De mercenarios a héroes: un recorrido por la historia del periodismo Freelance

Abstract

The freelance are independent journalists who differ from their companions of staff at which they are employed for several mass media without belonging to the staff of any of them. There are so many differences between them that it is necessary that the University accepts the need to give a specific formation for them, which provides to them the intellectual necessary weapon to fight for their rights. It is unthinkable that initiated the XXIst century these professionals are employed without assurance at zones of risk or that on having be given of discharge as autonomous they have to resign almost 50 % of their income. Still today most of the information that we know on them is across their works, due to the scanty documentation that exists on this profession. And it in spite of the fact that it exists from the same moment that the journalism of staff.