Kaitlyn Arford — Freelance Writer
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Hi! I’m Kaitlyn — a freelance writer who can create:
• researched, SEO-driven blog posts
• reported articles
• profiles
• Q&As
• ghostwritten content
Work with me ➡️ kaitlyn.arford[at]gmail.com
I also share a lot of information about building an independent career on my blog: kaitlynarford.com/blog
• researched, SEO-driven blog posts
• reported articles
• profiles
• Q&As
• ghostwritten content
Work with me ➡️ kaitlyn.arford[at]gmail.com
I also share a lot of information about building an independent career on my blog: kaitlynarford.com/blog
Please stop using Google AI overviews in the background of your videos as evidence to prove a point. They are loaded with errors. Point to journalism instead!!
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Please stop using Google AI overviews in the background of your videos as evidence to prove a point. They are loaded with errors. Point to journalism instead!!
Please stop treating paying for a news subscription like paying for Netflix. It’s just as vital as paying your water bill.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Please stop treating paying for a news subscription like paying for Netflix. It’s just as vital as paying your water bill.
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A major Nvidia scoop and a thread about being a small news organization. Stay for the kicker.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A major Nvidia scoop and a thread about being a small news organization. Stay for the kicker.
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Y'all — As a journalist covering global health and environmental disparities, I've lived in Atlanta car-free since 2018 because that is the easiest way to put my money where my mouth is!
I am organizing a half-marathon length bike ride to support my newsroom, and I'd love for you to be my sponsor:
I am organizing a half-marathon length bike ride to support my newsroom, and I'd love for you to be my sponsor:
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Y'all — As a journalist covering global health and environmental disparities, I've lived in Atlanta car-free since 2018 because that is the easiest way to put my money where my mouth is!
I am organizing a half-marathon length bike ride to support my newsroom, and I'd love for you to be my sponsor:
I am organizing a half-marathon length bike ride to support my newsroom, and I'd love for you to be my sponsor:
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What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
Sounds like some invoices need to be sent!
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sounds like some invoices need to be sent!
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Subscribe to @theflytrapmedia.com here and underwrite independent feminist media that will not allow itself to be consumed by private equity, profiteering billionaires, and other dubious characters.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Subscribe to @theflytrapmedia.com here and underwrite independent feminist media that will not allow itself to be consumed by private equity, profiteering billionaires, and other dubious characters.
Yesterday's edition is chock full of paid opportunities that you should take advantage of. It's paywalled, but I think paying $7 a month is worth it when you have a freelancer hand-curating paid opportunities daily.
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/p/november-5-2025-freelance-opportunities
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/p/november-5-2025-freelance-opportunities
November 5, 2025 Freelance Opportunities!
NowThis, DK, UK Sport, Wiley, Business Insider, Reader's Digest, Noema Magazine, Nooshee
www.findfreelanceopportunities.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Yesterday's edition is chock full of paid opportunities that you should take advantage of. It's paywalled, but I think paying $7 a month is worth it when you have a freelancer hand-curating paid opportunities daily.
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/p/november-5-2025-freelance-opportunities
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/p/november-5-2025-freelance-opportunities
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The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
bsky.app
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.
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A (re)introduction! 👋 We're DAME, an independent women-owned/led news & opinion site, covering politics, policy, culture, media, climate & more. No ads, no corporate overlords, no paywall, just generous readers who help keep us publishing. We may be small , but we're determined, now more than ever.
November 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM
A (re)introduction! 👋 We're DAME, an independent women-owned/led news & opinion site, covering politics, policy, culture, media, climate & more. No ads, no corporate overlords, no paywall, just generous readers who help keep us publishing. We may be small , but we're determined, now more than ever.
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Hi! I have reached out to as many writers as I could find for the Bitch x @theflytrapmedia.com project I am shepherding. If you published stories in Bitch and want to have them potentially republished at The Flytrap, email us! I’ll be responding. flyteam[at]theflytrapmedia[dot]com
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hi! I have reached out to as many writers as I could find for the Bitch x @theflytrapmedia.com project I am shepherding. If you published stories in Bitch and want to have them potentially republished at The Flytrap, email us! I’ll be responding. flyteam[at]theflytrapmedia[dot]com
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It’s truly scary how few mainstream publications are willing to publish working class voices and perspectives (let alone leftist ones), and every one we lose is yet another blow to the fragile hope for a better world
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s truly scary how few mainstream publications are willing to publish working class voices and perspectives (let alone leftist ones), and every one we lose is yet another blow to the fragile hope for a better world
Laid-off Teen Vogue workers: I run a biweekly newsletter where I share paid opportunities for journalists, editors, writers, designers, and creatives. You can get a free subscription for the next year, no questions asked.
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/c/laidoffjournalist
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/c/laidoffjournalist
Freelance Opportunities!
Are you a laid-off journalist? Get a free subscription to this biweekly newsletter now.
www.findfreelanceopportunities.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Laid-off Teen Vogue workers: I run a biweekly newsletter where I share paid opportunities for journalists, editors, writers, designers, and creatives. You can get a free subscription for the next year, no questions asked.
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/c/laidoffjournalist
https://www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/c/laidoffjournalist
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absolutely furious about Teen Vogue
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
absolutely furious about Teen Vogue
A win for The Flytrap is a win for all of us! Journalism needed this news today!
GUYS WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY 5 SUBS OVER OUR GOAL!!!! OH MY GOD!!!
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A win for The Flytrap is a win for all of us! Journalism needed this news today!
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Obsessed with the Louvre heist? Eager for an eat the rich story because you're mad as hell? Meet the prolific art thief who robbed America's aristocracy blind.
magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...
magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...
The Hardest-Working Art Thief in History
The cops watched helplessly as art went missing from old-money mansions Up and down the east coast. then they made a shocking discovery: one man was behind it all.
magazine.atavist.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Obsessed with the Louvre heist? Eager for an eat the rich story because you're mad as hell? Meet the prolific art thief who robbed America's aristocracy blind.
magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...
magazine.atavist.com/2025/blue-bo...
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I got high praise last time I wrote about The American Dream. So tomorrow's edition of my newsletter, on the same topic, won't disappoint.
Sign up so you don't miss out!
www.not-ship.com
Sign up so you don't miss out!
www.not-ship.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I got high praise last time I wrote about The American Dream. So tomorrow's edition of my newsletter, on the same topic, won't disappoint.
Sign up so you don't miss out!
www.not-ship.com
Sign up so you don't miss out!
www.not-ship.com
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Always nice to scoop ESPN.
There are 32 defendants in the NBA gambling criminal case. Here's the list.
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Always nice to scoop ESPN.
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I want to really, really emphasize how clear our pitch guidelines at HEAT DEATH have been about not sending us anything generated by AI, and how much that has not appeared to matter
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I want to really, really emphasize how clear our pitch guidelines at HEAT DEATH have been about not sending us anything generated by AI, and how much that has not appeared to matter
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I will be on the ground covering the No Kings protest in downtown LA today. The work of filming, photographing, and reporting is unpaid. If you’d like to sponsor my coverage, send a tip on KoFi. It covers today’s coverage and helps make-up for missing work at my other job.
ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
Support Joey Scott
Support Joey Scott
ko-fi.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I will be on the ground covering the No Kings protest in downtown LA today. The work of filming, photographing, and reporting is unpaid. If you’d like to sponsor my coverage, send a tip on KoFi. It covers today’s coverage and helps make-up for missing work at my other job.
ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
ko-fi.com/joeyneverjoe
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Want to note here as well that while we have not paid OURSELVES, we have paid freelance writers and artists industry-standard rates, which is very important to us both as an organization, and as current/former freelancers who believe in independent media.
Genuinely: Paywalling content is not a thing I love doing. I'd rather create in a world where writers & artists could share our stuff literally freely. The Flytrap is cooperatively owned by its founders, who put in a ton of as-yet unpaid work to produce ALL our content—including one free post/month.
We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Want to note here as well that while we have not paid OURSELVES, we have paid freelance writers and artists industry-standard rates, which is very important to us both as an organization, and as current/former freelancers who believe in independent media.
America 2025 is the best advertisement for being childfree.
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
America 2025 is the best advertisement for being childfree.
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Many of us whose progressive values drive us to indie media wish we could give our stuff away.
The thing is, we need to eat and we need resources to do the work. Somebody’s gotta pay for it.
The Flytrap gives away one free post a month. My newsletter, The Bugbear Dispatch, goes every other post.
The thing is, we need to eat and we need resources to do the work. Somebody’s gotta pay for it.
The Flytrap gives away one free post a month. My newsletter, The Bugbear Dispatch, goes every other post.
1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Many of us whose progressive values drive us to indie media wish we could give our stuff away.
The thing is, we need to eat and we need resources to do the work. Somebody’s gotta pay for it.
The Flytrap gives away one free post a month. My newsletter, The Bugbear Dispatch, goes every other post.
The thing is, we need to eat and we need resources to do the work. Somebody’s gotta pay for it.
The Flytrap gives away one free post a month. My newsletter, The Bugbear Dispatch, goes every other post.
1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.
paywalled
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.
3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.
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A periodic reminder that while this is a free country, and you can pitch me however you like, the best avenue is my Globe and Mail email, elou@globeandmail.com. That is because only my Globe email will have an out-of-office response if I'm not around.
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A periodic reminder that while this is a free country, and you can pitch me however you like, the best avenue is my Globe and Mail email, elou@globeandmail.com. That is because only my Globe email will have an out-of-office response if I'm not around.