Profile published a column where the author reported that she hasn't been paid for six months

This Saturday, an unusual situation occurred at diario Perfil, owned by Jorge Fontevecchia, when one of its columnists, Leticia Martin, published an article in the print edition where she denounced that she hasn't received payment for her fees for six months. The column was published in the print version of the newspaper, but didn't appear in the digital edition, which caused strong criticism on social media for the censorship by the outlet.

In the text, Martin explained that she has been writing weekly for the outlet for more than a year and that, despite fulfilling her work, she hasn't received the corresponding payment for half a year. She also indicated that the monthly amount for the fees is 50 thousand pesos and that she hasn't received increases due to inflation nor any explanation about the salary delay.

"It's been more than a year since I started writing this weekly column for PERFIL; a job that involves commitment, a deadline, having a voice, and finding a way," Leticia explained.

"But for six months I haven't received payment for my services. Neither the payment nor an increase, as if the services or the cost of living hadn't increased," the author denounced in her column. She also expressed that she continues to deliver her work out of respect for the craft and those who preceded her, although she highlighted the emotional strain it entails to do so under these conditions.

The text caused repercussions on social media and among colleagues in the journalistic and literary fields. Various figures shared excerpts from the column and discussed the content, especially regarding the visibility it gained after being published in print and subsequently censored on the web.

Another noteworthy fact was that the column is titled: "Nobody reads anything," and indeed nobody noticed what had been written, and the article was published anyway.

So far, neither diario Perfil nor its editorial managers have issued official statements regarding the content of the article or the claim made by the columnist.

Leticia Martin concluded her text by stating that she didn't plan to continue writing the columns under the current conditions, but she didn't confirm if she would stop collaborating with the outlet altogether.

"Today I'm too sad and I don't feel like voting tomorrow, nor do I want to keep this job, and I want to say that for seven months I've been doing this stupidity and that tomorrow I finally won't set the alarm for six am to write the 2500 characters without spaces of this column that I've already written and that I continue to honor only because others who preceded me have written it, only because from those others I've learned something, and I don't want to give up," she concluded.

The episode has drawn attention because it involves a complaint made within the very outlet where the author works, something uncommon in the Argentine journalism field.