Have you seen the movie "Nightcrawler"? It presents a freelancer career.
Desperately looking for work Lou Bloom gets the idea to shoot night accidents and crimes, and to sell the content to the local TV.

Some see in this film "War photographer" in urban reality. Others point out that the film tells the story of modern media demoralization.

For me it is a film about the nature of the media - especially publishers. The need to create an unique content. If you do not create anything original, but the same things as your competition, you will have to be either the first or the cheapest.