If you love news and you can rewrite news,then you can earn some money as an online citizen journalist . Some open media websites share their revenue with the contributors.
Here you write reports,your perspectives or your opinions about a news story.You can share image,text,video.They have a incentive program called The Allvoices Excellence in Citizen Media Incentive Program.Contributors get cash rewards depending on the quality and viewership of their contributions.
This is an Indian citizen journalism portal.They reward the articles that are featured in ‘merinews picks’. The articles are selected by the editorial board of merinews, the selection process includes criterion viz. topic, expression and language. They pay Indian Rupees 500/-(approximately $10) per article as a token of appreciation.
It’s a citizen news portal.Here anyone can publish their article instantly.Here news is uncensored.They have a revenue sharing program for the community members based on traffic to the story.They have paypal payment option.
They have two types of membership -citizens and digital journalists.Digital journalists get paid to report news.DigitalJournal.com shares a portion of its advertising revenue with all Digital Journalists through what they call “moneypot”.once your earning is $10 you get paid via paypal.To become a paid digital journalist, you’ll have to submit a sample of writing.Once you are approved you can start submitting articles.
This is a Korean site.They have a unique revenue sharing system called cybercash. Cybercash is the amount of money you earn for your news stories,calculated in Korean Won.You’ll be paid once your earning reaches 50,000 Won (approximately $50).Unfortunately they don’t have payapl payment support.
They offer some unique opportunities.Apart from Adsense revenue sharing you can put a link to your site in the author by-line.They’ve a huge subscriber base.Everyday your story e-mailed to the list.That’s how you get maximum exposure.
ThisIsDiversity is a global community of citizen journalists.Here you can contribute news, articles, opinion and analysis and engage in a conversation with other contributors.You get $10 per 1000 page views.Every month the best article of the month gets a $1000 prize.
Demotix :
Demotix is a citizen-journalism website and photo agency.Revenue from your content is split on 50-50 basis.
Wiretap :
With Wiretap you can earn as an online citizen journalist .Wiretap is a platform for young citizen journalists.Wiretap is dedicated to publishing journalism by, for and about young people,news that affects young people, a youth-oriented take on a national news story, or a profile of an organization or young activist that’s creating change.Wiretap publish news reports, features, investigative stories, personal voices, op-eds, reviews and interviews.Payments vary from $50-250 per story depending on the amount of reporting and analysis.
Huliq :
You can submit your own stories,recreate a story you read somewhere else,share news videos from sites like YouTube,share pictures,report an event,report about things around your locality.
You can be eligible to take part in the revenue sharing program for all these activities.You need to make at least 15 posts for that.
You earn $1.50 for every 1000 page views that your stories generate.
All payments are made via PayPal.
Huliq also gives some training on how to write effective news stories that will generate maximum page views.
This is a defense portal.You get paid to write on News and Current events or Weapon & World Military Info Database.
You get US$20 per submitted article.If your article is published in the featured section you get $35.Which are paid via PayPal.
DefenceTalk.com requires unlimited, exclusive rights to the articles for 90 days.Without that articles can not be published.
Helium offers citizen journalist awards.Learn how to earn online writing for Helium.
So,start earning money online reporting news.
There are countless opportunities in online publishing for freelance writers, citizen journalists!
There are countless opportunities in online publishing for freelance writers, citizen journalists!
Online citizen journalism is good opportunity for the writers.
It’s a good opportunity for young student journalists like me! to share their views on critical issues, baffling their minds,and bothering society, and also to gain a wide spread audience.