I run [login to view URL], the world's home of controversial news discussion. We present the site like a news site, but we publish only biased opinion pieces. Essentially, we write an opinion piece or article discussing the news event or topic, referencing news articles and other websites, but clearly taking a critical side. That side can be hugely popular among readers, or hugely unpopular. Ironically, the unpopular ones tend garner the most hits and activity, unsurprisingly.
We've been in operation for the past 3 years, slowly growing the site to an audience of roughly 20,000 hits per month, and in busy/spike periods, many times this number. Personally, I have written over 200 articles myself, and a small team of occasional writers volunteer pieces from time to time as well.
Our problem now is due to increasing pressure and time constraints, writing pieces ourselves has become a real challenge. I need a retainer of at least two good opinion articles per month ready to go live, so we can keep growing our readership and ranking well for topical issues. The faster we can publish a piece as controversial news breaks, the better.
What would I get you to write about? Well, anything controversial and topical you want to cover. Preferably things you yourself get passionate and riled up about. You have free reign over the topic and the style you wish to write with (ie: more like a blog piece than a journalistic piece). However, it has to be of high written quality of course, and it has to be on a topic that is controversial. By that I mean, the topic you write about needs to divide readers' opinions and clearly contain a bias for one side. Perhaps it riles people up, sparks vehement discussion, something everyone seems to be wanting to comment on.
Length of article: Roughly between 500 words and 3000 words.
Titles of articles may be tweaked by editors for maximum readership or strongest SEO.
Images: If embedded images such as graphs or photos need to be included, please fully source and credit them. Generally we try to restrict image use to fair use or creative commons only, or link to the original source to view copyrighted images there, fairly.
Creative Commons or originally produced images will also be added to your article as suitable, chosen by our editors.
Readers are able to leave comments on all published articles. We are an uncensored site, allowing unmoderated comments (as long as it's not SPAM or putting anyone in direct danger), and verbal boxing matches can ensue among our readers as debate and opinion heat up. To write on a controversial topic truly uncensored, you need to have a thick skin.
That said, we absolutely allow you to publish anonymously, or under a pseudonym, if you wish.
If you are interested in writing for us, feel free to make contact and we'll advance discussions.
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Thanks for reading through my bid. Your rather unique post caught my eye just last week about GM tomatoes and finding you here on Freelancer is a present surprise. I have done quite a few controversial pieces in the past and can sure do a tonne more if required. However, these pieces can be tricky to right and of course they need to be well researched. You'd obviously want to take a look at a few similar controversial pieces I've done before, but because they were 'work for hire', I can't show them to you on Freelancer.
The good news is that I can certainly send you a few samples of my work, those are not too controversial but should serve the purpose of showing if my work has potential. That said Freelancer does not allow me to attach samples with my bid so I'd probably have to email them to you.
About pricing I usually charge $40 per article, so that's $80 for two a month. Let me know if that works for you. Look forward to working for you.
Thanks
Bill
I am an experienced article writer, having had over 50 articles published in one of New Zealand's biggest news sites (Yahoo). I am a stickler for correct use of grammar and sentence construction. I'm also a news junkie and very well-informed on current events around the world. My friends always tell me I'm opinionated, so I would seem a good fit for your site! I'm excited by the prospect of writing for your business on a regular basis. I will meet and exceed your expectations.
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US ENGLISH LEVEL- 2 CERTIFIED. At Unique Corporation, we offer quality and unique articles, Blogs, E-books, Press releases, Reports, SEO, Web site content, Social Media content, Link building plus much more at reasonable rates. We provide our clients with customized services, quality content. We always meet deadlines and do revisions until the client is happy!
My bias is the truth. Many people can't handle it. Just ask Jack Nickolson and Tom Cruise.
I have my own personal blog in which I write posts of 1000-2000 words, and have published 330 such posts.
In my posts, I do mention news items, but do not always discuss them as much (in quantity and quality/perspective) as I would like.
Thus, I greatly welcome this opportunity to write even more.
My only question is: Would I focus on news items pertaining to Australia, or anything affecting people anywhere?
I have lived in India for the past five years (so I can work cheaply) but I was born, raised and educated well (and attended UC Berkeley) in the United States so my mastery of English (both American and British) is flawless.
This sounds a very interesting project. Please review the article in my portfolio about the "bedroom tax" in the UK. I feel it will be tame compared to how you would like them to be, but would be delighted to “up the ante” and write far more inflammatory pieces for your site. I’m really interested in news, especially those stories that get overlooked or underplayed. I constantly read and watch mainstream media and enjoy hearing different views on how the stories mesh together, often in surprising ways.
I come from an English background. I was an English teacher for twenty years, both in the UK and abroad. My last position before working for myself was as Head of English at a large international school; Harrow Bangkok. I read English at Manchester University before taking a Post Graduate Certificate in Education at the University of Exeter.
Best wishes Matt Riley
This is my start and so i may not be certified enough in this site but assure you of the quality and level your articles require. As for the sample you require-
Are these getting to you? I mean the so called random facts that the internet sells every other hour of everyday. Some as exaggerated as they could possibly be, some though are rather believable. The only certificate they require is 'scientists say' or 'psychology says' or maybe something new. Quite honestly it won't surprise me when a family leaves every door of their house partially open to avoid burglary just because a random psychology fact said it is a sign of a trap for them and they've learned it.
this is a quite short sample and can be extended or changed which is obviously for you to decide.
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I believe I am the right freelancer for this job as I am by nature an opinionated person and a well-regarded writer.
I have written for numerous online publications where I have put forward my opinions in a manner that is thorough and well thought out. My pieces have been designed to deliberately provoke comment and come across with strong conviction.
One publication I have written for is Online Opinion, a website that generates many comments from readers. An article I wrote for them a few years ago was about how the Greens party in Australia deserves rational scrutiny. Writing close to an election, and knowing that the Greens are a party people either support or hate, I was not surprised by the ferocity of the subsequent comments by readers.
I passionately follow the daily news, particularly politics, and have very strong political views. One example of a topic I could write about is the Australian Government's recent decision to change racial discrimination laws. Attorney General George Brandis recently commented that we all have the right to be bigots. Statements like this of course divide opinion across the country. This is the sort of topic I would write about.
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I could not place a bid for one article even though I wanted to. I do like the subject or subjects you write about and would love to join. I'm interested in all kinds of controversial information be it politics, religion, medicine, including cancer "cures", "war on terrorism", sex, aliens and writing about, say newest USA-Russia-Ukraine crisis could get me started up. Sometimes I think it's just the fine line that needs not to be crossed when you think about all the controversial topics in existence, and the most important thing there is probably to stay within the free speech scheme while not crossing into rhetoric which may be punishable by law.
Anyway, would love to be paid by piece so you can see it, "scan" it, approve it or not and would love to get somewhere around USD60 each for some 1500 words on average and if you like it, keep it, if not you don't have to pay but keep it anyway.
I know there will be people with all kinds of bids I just hope I'm not "outrageous" with the price and if I am I apologize. I also know that it is possible to find 500 words articles for 2$ but you already know you don't need those.
In this bid, as it is, stated amount would then be equal to four articles delivered within one month, but I would really prefer to be paid by piece which would be looked at and approved first.
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