The Finance Student pays contributors a share of the revenue their work earns. If you are a student in Ottawa who can explain something clearly — a co-op process, a licensing change, a campus money problem — there is a place for it here.
Placeholder terms below. Replace the percentages, payment timing and contact address with your final program details before launch.
How it works
01
Pitch
Send a two-line idea and the angle you would take. No full draft needed to start.
02
Publish
We edit for clarity and accuracy, add art, and schedule it with your byline attached.
03
Earn
Your article earns a share of the revenue it generates, paid on a monthly cycle.
The revenue share
Contributors receive a percentage of the net revenue attributed to their article — advertising, sponsorship and affiliate earnings tied to that page — for a fixed window after publication.
- Split: 50% of net revenue attributed to your article (placeholder)
- Window: first 12 months after publication (placeholder)
- Payout: monthly, once your balance clears a minimum threshold (placeholder)
- Reporting: you get the pageview and revenue figures for your own articles
- Rights: you keep your byline; we ask for first publication and the right to keep the piece online
What we are looking for
- Career: new hirings, hiring and layoff news at major employers, co-op and internship deadlines, salary expectations, interview prep, resume guides, interviews with professionals, regulatory and licensing changes
- Events: business events worth attending, networking nights, case competition results
- Student Life: OSAP explained, which credit card to get, clubs on campus, tuition and program changes
What does not get published
- Investment advice, stock picks, or anything that tells readers what to buy
- Unverifiable claims about named employers or people
- Sponsored content disguised as reporting
- Anything you did not write yourself
Before you send it
- One idea per pitch, with the angle in the first sentence
- Say where your information comes from — a posting, a document, an interview
- 300 to 900 words is the usual range for a first piece
- Include your program, school and year so we can attribute it properly
Send a pitch
Email a short pitch and we will reply either way. First-time contributors are welcome; a clean, specific pitch matters more than experience.