Freelance Writer - TRAVEL: Examiner.com

Do You Have Insider Knowledge?

Examiner.com

Are you someone who is passionate and well-informed about Travel-related topics in your city? Examiner.com is growing and looking for writers to share local insights, passion and experience.

About Examiner.com

Examiner.com is a content-rich website where people across the country go for national and local information, resources, and to read about exciting events and activities in their local community. What makes Examiner.com unique is the content is contributed by passionate people known as Examiners.

Launched in April 2008, Examiner.com currently serves 90 markets and is going international by the end of 2009. Examiner.com is a division of the Clarity Media Group, and is wholly owned by The Anschutz Company, one of the largest media investment companies in the world. Since our launch, thousands of Examiners have joined our team and we are continuing to grow at an exponential rate!

Examiners are….

· active within their communities

· local insiders and influencers who provide reliable intelligence and resources on local and category-specific topics

· credible, passionate, and knowledgeable writers and subject matter experts who contribute unique and original content to entertain, inform, and inspire their readers

· from all walks of life and professions, including college students, civil servants, retirees, PhDs, musicians, magazine editors, or stay-at-home parents.

Examiners often become the local “go-to” people in their topics and have appeared on local, national, and international media, including The Today Show, NPR, E!, CNN, Fox Sports, ESPN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Discovery Channel, The Wall Street Journal, and other television, radio and print after writing articles for Examiner.com.

Travel Channel

We’re looking for Examiners for the Travel channel, which showcases a variety of local content. Here is a sample of available topics we’re recruiting for:

• Travel
• Adventure Travel
• Luxury Travel
• Family Travel
• Day Trips
• Getaways
• 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 current Examiners in this channel are writing about:

Sue Frause – Seattle Travel Examiner

Lysa Allman-Baldwin – Kansas City Cultural Travel Examiner

Requirements

Examiners are independent contractors - this means they choose where, when and what to write about.

Examiners are paid a very competitive rate based on standard Internet variables including page views, unique visitors, session length, and advertising performance. This is not a full-time “quit your day job" kind of opportunity, but Examiners can definitely earn a little extra cash while gaining exposure through their writing.

Don’t worry if publishing online is new to you. Examiner.com provides free training and tools needed to publish and promote articles. Access to these platforms help Examiners grow their audience and brand, as well as provide a forum where they can connect with other Examiners.

The talented people we seek will provide their local community with interesting and helpful information in their area of specialization. Therefore, qualified applicants should possess the following:

• 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 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

Sound interesting? To apply now or to find out more and view our full selection of hundreds of existing Examiner opportunities, please click here.