My Highest Earning Article in May was About NewsBreak

Yes, writing about writing is a moneymaker

Andy Spears
2 min readJun 1, 2022
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Over the past few months, I’ve been writing about my journey here on Medium and reporting about the highest earning pieces in a given month. The trend is clear: Writing about writing earns money in the Medium Partner Program.

Of course, I also write about consumer protection, education policy, and I even write some fiction. All of these types of pieces earn some money for me.

Anyway, here’s the breakdown of my top five earning pieces from May.

In first place, a piece I wrote comparing my NewsBreak earnings to what I earn here on Medium.

Two articles I wrote about my experience at Simily came in 2nd and 4th. I’ve been writing on Simily since January and regularly chronicling my journey there.

Here’s one of those pieces:

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Andy Spears
Andy Spears

Written by Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .

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