Become a Politics Writer on Gather.com

Thank you for your interest in our new Politics Correspondent Corps on Gather.com. We are gearing up to launch the Politics Channel and are looking for excellent writers passionate about politics who are looking to gain national exposure and create an engaged community around their work.

We will be reviewing applicants' writing samples over the next few weeks and invite you to submit a brief piece of writing for evaluation by our Politics Channel Manager. We are running our writing sample submission process on PoliticsCorps.Gather.com to ensure that we select great writers who are comfortable publishing online using our platform. For the Politics Corps, we will be selecting only 8 writers nationally.

Finalists will be selected upon review of their work, so we encourage you to submit your sample article as soon as you are ready. If you have any concerns while publishing your writing sample, please contact us at: bureauchief@gatherinc.com and we would be happy to walk you through our publishing tool and answer any of your questions.

Writing Sample Submission Process:

1. Join the Politics Corps group on Gather.com.

Just click on the link below and fill out the short registration form.  Once you do that, you will be made a Gather member and a member of the Politics Correspondent Corps group at the same time. Registration is free and only takes a couple of minutes.

http://politicscorps.gather.com/groupEvent.jsp

2. Publish your writing sample.

- You should now be inside the group you joined and logged into Gather. Select “Publish” from the tab in the top right navigation bar. (If for some reason you were not deposited inside the group you joined, simply log into Gather using your new username and password and select the "Publish" tab from the top right navigation bar.

- Click the orange "Publish An Article" button.

- Insert "Politics Writing Sample - <Your City, State>" as your article title. Ex: "Politics Writing Sample - Boston, MA"

- Type or paste your writing sample (at least 500 words) into our publishing tool in the main text box.

- Under the main text box is the "tags" box. Insert the tags: Writing Sample, Politics Corps

- Click "Continue"

- When you reach "Who Can View My Article", choose "Everyone" and then check the "Politics Corps" group box below.

- Click publish. Your writing sample will now appear in the Politics Corps group.

3. Compensation

Our correspondents will be compensated through the Gather earnings program. When a member first joins the site, they begin earning Gather Points based on their activity, which can be redeemed for merchandise from our merchant partners. Members who contribute a high volume of quality content have the opportunity to join the Gather Cash Earnings program, by which their earnings are converted directly to cash and can be redeemed at any time for a check. As an official correspondent, you will be converted directly to the Gather Cash Earnings program. Corps members will additionally receive a $100 monthly expense stipend toward the cost of attending any events, buying related products, etc. Opportunities for quarterly bonuses and additional promotional support from Gather will also exist for the best writers.

For more information regarding the Gather earnings programs see our FAQ: http://www.gather.com/faqs.jsp?cat=compensationsystem  

4. Next Steps.

The Politics Channel Manager will be in touch with all Correspondent Corps applicants over the next few weeks. If we love your work, we will schedule a follow up interview to chat with you more about Gather.com, the new Politics Correspondent program, and your specific topical interests. The selected 8 Corps will then be contacted by the Channel Manager to finalize program details.

All Finalists selected by Gather will be interviewed in person by a Gather representative visiting your city. If you have any questions while publishing your writing sample, please contact us at: bureauchief@gatherinc.com and we would be happy to answer any questions

Learn more about Gather Channels at GatherCorps.gather.com