As of 2015, all review critics are freelance; the NYTBR does not have staff critics.[4] In prior years, the NYTBR did have in-house critics, or a mix of in-house and freelance.[2] For freelance critics, they are assigned an in-house "preview editor" who works with them in creating the final review.[1] Freelance critics might be employees of The New York Times whose main duties are in other departments.[4] They also include professional literary critics, novelists, academics and artists who write reviews for the NYTBR on a regular basis.[4]