A Tale Of Two Kinds of Media Workers

Maya Kosoff
3 min readOct 20, 2020

If Zoom Dick has reinforced anything about journalism, it’s the reminder of a stark stratification in the industry. There are people who feel totally fine literally jerking off at work and collecting a comfortable paycheck, while the media underclass writes SEO posts in a permanent stress-crouch position for barely enough money to cover rent. You’re a figurative Toobin, or you’re writing 7 posts a day, wondering if you’ll be…

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Maya Kosoff

i’m a freelance writer and editor. you can also read me in places like the new york times and vanity fair.