Overview

We're an independent political news publication covering primary elections, ballot access, voter independence, and structural reform in US politics. We run open comments on our articles and we're hiring 5 paid contributors to be part of that conversation. The role: read short political news articles and write thoughtful 50-200 word comments in your own voice within 60 minutes of the article being shared, during US business hours (8am-4pm PST). $5 per posted comment. What you'll do - Receive article links in a private Slack channel during 8am-4pm PST business hours. - Read the article (~5 min) and write a 50-200 word comment in your own voice (~5 min). - Post your comment under your own member account, using your real legal name or one consistent chosen pen name — your choice, but it must be consistent across all your comments. - Drop the comment URL in the channel to confirm. Pay and the 5-spot model - $5 per posted comment, paid weekly via Upwork. - We hire 5 commenters total. Up to 5 of you can post on the same article — everyone who posts within 60 minutes of the article being shared gets paid. - If you don't post within 60 minutes, you lose your spot for that article. Repeated misses end the role. - Volume: ~3 articles per week. Realistic earnings if you stay active: $60/month. Required - US-based. Pacific or Eastern Time preferred for business-hours coverage. - Fluent, native-level English. - Working knowledge of US politics — the primary process, ballot access, current major issues, state-level politics. - One consistent identity across all your comments. No multiple accounts. - Willingness to register a free member account on our site. - Willingness to sign a brief commenter agreement (no AI-generated comments, no identity misrepresentation, write in your own voice). Not allowed - AI-generated or AI-rewritten comments. You're paid for your voice. We do post-hoc spot-checks. - Identity misrepresentation. Don't pretend to be from a region, profession, or affiliation that isn't yours. - Multiple accounts. - Personal attacks on named real people. Strong opinions on policy are fine; attacks on individuals are not. - Applause ("Great piece") or low-effort one-liners. How to apply Just tell me your time-zone and availability during US business hours.