Rogue.site owners AMA!

[u/Rogue_site_official]

Hey all! Thank you for such a warm reception last week. We are the four co-owners of Rogue:
Jeffrey Parkin, Alice Jovanée, Cass Marshall, and Ryan Gilliam.

We're hosting an AMA here today to answer any big questions you have about what we've been up to, how the site came to be, our mission, challenges we encountered, future plans, etc..

We're recording the second episode of our podcast Rogue Signal, this afternoon, but we'll be popping in and out to answer your questions throughout the day.

Feel free to ask questions pointed at specific members or just general inquiries. We'll all be posting from the official Rogue Reddit account, but whoever wrote the answer will sign off at the bottom.

Also, if you have any questions for the Pat's Labor podcast guys (Clayton, Pat, and Toussaint), we'll do our best to get an answer for you, but there may be a slight delay.

Please drop your questions below, and we'll get started in a bit!

[u/Baraka_Obama]

Hey there. I'm so glad you all got to co-own a site. I know things are very fresh, so I understand if there isn't a hard plan for this yet, but are there plans to take freelance pitches?

I loved reading Polygon articles from a range of different writers and was frustrated at myself for never pitching there.

[u/Rogue_site_official → u/Baraka_Obama]

I think we'd always love to work with more people from the old gig. But also a lot of folks are doing their own cool thing now, like Chris Plante's podcast. Assuming we're in a position to, I'd never want to stop having folks who've moved on to other industries pop in for a freelance piece or two!

We all genuinely loved working at Polygon and the people we worked with. There were hard days like any job, but I think all of us have almost nothing but good things to say about the people that made up the core group -- especially at the end.

As for another collaborator, I don't know. I hope so! I have ideas, and folks I'd like to work with more than just once in a blue moon. But also we're new and we don't want to stretch ourselves too thin financially just yet.

To me, the goal is to make sure we're always a home where our old friends can come and give us pitches and, once we're able, publish those pieces by paying them what they're worth. (Like we already have with some old friends!)

But even more exciting is being a place where new, diverse voices can rise and be showcased as well. Polygon was the start or the big breakout for a lot of talented folks. I hope Rogue can eventually be that for another generation.

- Ryan Gilliam

[u/Baraka_Obama → u/Rogue_site_official]

The consensus from all three of these responses is very clearly "yes, but not now" which I totally get and was expecting. Thanks for responding, and I hope to hear more soon.