and Lindsay, who helped put it on and who works there as a freelance interior decorator.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

I found a few online freelance writing groups and joined them the way you join a party where you don’t know anyone.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

On Tuesday, the BBC apologised for not looking into a separate allegation of "inappropriate communications" involving Mills, first reported in the Telegraph, raised by a freelance journalist last year.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Lelia had already left the apartment for a freelance job, though she’d clipped a note to the front page of the paper: You don’t have to go.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee