Write For The Health Wyze Report!

Written by Thomas Corriher Thursday, 24 September 2009 15:53

Want to help?  We are looking for writers.

We expect our writers to write what they mean, and mean what they write.  We expect you to be able to stand by your words, and sign your name to them.  We have very high standards.  The following list describes our ideals and applicable policies.  You should think of them as our journalistic code of ethics.  If any of these policies are disagreeable, then please contact us to discuss your reservations, and perhaps we could make a special arraignment concerning the publication of your work.  We are flexible, unless given stipulations that compromise our credibility or our journalistic ethics.

Section I - Official Policies

1. We fact-check, format, and provide editing for all articles.  Be forewarned that I am the Editor-From-Hell, but all of my constructive criticism is intended to make you the best writer that you can be.
2. You do not need to be an expert to write for us.  In fact, the "experts" tend to make us nervous.
3. Credentials are meaningless.  Just show us that you have the talent, character, and discipline.  These are the important traits; not pieces of official paper.
4. Honesty.  This includes being honest even when it hurts, and people are going to laugh at you in disbelief.  If we just give people believable lies, then we are no better than our corporate media competitors.
5. Credibility.  Credibility usually means research, and credibility is not related to a person's credentials.  If a person is credible, then his writing speaks for itself.  We include facts and statistics whenever possible to enhance the credibility of our articles.  We also use quotes liberally.  Whenever we cannot find 3rd-party credible sources to dispute a fallacy from an organization which is otherwise considered credible, then we utilize quotes from the agency itself, in order to use its own words against it.  There are usually enough good and honest whistle-blowers to make it possible.
6. We operate on the premise that God provided in nature all that we need to live long and healthy lives, and that pharmaceuticals in the long term cause much more harm than good.
7. We do not have a set article length.  Articles should be made as long as necessary to convey all the important points that authors are attempting to make.
8. If you are just interested for payments, then you are likely to be disappointed, and your participation is guaranteed to be brief.  At this time, we are not paying writers, but this may change in time.
9. We will treat you with respect, unless you make it impossible for us to do so.
10. We expect you to be able to write about complex topics in language understandable by average people, while making certain to never insult their intelligence.
11. If you believe chemically synthesized vitamins, vaccines, and antibiotics actually improve a person's overall long-term health, then you have more to learn before you are ready to write for us.
12. If you have made it this far, then you are likely to be sincerely interested, so we recommend that you request a copy of our future article topics.  We have a great list of ideas.  Please do not waste your time writing something that we might not be interested in posting.

Section II - Copyrights and Legal

1. You must authorize us to reprint and republish submitted works at HealthWyze.org, and any Internet domain name that we move this web site to in the future.
2. Our Liberal Copyright Policy does not apply to the works from guest columnists, unless they wish it to.
3. Authors will always be given conspicuous credit for their work(s), including web-based link backs, and authors retain all rights to republish their work in any manner that they see fit.  We will never limit an author's rights to his own work.  We generally allow our guest writers to write their own by-line sections.
4. For all works submitted that have been previously published, we require the disclosure of this information, so that we may include it in the article's by-line, and we also require assurances from authors that they have not surrendered their republication rights for works submitted.
5. We specifically pledge to never commercially reproduce works submitted for publication at HealthWyze.org (or our future Internet domain names) elsewhere, without first obtaining the author's permission.
6. We will never grant 3rd parties permission to republish your work.

These policies are official as of 9/25/2009, until amended.