Comments on: What’s the standard for citizen journalism? http://merandawrites.com/2007/06/25/whats-the-standard-for-citizen-journalism/ curious by nature, journalist by trade Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Tara Pringle http://merandawrites.com/2007/06/25/whats-the-standard-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-2576 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:17:16 +0000 http://merandawrites.com/2007/06/25/whats-the-standard-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-2576 I've written for Associated Content as a way to make some money. They pay, but it's not very much. Depending on the article, you could get paid about $20. The most I've ever gotten paid for one article is $11 and it was less than 500 words. But there's no real standard for reporting on there. I think citizen journalism should be called something else. I like to think that what I do is an art, is a craft that I've worked extremely hard to perfect. I hate the idea that people who just get the urge one day to hop on the computer and write something, end up being taken seriously as journalists. Where does that leave me? Us? I’ve written for Associated Content as a way to make some money. They pay, but it’s not very much.
Depending on the article, you could get paid about $20. The most I’ve ever gotten paid for one article
is $11 and it was less than 500 words. But there’s no real standard for reporting on there. I think citizen journalism
should be called something else. I like to think that what I do is an art, is a craft that I’ve worked extremely hard to perfect.
I hate the idea that people who just get the urge one day to hop on the computer and write something, end up being taken
seriously as journalists. Where does that leave me? Us?

]]> by: Brad Linder http://merandawrites.com/2007/06/25/whats-the-standard-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-2536 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:44:48 +0000 http://merandawrites.com/2007/06/25/whats-the-standard-for-citizen-journalism/#comment-2536 Have you contacted Associated Content about this? While the service may or may not be a scam, the goal would obviously be to scam writers into producing content for very little pay -- but they do pay. Convincing them to withhold paychecks from this plagiarist might have some impact. At the very least, they could probably suspend her account. Have you contacted Associated Content about this? While the service may or may not be a scam, the goal would obviously be to scam writers into producing content for very little pay — but they do pay.

Convincing them to withhold paychecks from this plagiarist might have some impact. At the very least, they could probably suspend her account.

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