The barriers to entry couldn't be lower. Most bloggers for hire pay $80 to get started, do it for about 35 months, and make a few hundred dollars. But a subgroup of these bloggers are the true professionals who work at corporations, serve as highly paid blogging consultants or write for sites with substantial traffic.
这份工作的门槛极低。大多数靠博客挣钱的写手付费80美元开个博客,从事博客写作的时间大约在35个月左右,可赚回几百美元。但有一小群博客作者是真正专门从事博客写作的,他们在公司供职,担任薪资丰厚的博客顾问,或是为访问量很大的网站写东西。

Pros who work for companies are typically paid $45,000 to $90,000 a year for their blogging. One percent make over $200,000. And they report long hours -- 50 to 60 hours a week.
在公司任职的专职博客作者通常年收入4.5万-9万美元。有1%的人年收入在20万美元以上。这些人的写作时间也很长,达到每周50-60小时。

As bloggers have increased in numbers, the number of journalists has significantly declined. In Washington alone, there are now 79% fewer DC-based employees of major newspapers than there were just few years ago. At the same time, Washington is easily the most blogged-about city in America, if not the world.
写博客的人越来越多,而同时新闻记者的人数却显著下滑。仅华盛顿一地,大报社驻华盛顿的雇员人数现在就比几年前减少了79%。与此同时,华盛顿也轻松地成为了美国最受博客作者关注的城市,如果说不上世界范围的话。

Almost no blogging is by subscription; rather, it owes it economic model to on-line advertising. Bloggers make money if their consumers click the ads on their sites. Some sites even pay writers by the click, which is of course a system that promotes sensationalism, or doing whatever it takes to get noticed.
几乎没有博客是通过订阅营利的;其经济发展模式是依靠在线广告。如果读者点击网站上的广告,博客作者就能挣钱。一些网站甚至还以点击量作为向作者付费的标准,这样一个体系当然会促使人们追求轰动效应,或是尽一切努力引起读者关注。

It is hard to think of another job category that has grown so quickly and become such a force in society without having any tests, degrees, or regulation of virtually any kind. Courses on blogging are now cropping up, and we can't be far away from the Columbia School of Bloggerism. There is a lot of interest now in Twittering and Facebooking -- but those venues don't offer the career opportunities of blogging. Not since eBay opened its doors have so many been able to sit at their computer screens and make some money, or even make a whole living.
很难想到还有什么工作会如此迅速地发展,并在没有任何考试、学位,或是任何监管的前提下成为一支重大的社会力量。现在出现了一大堆有关博客写作的课程,也许要不了多久就会有哥伦比亚博客学院(Columbia School of Bloggerism)了。现在很多人都对使用Twitter和Facebook上网写东西以及交友很感兴趣,但这些平台无法提供博客写作这样的职业机会。自从eBay创立以来,还从没有这么多人都可以坐在电脑屏幕前赚钱,甚至是以此谋生。

And with millions of human-hours now going into writing and recording opinion, we have to wonder whether being the blogging capital of the world will help America compete in the global economy. Maybe all this self-criticism will propel us forward by putting us on the right track and helping us choose the right products. Maybe it will create a resurgence in the art of writing and writing courses. Or serve as a safety net for out of work professionals in the crisis. But for how long can nearly 500,000 people who are gradually replacing whole swaths of journalists survive with no worker protections, no enforced ethics codes, limited standards, and, for most , no formal training? Even the 'Wild West' eventually became just the 'West.'
现在,有数百万人工投入在了写作和记录观点上,在这样的情况下,我们得考虑成为世界博客之都是否有助于美国在全球经济中的竞争。或许所有这些自我批评会让我们走上正确的道路,帮助我们选择正确的产品,从而推动我们前进。或许它会带来写作艺术和写作课程的复兴。抑或为危机中失业的专业人士充当安全网。但正在逐渐取代整个新闻记者队伍的近50万博客作者,他们没有劳动者保护,没有强制的道德规范,水平也有限,而且绝大多数都没有接受过正式的训练,这些人能撑多久?要知道,就连所谓的“狂野西部”最终也会褪色成“西部”而已。

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