HIya Franki. Loved reading these updates and I'm sorry that I've been rubbish in providing feedback! I thought I'd say in relation to this one especially that it's really important that your own time and effort is relfected as an explicit 'cost'. I remember when you launched the crowdfunder, I was confused at first at how much you needed to raise, because I was like 'Surely she has all the equipment already??'. And it was only about three campaign updates later that I realised 'DUH - she needs recompense for time!'.
I feel a bit embarrassed about that now, although in my defence I think I was probably influenced in my unrealised assumption by there being so much free content on so many platforms, that 'free' has almost become the default. But, I thought I'd mention it because part of my education from this series is the fact that podcast producers, presenters and other folks' time and effort, is literally undervalued as a result of all that free content. And I was part of that problem. Sorry, and thanks for all the work and entertaining education!
Ahh, this is such a thoughtful comment! You’re definitely not alone in this. As you say, so much content appears “free” online that most people don’t think much about how it got made, who paid for that, and how. You’re also right when you say that undervalues the work of the people behind it - it’s a huge problem in the industry rn. Thank you for supporting, and for reading all these letters. I’m really glad you’ve found them interesting! Fx
HIya Franki. Loved reading these updates and I'm sorry that I've been rubbish in providing feedback! I thought I'd say in relation to this one especially that it's really important that your own time and effort is relfected as an explicit 'cost'. I remember when you launched the crowdfunder, I was confused at first at how much you needed to raise, because I was like 'Surely she has all the equipment already??'. And it was only about three campaign updates later that I realised 'DUH - she needs recompense for time!'.
I feel a bit embarrassed about that now, although in my defence I think I was probably influenced in my unrealised assumption by there being so much free content on so many platforms, that 'free' has almost become the default. But, I thought I'd mention it because part of my education from this series is the fact that podcast producers, presenters and other folks' time and effort, is literally undervalued as a result of all that free content. And I was part of that problem. Sorry, and thanks for all the work and entertaining education!
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Ahh, this is such a thoughtful comment! You’re definitely not alone in this. As you say, so much content appears “free” online that most people don’t think much about how it got made, who paid for that, and how. You’re also right when you say that undervalues the work of the people behind it - it’s a huge problem in the industry rn. Thank you for supporting, and for reading all these letters. I’m really glad you’ve found them interesting! Fx