Financial Sense ® Policies for Contributors
New contributing policy in place as of January 1, 2008
Introduction
When our site began in 1997, its only published editorials were authored by Jim
Puplava. As Financial Sense's readership grew, our desire was to
increase the site's content — and its utility as a free financial education tool
— with the opinions of others. In 2001 we began to accept contributions from other
known financial experts and investment professionals. Two years
later, in 2003, we developed Financial Sense University and opened up
our site to articles from a variety of individuals from around the
world. Regardless of their level of financial credentials — whether
investment professionals, financial newsletter writers, experts in
related fields or industries, or individuals with a passion for finance
or the markets — all have a desire to share their thoughts on the state of the markets and
the economy with a community of financial thinkers; they are the
"students" and "teachers" of Financial Sense University.
Our commitment to the financial education of our readership means that the site will continue to expand and develop with the needs and requests of our visitors, as well as take advantage of developing web technology. Today there are blogs, personal web spaces, news feeds, blackberries that retrieve emails, and phones that receive text messages and access the Internet. We have truly become a global information society. Just as the Internet has grown in size and usage, so too has Financial Sense ® Online (FSO). As our site and its readership have grown, especially during these last three years, we have also seen a greater number of websites and blogs whose format, content and contributors more and more closely mirror our own, just as we've seen other Internet broadcasts emulate our Financial Sense Newshour (FSN). (Many of these other sites and blogs are filled with ads and flashing banners that generate income for their sites. That's just not our style.)
Throughout the years, we have attempted to provide our site's visitors with well-reasoned editorial opinions to help them understand the markets — past, present, and future — even when those opinions differed from our own. However, in an effort to maintain our standards regarding the quality and uniqueness of the information available at Financial Sense, over the years we have developed policies about acceptable content and subject matter for our site. We feel that you, as well as our contributors, should be aware of how these policies determine the editorial content on Financial Sense ® Online.
Yours
for making financial sense,
Jim and Mary Puplava
Editorial Content & Broadcast Guidelines
Financial Sense FAQ on Policies
Are we selective about FSO contributors and FSN broadcast guests?
Why do FSO contributors or FSN broadcast guests choose to participate for free?
How are FSO contributors and FSN broadcast guests selected?
Who owns and observes copyright for submissions to FSO?
Three Categories of Editorial Content
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PREMIUM EDITORIAL CONTENT |
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FS-GOLD |
FS-SILVER |
FS-BRONZE |
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FAQ on Financial Sense Online and Financial Sense Newshour
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Funding for Our Sites
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