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Food & Drink Insiders Wanted

Examiner.com, a Quantcast Top 100 website and the fastest growing news website in the nation, seeks freelance writers and photographers (we call them “Examiners”) to share local insights, knowledge and experience about Food & Drink related topics. It’s a great way to cover what you love and communicate what’s happening in your city, as well as supplement your income.

Here are some examples of topic titles in this category:

• Baking Examiner
• Cocktails Examiner
• Cooking Examiner
• Craft Beer Examiner
• Dairy Free Food Examiner
• Ethnic Food Examiner
• Food Examiner
• French Food Examiner
• Gourmet Food Examiner
• Herbal Kitchen Examiner
• Kosher Foods Examiner
• One-Pot Meals Examiner
• Sustainable Food Examiner
• Skiing Examiner
• Wine Examiner
• Wine Pairings Examiner
• And many others to choose from or you can propose your own topic to write about!
  

Click on the following to get an idea of what other Examiners in this channel are writing about:

Denver Cooking Examiner
LA Cocktails Examiner
National Beer Examiner
National Wine Examiner
NY Food Examiner

Food & Drink channel Examiners also enjoy fun seasonal projects such as the Fall Cookbook – 300 Uniquely Examiner Recipes

Examiners often become the "go-to" people in their topics and have appeared on local, national, and international media, including The Today Show, NPR, E!, CNN, Fox Sports, ESPN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Discovery Channel, The Wall Street Journal, and other television, radio and print after writing articles for Examiner.com.

What is an Examiner?

• Credible, passionate, and knowledgeable writers and subject matter experts who contribute unique and original content to entertain, inform, and inspire their readers
  
• Photographers who provide captivating images and slideshows for their audience (see NY Restaurant Photography Examiner)
  
• Local insiders and influencers who provide reliable intelligence and resources on local and category-specific topics
  
• Active within their communities
• From all walks of life and professions, including Pulitzer nominees and professional journalists, college students, civil servants, retirees, musicians, magazine editors, stay-at-home parents or PhDs.

Why Become an Examiner?

• Work freelance & telecommute on your own schedule
  
• Build your audience and enhance your resume
  
• Creative freedom to choose what to cover within your selected topic
  
• Enjoy ancillary perks of being the “go to” expert on your topic.
  
• We provide the platform, promotion, training, tools and an exclusive networking system to connect with other writers/photographers
  
• Competitive pay based on standard internet variables including page views, unique visitors, session length, and advertising performance, so your income grows as your readership grows
  
• Additional income opportunities through incentive programs such as the Examiner Referral Program
  
• Join the largest team of vetted content contributors online and showcase your content on a site with over 14 million monthly unique visitors.

Although this is not a "quit your day job" kind of opportunity, Examiners can definitely earn some extra cash while gaining exposure through their writing and growing their online presence.

Qualifications

• Passion for the topic!
  
• Strong writing ability including style, technique, spelling, punctuation, etc.
  
• Access to timely, accurate information within their topic
  
• Ability to keep their homepage current, which usually means publishing a minimum of three to four brief articles per week depending on the topic
  
• Desire to build their readership, understand their audience, and be the expert
  
• Technically savvy; able to learn and utilize web/publishing tools
• Keep in mind that unlike blogging and journaling platforms, Examiner.com focuses on providing reliable information, resources and education; therefore, writing sample submissions should be from a reporting perspective rather than first person narratives.

About Examiner.com

Launched in April 2008, Examiner.com is the insider source for everything local, offering a rich mix of hyper-local and globally-relevant content. We have presence in most U.S. cities, thousands of towns and neighborhoods, and are developing a strong presence in international markets including Canada, the U.K., the Philippines and Australia. Examiner.com’s content is contributed by Examiners; passionate, informed, and knowledgeable local influencers. Examiner.com is a division of the Clarity Digital Group, LLC, wholly owned by The Anschutz Company, a Denver-based investment company whose broad array of assets include AEG Entertainment and other live sports and entertainment; print and digital media; hospitality; film production and exhibition; wind energy development and transmission; as well as ranching and oil/gas exploration. We currently have over 18,000 Examiners, the largest team of vetted content contributors online, and continue to grow at an exponential rate!

Please visit our website to apply or learn more.

• Compensation: Competitive pay based on standard internet variables including page views, unique visitors, session length, and advertising performance
• Telecommuting is ok.
• This is a part-time job.
• This is a contract job.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.