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If you are interested in selling articles to magazines and newspapers, that’s great. So am I. Everyone wants to see their article and byline in a nice glossy magazine or a major newspaper. It’s one of the goals that I have at the top of my list of things to accomplish. To me it is the equivalent of seeing your name in lights in Broadway. But that’s not the whole picture. It’s sharing something and feeling that you accomplished something. You put your skills to good use.

But paper magazines and newspapers are on their way out. As more and more people discover the internet, they are beginning to do all their reading online. They can sit at their computer and read through the daily headlines, and it costs them nothing. This new trend is leading to a decline in the number of newspapers sold. Newspaper editors and journalists are quickly developing the online versions of their publications. And more journalists are seeking assignments with online publications.

Paper magazines will probably survive beyond the local newspaper because of the attractiveness of the product. But even magazines are developing their online presence. If you want to survive in journalism, it is time to move toward online publishing.

What does this mean for you and me as freelance writers? It means that while we are sending out query letters to those paper magazines and newspapers, we should also be seeking out online publications and start sending them queries. The sooner we get our foot in the door with these online publishers, the better our chances will be for us to succeed in freelance writing. Online publishing is definitely the wave of the future.