Freelance journalists fight for their livelihoods against Assembly Bill 5

On January 1, California Assembly Bill 5 will take effect. The new law changes the way freelancers are treated in the state.
Most people paying even half attention to the news about AB5 might assume it’s only about rideshare companies, independent truckers, and freelance journalists. In fact, hundreds of professions and industries are threatened by the sudden reclassification from independent contractors to employees — everyone from medical transcriptionists, videographers, voiceover