Freelance Writers - FOOD & DRINK: Examiner.com

Examiner.com, a Quantcast Top 100 website and the insider source for everything local, is now in your city! We seek freelance content contributors (“Examiners”) to share knowledge, insights and experience about local food & drink topics. It’s a great way to cover what you love and communicate what’s happening in your city.

Some hot topic titles we’re eager to fill in our Food & Drink category include:

• Baking Examiner
• Cocktails Examiner
• Cooking Examiner
• Craft Beer Examiner
• Dairy Free Food Examiner
• Ethnic Food Examiner
• Food Examiner
• French Food Examiner
• Gourmet Food Examiner
• Herbal Kitchen Examiner
• Kosher Foods Examiner
• One-Pot Meals Examiner
• Sustainable Food Examiner
• Wine Examiner
• Wine Pairings Examiner
• And many others to choose from or you can propose your own topic to write about!
  

Click on the following to get an idea of what other Examiners in this channel are writing about:

Denver Cooking Examiner
LA Cocktails Examiner
NY Food Examiner

Food & Drink channel Examiners also enjoy fun seasonal projects such as the Fall Cookbook – 300 Uniquely Examiner Recipes

Why Become an Examiner?

• Enhance your resume and build an online audience
• Create your own schedule and telecommute
• Retain creative freedom to cover what you want within your selected topic
• Join the largest team of vetted freelance content contributors online
• Take advantage of our platform, promotion, training, tools and an exclusive networking system to connect with other Examiners
• Earn competitive pay as an independent contractor, based on standard internet variables including page views, unique visitors, session length, and advertising performance, so your income grows as your readership grows
• Participate in additional income opportunities through incentive programs
  
• Enjoy being recognized as an expert on your topic, similar to some Examiners who have been interviewed by The Today Show, NPR, E!, CNN, Fox Sports, ESPN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Discovery Channel, The Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets.

Although this is not the kind of opportunity where you can quit your day job, Examiners can definitely earn some extra cash while gaining exposure through their writing and growing online presence.

Who are Examiners?

• Screened writers who provide reliable information on a local subject of their choosing
  
• Photographers who provide captivating images and stories for their audience
  
• Credible, passionate, and knowledgeable insiders who contribute original content to entertain, inform, and inspire their readers
  
• People from all walks of life - college students, civil servants, stay-at-home parents, retirees, PhDs, musicians, scientists and professional journalists who have full-time or part-time jobs.
  

As an Examiner, you will have your own page on the Examiner.com website, complete with a bio and photo, to showcase your articles about a specific topic in your area of expertise. This is not your personal story. Our writers and photographers provide useful information on specific topics.

The talented people we're looking for can provide their local community with interesting and helpful information in one of 25 categories such as Food & Drink, Home & Living, Neighborhoods, Transportation, etc. There are unlimited topics to choose from within each category. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, propose your own when you apply!

• Passion for the topic!
  
• Strong writing ability including style, technique, spelling, punctuation, etc.
  
• Access to timely, accurate information within their topic
  
• Ability to keep their homepage current, which usually means publishing a minimum of three to four brief (approx 200-400 words) articles per week depending on the topic
  
• Desire to build their readership, understand their audience, and be the expert
  
• Technically savvy; able to learn and utilize web/publishing tools

About Examiner.com

Launched in April 2008, Examiner.com is the insider source for everything local, offering a rich mix of hyper-local and globally-relevant content. We have presence in most U.S. cities, thousands of towns and neighborhoods, and are developing a strong presence in international markets including Canada. Examiner.com is a division of the Clarity Digital Group, LLC, wholly owned by The Anschutz Company, a Denver-based investment company whose broad array of assets include AEG and other live sports and entertainment; print and digital media; hospitality; film production and exhibition; as well as wind energy development and transmission.

Sound interesting? To apply now or to find out more, please click here.

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