LibertyatStake.com Launches Citizen Journalism Program, Invites Writers to Contribute Articles for Publication

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Today LibertyatStake.com is announcing the beta launch of its Citizen Journalism project that allows individuals to earn an ongoing revenue stream by writing news articles that will be published on LibertyatStake.com. (A "Citizen Journalist" is a news writer or reporter who is not necessarily credentialed through a journalism school, but is nevertheless a well-informed reporter on their chosen topics. Most tend to cover news from an independent, grassroots point of view.)

In this new Citizen Journalism program, participants ("reporters", who may be located anywhere in the world) are given a topic ("beat") to cover, such as health care, sound money, educational choice, energy policy, or other topics. Using a Web interface, they submit stories to LibertyatStake.com editors who review the stories for publication on LibertyatStake.com and other sites.

These stories are published underneath a Google Adsense banner belonging to the reporter. (Each reporter must have a Google Adsense account to earn revenue, although having a Google Adsense account is not required to submit articles.) All clicks and earnings from those Adsense ads are paid directly to the reporter by Google (according to Google's terms and conditions, to which authors must agree to separately). This generates an ongoing revenue stream for the citizen journalists.

Reporters are also able to include an author byline to be published at the end of each article, in which reporters may place hyperlinks to their other projects (books, websites, companies, products, etc.).

The benefits to Citizen Journalist reporters are:

• LibertyatStake.com (comprised of LibertyatStake.com and an ever-growing number of other topic-specific news sites) provides instant visibility and wide readership for quality authors/reporters.
   
• The Adsense placement provides near-instant revenue for reporters whose articles are accepted for publication.
   
• A Web interface allows reporters to pitch story ideas to LibertyatStake.com editors, then easily submit, delete, and edit articles through any Web browser.
   
• The author byline section allows the reporters to place hyperlinks linking back to their own website or other projects.
   
• Reporters can publish their work anonymously, if desired, and yet still earn Adsense revenues from their content.
   
• LibertyatStake.com archives and cross-links all article content, providing long-term revenue potential from search clicks. All articles are also keyword tokenized and added to appropriate topic theme lists and websites where they enjoy widespread visibility.
   
• Each business day, articles, links, and pictures are e-mailed out to thousands of LibertyatStake.com subscribers who click and read the news items that interest them.
   
• News items published on LibertyatStake.com are automatically syndicated via RSS, reaching tens of thousands of additional readers each day.
   
• Google News spiders all LibertyatStake.com articles within minutes of their publication, providing valuable article publicity through the Google News pages.

1. You need to be willing to write news reports about a specific topic area (such as health care, for example, or educational choice). You may coordinate with LibertyatStake.com editors and choose from the available topic areas to get a "beat" that you like best. We ask that reporters contribute a minimum of one article per week (you may contribute more if you choose).
    
2. You must have high-quality writing and editing skills that allow you to submit ready-to-publish article content. LibertyatStake.com does not provide intensive editing services, and we will reject articles that contain too many errors. Writing quality must be highly professional, which usually means you must have some experience or training as a news writer in order to participate.
    
3. You must be willing to agree to our terms of non-plagiarism and financial independence (i.e. you cannot take money from companies to write about them, nor can you write about a company or product in which you have a direct financial stake).
    
4. You must have a Google Adsense account in order to earn Adsense revenue. You can apply for one at no charge by visiting http://adsense.google.com (most new accounts are approved within 1-2 days). If you are intending to apply for a new Adsense account, please list your own website URL as the URL you intend to publish on. Once approved, your Adsense ads can run on any website.
    
5. You must be willing to monitor the news headlines on your particular topic ("beat"). This will allow you to find story ideas and stay informed about your area of expertise. One of the best ways to do this is to use Google News or other website news aggregators. Google News is found at http://news.google.com.

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