US-based political news commenter — paid per comment, ongoing

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.