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My Highest-Earning NewsBreak Story in February was About Tennessee Politics
Just don’t read the comments
NewsBreak continues to be a reliable platform for me to earn money from my writing.
I’ve read that some writers there earn the equivalent of their mortgage payment.
I’m not there yet — but I do see consistent earnings that outpace what I earn at Medium and nicely supplement my regular income.
I’ve started tracking the top-earning stories so I can focus my time on what works.
To be clear, NewsBreak is not my favorite writing platform. The comments are atrocious. However, I do like being able to write about news of interest to me and earning a decent payday from it.
In February, my highest-earning NewsBreak story was about Tennessee politics.
This single story earned more than all my work on Medium in February.
A group of progressive pastors advocating under the umbrella of the Southern Christian Coalition routinely challenges state leaders on state policy issues.
Here’s a quote from this piece:
Rev. Aaron Marble, Pastor of Jefferson St. Missionary Baptist Church said, “What is our state leading the nation in? We are not leading in equity. We are not leading in protecting the civil rights of all of our citizens. We are not leading and restoring voting rights. We are not leading in restorative justice, and we are not leading in valuing democracy.”
The story contains politics, controversy, and also religion. This seems to attract readers who are eager to share their opinions in the comments.
The takeaway:
Write about the controversy, ignore the comments.
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