I've been steaming over this for a few weeks now. A few years ago, I was writing at a decent pace for one media outlet, publishing 2-3 articles a week. (Over my tenure there, they published roughly 150 of my pieces.) I wasn't paid for those pieces, but I was OK with that back then, as I didn't have any writing samples, and they were a big enough outlet to make the exposure as a new writer worth the free labor. I've moved on to paid outlets since.
At the turn of the year, the website underwent a major redesign. Sometime during the transition, the bylines for all articles by their former writers got mixed up, and now every piece I wrote for them is being credited to one of their editors. I reached out to them about it just after the redesign and they said it would be fixed, but it's been a month and I haven't heard back, and the problem remains.
It's frustrating because it's a popular website, and they've linked to my (miscredited) articles during this time. It's doubly frustrating because I use a couple clips from them as writing samples when finding other work, and I can't do that until my name is back on them.
Has anyone dealt with a situation like this one before?
At the turn of the year, the website underwent a major redesign. Sometime during the transition, the bylines for all articles by their former writers got mixed up, and now every piece I wrote for them is being credited to one of their editors. I reached out to them about it just after the redesign and they said it would be fixed, but it's been a month and I haven't heard back, and the problem remains.
It's frustrating because it's a popular website, and they've linked to my (miscredited) articles during this time. It's doubly frustrating because I use a couple clips from them as writing samples when finding other work, and I can't do that until my name is back on them.
Has anyone dealt with a situation like this one before?