My NewsBreak Earnings Were 20x My Medium Earnings in June
Writing is fun, and earning from your writing is fun, too
This picture of some cows running is a lot like my NewsBreak earnings from June — unexpected and fun.
I like writing here at Medium because you can write about any topic and find some readers. You can earn some money, too.
But my Medium experience has been that the connections and community far exceed the monthly payouts. Which means writing here is fun, but the financial rewards take a lot of time.
By contrast, I’ve earned decent money on NewsBreak almost since my first month there.
On the other hand, there’s really not much community there — and the comments on your writing can be brutal. I read them for laughs sometimes, but if I took them seriously I’d be constantly in a state of confusion and rage.
I write about local politics (Tennessee), education policy, and consumer issues at NewsBreak.
There’s a decent (and built-in) audience for those topics — and many more — on NewsBreak.
The app has 45 million users — that’s a lot of potential readers.
I still struggle to determine which articles are going to be hits, but each month, I have 2–3 that turn…
