(1888PressRelease)
April 22, 2009 - The challenge here is typically how journalists can write and be compensated. While the popular writers have their own blogs, which are monetized through Google ads, the less popular writers typically need to build up before they can earn any revenue.
· The New York Times reported that its parent company would cut the pay of most employees of the New York Times.
· The Washington Post also reported that employees were being offered the second round of buyouts, or early retirement packages, this year in an effort to cut costs.
· The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial.
· Thomson Reuters to Shed 835 Jobs, Mostly in Europe.
· New York Times, Washington Post Taking More Moves to Cut Staff.
What do these developments mean for writers and journalists. With audiences shifting to the internet, the hunger for news still remains and will only grow, so there is a need for journalists and reporters. The shift is more from traditional structured media to more open unstructured forms where news can be reported by anyone, and consumption is based on quality, relevancy and interest of the readers.
Players like Allvoices.com seems to have a plan to bridge this gap. It is a citizen journalist site offering incentives for contributors based on how popular the news items are. And it comes with freedom of choosing any topic. Anyone can write articles or report news of their choice!
AllVoices also has a deeper mission to create a global community for sharing news, videos, images and opinions from multiple points of view that invoke an emotional connection between individual perspectives from around the world. A community of diverse, engaged and globally minded citizens serves as news reporters, opinion leaders and publishers to share with the world the realities on-the-ground.
Allvoices.com brings together context, insight and diversity of opinions around a broad range of topics and issues on the global, national and local levels. allvoices is one of the largest global communities offering unedited and relevant news and perspectives in one place. Using a set of proprietary algorithms, allvoices utilizes professional and online news sources, blogs, images and videos to determine relevancy, foster credibility and maintain openness with each contribution made to the site.
Register at http://www.allvoices.com/journalism start contributing and earn upto $10,000 as you post articles of your choice.
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