freelancer

(eg. music, origin, quote )

freelancer /f ˈri ˌlæn sər/ ?

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(n) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

The photographer, Mannie Garcia, was at the time a freelancer for the Associated Press.
Frank Chikowore, a 26-year-old independent freelancer, was arrested in mid April and held for 17 days.
It was the work of James Cameron, 54, a British freelancer who was writing for the London Evening Standard.

"Freelancers also lack any safety net to fall back on during hard times," Bloomberg said. "If a company lays you off, you can collect unemployment. But if you're a freelancer and you lose all your clients, good luck. That's not healthy for...
on Mar 23, 2009 By: Michael Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg
"I admire Richard because he's passionate about the story, and he cares," Lara Logan, CBS's chief foreign correspondent, says from Iraq. "When he was a freelancer with no real support, he wasn't afraid to stay on his own in Baghdad for 'shock...
on Oct 25, 2006 By: Lara Logan Source: Washington Post
"Joe Paterno started the whole thing of me being a freelancer and it has continued through my whole career unwarranted," Arrington said. "I've been called a freelancer doing what I was asked to do. If I ran into any gap I wanted, how long...
on Dec 28, 2005 By: LaVar Arrington Source: San Diego Union Tribune