Hi Gwen, There are two big food groups on Gather where members share lots of recipes and tons of smaller ones based on your interests (which you can find using Digital Diva's instructions above). Check out:

The Food Essential and Food Talk as a place to start!

Good luck,

 

T

 

 

 

 

Hilarious!! Mary, do you mind posting this to the Entertainment Essential so I can feature it in that group. The link is entertainment.gather.com.

We actually unscrewed the fluorescent lights in our workspace area and brought in lamps. It's cozy and feels more natural. Maybe you could try that for a quick fix at least. As they say in Hollywood... good lighting is everything!

Good luck with finding a job that you like!

Hi Everyone,

I want to thank you all for your interest in the new Gather Correspondent Corps program. Over the last few days we have received a number of wonderful writing samples and we are just beginning to review all the submissions. In the meantime, I wanted to address a few of the concerns and questions that you have raised.

Q. Why Gather left out various categories, such as arts and crafts, sports, environmental, motorcycles etc.

A. This is just phase one of Channels on Gather. We selected the topics with the most broad-based appeal that already have a large following on Gather. There are certainly many other topics on Gather- from parenting to photography - that meet that criteria and that we hope to add to the channel list later in the year – so we're always open to suggestions. In the interim, please remember we have over 6,000 groups on Gather on virtually every subject imaginable and over 37,000 specific category tags that Gather members are writing about.


Q. Why is the Gather Correspondent Corps only open to U.S. Residents?

A. As Travis B. hinted at, this is purely a finance issue. As of yet, we do not have an international Gather payment or points system. However, we fully understand and appreciate the need to have a global community and international involvement. In fact it is one of our goals to become more international. It is in our plan to globalize the Gather points system and include those people not living in the U.S. and/or citizens of other nations to redeem their points on Gather. In the meantime, we sincerely hope and encourage our international Gatherer's to contribute to these channels and keep in mind that great content – correspondents or not – can always be featured and facilitate engaging conversation. Additionally, we are working on an alternative way to involve international Gatherers even before the financial obstacles are resolved so stay tuned and keep writing.

Q. Gather members who submit an article and are not using the correct tags will not be selected because they are not following the rules.

A. I want to clarify this concern because it is extremely important that everyone understands that the Gather Correspondent Corps program is not a contest. Correspondents will be chosen exclusively by the Gather Channel Team. The Channel Team will review writing samples, conduct interviews and choose those writers that they believe will best perform the duties of Gather Correspondent. Therefore, while it is certainly ideal that all submissions are tagged and titled correctly, if an applicant makes a mistake this by no means disqualifies them from being considered for the Gather Correspondent Corps.

Q. What is the timeline for participating in the Gather Correspondent Corps program?

A. Gather will be selecting Corps members on a rolling basis so the earlier you get in your writing sample the better. As you know, we will be selecting a limited number of Correspondents for each channel; however these positions will be fluctuating throughout the year. We will be adding and new correspondents continuously throughout the year so there is no final deadline.

Q. Can we submit numerous samples and do they have to be on a specific genre

A. You can submit as many samples as you like – just post them to the appropriate Corps group. The sample should be an example of the type of writing that you would do if you were a Correspondent for the Channel in question – ie: movie channel writing samples should be about movies.

Q. Can you be under 18?

A. Unfortunately no. For the time being, this program is only open to people 18 or older.

Thank you to eveyrone for your interest int his program. We look forward to reading each of your writing samples over the next few weeks and if you have any further questions or concerns feel free to email us at bureauchief@gatherinc.com