Write for Newsweek.
You'd be writing for one of the most recognized names in news — Newsweek. The audience is broad and the bar for accuracy is high. This isn't opinion or fan coverage; it's news, analysis, and explainers that need to hold up to a skeptical reader who already knows the basics.
Free. About an hour, in one sitting. You'll know where you stand either way.
Know the door your story walks through.
This is the single most useful thing on this page. A headline that works on Discover is not the headline that works in a newsletter, and writing for the wrong one is the most common way a good writer underperforms here.
Where most of the reading happens.
- Google Search (SEO)
Starting rates, before you spend an hour on this.
$10 per post to start
A flat fee for every post that's published. $10 is the base; pay rises with experience and with how you score on the writing test. Best for writers who want to file a steady number of stories a week.
Paid per thousand views your stories earn, on our site and/or through syndication partners such as MSN and Yahoo. Rewards writers whose headlines travel.
A fixed monthly fee for an agreed publishing schedule. For writers who want to cover a beat as a regular part of the team.
Which plan applies depends on the role and is agreed with the editor before you start. What you score on this test moves the number from day one.
Writer
Dependable, resourceful, gritty writers who can adjust with the ebbs and flows of the publishing industry.
Starts at $10 per post. Pay depends on experience and on how you score on the writing test, so strong headlines and a strong post move the number from day one. You'll cover news as it breaks, some weeks heavier than others. The writers who do well here keep filing when the calendar is quiet and pick up the pace when it isn't.
One test covers every role here — take it once and the editors read it against all of them.
Newsweek covers U.S. and world news, politics, science, technology, health, culture, and business. The editorial team wants writers who can synthesize quickly, attribute carefully, and write in a clear, authoritative tone. SEO matters, but accuracy matters more.
- Write everything in the fields provided. Every headline and the post are typed here, on this page, while the clock runs.
- Don't paste from another program or an AI tool. Pasted text is detected and recorded. It counts against your score, and the reviewer sees exactly how much of your work arrived that way.
- Each submit is final. You can't go back to change a headline or the post once it's in, so read it once before you press the button. Please finish in one sitting: starting and stopping counts as an attempt, and after three the test closes for a while.
Moving your own sentences around inside a field is fine and isn't counted. Reading the source article in a new tab is expected; the clock keeps running while you do.