The internet is a wide open frontier of information, and the owners of allvoices.com are capitalizing on that trend with a website that is devoted to providing citizen journalists the opportunity to write news stories. These stories are include a wide range of interests and are published online for viewers to enjoy as well as to create discussion. By publishing these home spun journalist contributions, community writers are afforded access to millions of readers who may come to follow their stories. With readership comes income sharing, and AllVoices.com allows all of its authors to share in the advertiser supported revenue that is integrated into the news magazine website. By paying its writers, the company encourages citizens around the world to contribute to their body of knowledge. Because specific pages drive viewers to allvoices.com, payment is based on page views per article. Users have commented on how is much better it is in comparison to other sites, which require visitors to click on an advertisement, to be paid for the page view. An online mentoring program also allows interaction between new and experienced citizen reporters that helps them to refine their writing skills.
The site has enabled technology that allows members to post news stories from around the globe using a number of different internet devices by simply clicking on the link that says Report Your News. Stories can be reported by a written article, an image or a video that is accompanied by a written summary. All articles and submissions to allvoices.com become the property of the website and its owners. All uploaded content is carefully screened to validate that it is related to a news story and not just spam. Visitors are not required to contribute, and the vast majority of monthly hits are simply interested readers.
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