New ThinkProgress Fellows Program: Get Paid To Blog
New ThinkProgress Fellows Program: Get Paid To Blog
Earlier this year, ThinkProgress introduced a Blog Fellows Program and solicited interested applicants. Fortunately, we received hundreds of fantastic applications.
Our original plan was to pick only two fellows who would serve six-month terms. Given the high quality of applicants who applied, we found it extremely difficult to pick just two.
So, we went back to the drawing board and completely retooled the program. Today, we’re pleased to announce the new Blog Fellows Program that makes it possible for many more people to participate…and be compensated! Here’s how the new program works:
– From now on, any reader who submits a blog post through the Blog Fellows Program application process that we select to publish on ThinkProgress will be paid $50, in the same way freelance writers are paid for contributions to magazines. The post will include your byline and a link to your blog/website, if applicable.
– A six-month blog fellowship will still be awarded under the new program. Individuals who ThinkProgress believes exhibit a demonstrated record of submitting quality posts on a frequent basis may be extended an offer to serve as Blog Fellows. Blog Fellows will serve six-month terms, earn a monetary stipend ($3,000), and receive paid travel to Washington D.C. for a weekend of training at the Center for American Progress. We hope to award blog fellowships to 2 or 3 individuals each six-month period.
You can read the full guidelines for submissions HERE, but they’re pretty simple. On the right hand side of the ThinkProgress homepage, you’ll see a new icon that says “Submit a blog post.” Any time you have an idea for a post, simply click on that icon and follow the directions. If we publish your work, you’ll get a $50 check in the mail.
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Can posts be submitted under a pseudonym?
September 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pmMike, we’ll need your name in order to pay you if we decide to publish your post.
But you can decide to publish under whatever name you wish. We’ll guarantee anonymity.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:10 pm…
faiz… this is great…
there ARE so many wonderful commenters on this site…
WHO ARE BEING DROWNED OUT BY THE IDIOT TROLLS.
…
PLEASE INSTITUTE A REGISTRATION PROCESS.
allow up to 2 pseudonyms, if you want, but the stoopidity and
name jacking is OUT OF CONTROL…
aren’t YOU embarrassed??? i know i am…
…
thanks.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:15 pm.
Please ask Mr. Soros and Mr. Podesta if they would be so kind as to send me only one check per month. I am trying to limit my carbon footprint….I’d rather not give you my personal banking info for direct deposits……
September 11th, 2007 at 12:20 pmTP - you may have already lost the mindshare of the people who might have gone for this…..they went elsewhere and are doing it for free for themselves.
MA has cornered the market in ’stab in the back’ proto-fascism, Mr P and his many alter-egos revels in the kinds of delusional commentary only dirt cheap Afghan herion can fuel.
Maybe you should listen to katy, else you will ‘going to the blogosphere not with the bloggers you want, but with the bloggers you have’.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:25 pmKay and TtT,
Case in point:
http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/
The best bloggers have already left…
“Heckuva job, TP!”
…because TP can’t keep it’s house in order.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pmIn other words, you’d be better served Faiz by using that money to hire a live 24 hour moderator, or someone to implement site registration and REAL posting protocol with limits.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:34 pm“….or someone to implement site registration and REAL posting protocol with limits.”
Comment by Not Canadian
Another great idea from someone Not Canadian. You may have noticed, NC, that the best threads are the ones with conservative contributions…..
September 11th, 2007 at 12:37 pmThis wont be paid out of the DFL’s Hsu fund, will it?
September 11th, 2007 at 12:41 pmma, that used to be the case, when there was actual discussion. Now, they’re the worst because there is so little discussion. Any substance gets drownd by the arguing and namecalling that’s become so prevelant.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:44 pmPeople on both sides have really hurt this site with their blind hate for each other.
Not to sound too much like a hippy, but a little respect goes a long way, and would make this site so much better.
Another great idea from someone Not Canadian. You may have noticed, NC, that the best threads are the ones with conservative contributions…..
Comment by mighty aphrodite
You mean contributions to a foul and unhelpful dialog, correct?
September 11th, 2007 at 12:45 pmconservative contributions…..
Comment by mighty aphrodite
Oxymoron, anyone?
September 11th, 2007 at 12:47 pm“conservative contributions” are very few and far between…
what we get here is mostly very smelly stoopid trooll poop…
and THAT should embarrass the “conservatives”…
September 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pmshould…
.
conservative contributions on this site? oxymoron.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pmaw jeez… too many chefs feeding that trooll…
September 11th, 2007 at 12:50 pmsorry…
.
Conservative contribution-
‘Tooooooooooodles!”
September 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pmComment by Not Canadian — September 11, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
NC: not an oxymoron…just a plain ‘ol moron.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:52 pmTP has had some great posters in the past, but they have been frustrated dealing with the trolls who always manage to derail the serious threads. I don’t know if they will ever return; meanwhile we suffer the likes of Mr. P, Michael, many others, and even MA (who could be contributive, but she chooses instead to snarl and throw mudballs).
September 11th, 2007 at 12:54 pmI suggest you spend the first monies you would pay to posters in hiring a techie who could keep this site clear of those who have chased the good people away.
?
are you listening, faiz?
?
September 11th, 2007 at 12:56 pmNC, calling her mighty anus while criticizing her “hate filled screeds”?
September 11th, 2007 at 12:57 pmDon’t contribute to that which you condemn
What about the people who previously applied? Have their applications been rejected? Are they still under consideration? Should they reapply? Many thanks.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:59 pmNC, calling her mighty anus while criticizing her “hate filled screeds�
Don’t contribute to that which you condemn
I noticed that too. I wonder if Not Canadian would be included in the group of “good people” that katy and marie referenced?
September 11th, 2007 at 1:00 pmI see you beat me to the oxymoron revelation NC. Glad to see it was obvious to others.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:04 pmVery exciting! And also a smart way to allow daily readers, like me, to feel like they can participate in this project.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:21 pmThanks, TP
I look forward to high quality posts by MA and Mr P.
September 11th, 2007 at 1:54 pmAwesome.
I guess it is time to clean up my act.
Jack Jett
September 11th, 2007 at 3:23 pmThis sounds great! But most posts I read on TP seem to be time sensitive. Do the submissions need to be so as well, or will TP publish on any subject, even if it’s not currently in the news cycle?
September 11th, 2007 at 3:34 pmMoney for engaging and responding to an illiterate gaggle of conservative neanderthals?
I’m in.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:03 pmWhat about compensation for smartass one-liner libtrolls like me?
Any of that coming down the pike?
September 11th, 2007 at 4:40 pmCourse I’d be willing to settle for not being banned.
:\
That’d be compensation enough.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:46 pmAs one of the founders of TPZoo, I just want to say that I personally am very supportive of Think Progress, and admire the work its “staff” performs in providing all of us with high-quality useful information in a timely manner.
It was not my personal intention to create TPZoo as a way of bashing Think Progress. TP serves a very useful function for the progressive community, and I suggest that everyone think twice about what a great site this truly is, and occasionally send the TPers some love (as well as criticism).
September 11th, 2007 at 4:55 pmthat was nice of you, eg…
September 11th, 2007 at 5:02 pmreally…
.
I agree 100%, Egg. TP is a great blog. They dig up the greatest stories, and always back them up. I look forward to whatever TP has in mind for it’s future.
September 11th, 2007 at 5:11 pmWhat did Faiz threaten you two or something?
:)
September 11th, 2007 at 5:28 pmHere you go Faiz. One of the trolls is taking credit for ruining your blog and yet, he is allowed to continue posting here.
September 11th, 2007 at 5:30 pmComment by Egreggious
Comment by katy
Comment by Zooey
Comment by BARTLEBEE
Comment by Spudge_Boy
It’s too late for you turncoats to slither up and brown nose the TP. staff now. It’s YOU who seek to undermine this site on a daily basis. YOU have your own hunk of junk site now, why don’t you just stay there.
Three of you (above) complain constantly about trolls, yet YOU are the biggest troll feeders of all. One of you (Gregg) has never contributed anything worthwhile- just suggling up to Zooey and letting her pat you on the head. Go back to your own overly censored site, because hardly anyone else seems to find it interesting.
Don’t listen to katy; KEEP TP. AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN !
September 12th, 2007 at 1:54 amDON’T GO TO REGISTRATION !!
So are the above posts what you are looking for? Just so I can understand the program, which of these posts would qualify for consideration for the $50? Maybe I’m not looking in the right place on the site and this program is taking place in a parallel location - where might I find the real stuff?
September 12th, 2007 at 4:58 pmI would be very interested in this program. Where do I need to go to sign up?
September 13th, 2007 at 11:21 pm