Scholarly Research Assistants
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
Seeking two research assistants, to help with new YouTube series set in a cyberpunk dystopia. With your help, we’ll arm The People with strong citations and help combat misinformation.
Requirements:
(1.1) Both living in the United States
Both enrolled and in good standing in an undergraduate program (any field)
(1.2) One self-identified as politically “left,” preferably a registered Democrat
(1.3) One self-identified as politically “right,” preferably a registered Republican
Deliverables:
(2.1) Research assistants will receive a monthly topic, e.g. “housing prices in the United States”
(2.2) Each research assistant will identify two of the best information sources they can find pertaining to the monthly topic.
(2.3) For each source, the research assistants will deliver a one hundred word summary of the source’s methods, findings, and importance to readers.
Reimbursement:
(3.1) $.20 per word, up to $40 total, for summaries of primary sources such as: peer-reviewed journals (excluding pay-to-publish), scientific polling groups (e.g. Gallup, Pew), government reports (e.g. FBI’s Unified Crime Report), primary historical documentation (e.g. archival footage of a political leader explaining their own reasoning), and some industry whitepapers (if reputable and methodologically transparent.)
(3.2) $.15 per word, up to $30 total, for summaries of secondary and interpreted sources such as: broadcast journalism (e.g. NBC, CBS, ABC) and think tank analyses (e.g. CAP, CATO, etc.)
(3.3) $.10 per word, up to $20 total, for opinion editorials, if and only if written by an expert on the monthly topic (e.g. a PhD in economics opining on housing prices).
Requirements:
(1.1) Both living in the United States
Both enrolled and in good standing in an undergraduate program (any field)
(1.2) One self-identified as politically “left,” preferably a registered Democrat
(1.3) One self-identified as politically “right,” preferably a registered Republican
Deliverables:
(2.1) Research assistants will receive a monthly topic, e.g. “housing prices in the United States”
(2.2) Each research assistant will identify two of the best information sources they can find pertaining to the monthly topic.
(2.3) For each source, the research assistants will deliver a one hundred word summary of the source’s methods, findings, and importance to readers.
Reimbursement:
(3.1) $.20 per word, up to $40 total, for summaries of primary sources such as: peer-reviewed journals (excluding pay-to-publish), scientific polling groups (e.g. Gallup, Pew), government reports (e.g. FBI’s Unified Crime Report), primary historical documentation (e.g. archival footage of a political leader explaining their own reasoning), and some industry whitepapers (if reputable and methodologically transparent.)
(3.2) $.15 per word, up to $30 total, for summaries of secondary and interpreted sources such as: broadcast journalism (e.g. NBC, CBS, ABC) and think tank analyses (e.g. CAP, CATO, etc.)
(3.3) $.10 per word, up to $20 total, for opinion editorials, if and only if written by an expert on the monthly topic (e.g. a PhD in economics opining on housing prices).