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Check out the new tag pages
Recently we’ve launched some updates to the tag pages on the web to improve discovery.
Tags are keywords and keyword phrases that are added to stories by the writer to improve story discovery and categorization. A writer can add up to five tags per story.
These tags appear at the…
Writers: Keep your readers in the loop by letting them subscribe to email updates. You own your subscriber list.
This past year, Medium has given readers and writers more control over the stories they see by emphasizing follows over algorithms. Now, writers, you can take your follower list one step further. Let your fans know when you’ve published something new from their email inbox, in addition to when they…
Tips from Medium’s Platform Editors
Write something valuable. A common strategy for this is to share your own life lessons. There’s plenty of advice around. In books, online, and on Medium, you can find tips on everything. It’s a pretty generous collective gesture. Still, even with good intentions, not all stories will land well. …
In Medium’s Partner Program, writers earn daily through a new model to reward quality writing
In 2017, we launched the Medium Partner Program to fairly compensate writers for their quality stories, with unlimited potential to earn. Since then, we’ve paid more than $6 million to over 30,000 writers, increasing payouts year over year.
Today, we’re excited to announce an updated earnings model to improve how…
Simple tips from Medium Curation
Every day the curation team reviews stories for distribution through Medium’s topics. Curators are looking for great stories to distribute, but in addition to quality, stories must meet some minimum guidelines. (Read the full curation guidelines here.) Some of the issues that disqualify a story from curation can easily be…
A Q&A with Shannon Ashley and Shaunta Grimes, two top Partner Program writers
Writers come in many forms.
Shaunta Grimes has been one for a long time. She has a Master’s in writing fiction, is a published author, and runs the Every Day Novelist publication on Medium. Her third novel, The Astonishing Maybe, was published by Penguin Random House in March.
Now, writers in Medium’s Partner Program can earn money for stories they publish in publications and can share Friend Links that guarantee that fans and followers can view their work
Today, we’re making two improvements to the Medium Partner Program that have been among the most-requested features since we launched the program in 2017. …
Recent stories that take a deeper look at the effects of technology on youth
TThe impact of technology is something that concerns us all, whether or not we have kids.
From infants and toddlers to teenagers and young adults, new generations are being exposed to emerging technologies, apps, and devices, and they’re having an effect that we are only beginning to comprehend.
What we…
A preview of a month-long anthology from Roxane Gay and Medium on what it means to live in a human body today
On April 3, Medium launched an anthology edited by the bestselling author Roxane Gay. The collection is at times intimate and brave, with 24 of Gay’s favorite writers responding to the same prompt: “What does it mean to live in an unruly body?”
A new way to celebrate visionary writers, handpicked by Medium Staff
The best part of working at Medium is witnessing the amazing stories that writers tell using our platform. We provide the canvas and every day, creators infuse it with their expertise, emotion, passion, and point of view.
There’s nothing quite like discovering a great new writer. The strongest voices on…
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