Pros
• For an alternative press, they compensate their freelancers well. • Your salary does increase depending on the quality of your articles and how long you stay there. This is rarer than you'd think. • You get free admittance into events you couldn't afford or wouldn't have heard of before. • You get to speak with some amazing and talented people. I had no idea how much Anchorage could offer until I freelanced with the Press. • Though it's pretty small, it's technically the second largest paper in Alaska, and a lot of people in Anchorage read it. This means major bragging rights.
Cons
Like many smaller papers, the quality of the issue varies greatly with the editor. The editor is also clearly overworked and I have no idea how Victoria Barber (probably the best editor I worked with) did it, but major kudos to her. When I left they started to have two editors, and I think this will reduce the unpredictability in the future.