Wow. @thenextweb refused to pay a very successful woman even travel to overseas conference, and THEN they wrote an insulting email on top.https://twitter.com/jilliancyork/status/841991866363056131 …
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Look, I am not going to say never speak for free. There are few exceptions, but usually those are conferences that DO have a blanket policy.
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But conferences: the people who can LEAST afford to speak for free, let alone pay for travel out of pocket, are the people you need to hear.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted bart
Same idea. Unpaid internships narrow the pathways to jobs with influence in media, civic service and NGOs.https://twitter.com/bart_smith/status/841996265676263424 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Luvvie is the #ProfessionalTroublemaker
Oh, wow, just catching up details of this story. The person was
@luvvie... What is this LETTER@thenextweb?


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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Alon (they/them)
Academic conferences (that I know of) never pay; maybe they cover travel for keynotes. Issues there, but different.https://twitter.com/alon_levy/status/841999000156934144 …
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@alon_levy Info & Library Science pays, although not huge amounts. Bigger confs pay lots though. ALA Annual pays $$$ for keynotes.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Yes, although ALA keynotes are not usually scholars. Politicians and celebs, mostly.
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lib conferences always pay at least cost in my exp. but they're not academic; they're professional development
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Right; that is different.
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