Fan Media Network is looking for trained journalists, freelance journalists, college broadcast and journalism students, and former college players to cover sports news and teams in your area on your phone from your point of view as a mobile video journalist.
This is news reporting, commentary and criticism. Our iPhone app and web site (Android) have 250 NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and MLS team channels.
This is bite size coverage of news, games, events and moments from multiple points of view.
One fan in each city and at each school becomes a paid reporter in 2018 for our network for a year as a freelance mobile video journalist, and gets a weekly ticket allowance to go to games. Cities include New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco and the top 30 media markets. Schools include ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big XII, and Pac-12 schools.
You must be reliable and provide good coverage and first get promoted to official status. Our newsroom staff can help develop you as a mobile video journalist. We will collaborate with you on your phone from our mobile newsroom.
You can use our network to earn money 4 ways.
1. Paid reporter
2. Viewer-support
3. Buy This Video – news outlets can buy your videos to supplement their coverage and feature them on-air/online.
4. Native video ads – brands can pay fans for product placement and fan testimonials in videos.
You have to build your followers and create value to get noticed in our system as an influencer for native video advertising opportunities.
Students can use our network to be on-camera, cover high-profile sports news, earn school credit, build your mobile demo reel, get discovered and have fun.
Former players can stay in the game by providing insight on your team. Schools and sports that don’t get a lot of coverage will benefit.
Videos feature a simple Yes/No vote and can be shared into the News Feeds of Facebook and Twitter as social news coverage.
Our network will feature new and different paid reporters and official correspondents every season for all 250 NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and MLS teams that have a channel in our app and web site.
Fan Media is the first and only sports news network that does all of its news gathering and publishing solely by mobile phones. We produce video coverage at 10x – 50x less costs than traditional news outlets.
Those interested can apply by installing the app http://apple.co/1HhY2QQ or making a profile on the website http://fanmedianetwork.com/, and making one video 45-second video about your local team from your point of view. We will contact you in the app or web site from our Newsroom to set you up from there.