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Cost
Benefit Analysis
A reporter can make
more money working with a scopist! Here is an example that clearly
demonstrates how this can be done:
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Day 1 |
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Reporter A w/scopist |
Reporter B w/out scopist |
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Appearance Fee: $100 |
Appearance Fee: $100 |
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200
pgs. @ $3: $600 |
200
pgs. @ $3: $600 |
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They
each make $700 for that day. |
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Day 2 |
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Reporter A w/scopist |
Reporter B w/out scopist |
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Appearance Fee: $100 |
Scoping
own work: $0 |
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200
pgs. @ $3: $600 |
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Makes
$700 for that day. |
Makes
$0 for that day. |
Reporter A
pays $1.00 per page to a scopist ($200) and ends up with $500 for
the day.
Reporter B
spent the day scoping the job from Day 1 and made no money on Day 2!
Summary:
Reporter A makes $1000 (plus the tax deduction of $400 paid to a
scopist) for the two days and Reporter B makes $700. Reporter A
makes $300 more than Reporter B, plus the scopist is tax
deductible! So, as a busy reporter, you can be losing money if not
using a scopist.
The above numbers
are for example only.
This data is derived from an article written by Joan Donahue, Katie
Lachance, and Dabney Whittaker. |
