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If you shot video, took photos or reported a story in Arizona, The Arizona Inquirer will pay to run it. You keep your copyright. We license it, credit you by name, and verify everything before it runs.
Exclusive, sent to us first: $150 to $300
Major breaking news, exclusive: from $500, negotiated
Already posted on social media: $20 to $40
Exclusive: $75 to $150
Already posted on social media: $10 to $20
News brief, 300 to 500 words: $75 to $100
Reported story, 800 to 1,200 words: $150 to $250
Investigation, multi-day: $400 to $750, agreed before you start
Already posted on social media or a blog, run with credit: $25 to $50
We pay within 7 days of publication. If we assign a story and don't run it, you still get 50%. We collect a W-9 before your first payment.
Exclusive means us first. Hold it off your own feeds until we publish. Twenty-four hours after that, post it anywhere you like with a credit and a link to our story. If it lands on social media first, it's paid at the already-posted rate.
Send the originals. Original files with the metadata intact, not screen recordings or reposts. We check when and where it was shot.
Tell us who you shoot for. Groups, campaigns, pages, employers. Affiliations don't disqualify you. Hiding them does. We note them when we run your work.
No AI fakes, no edits. No generated or altered images or video. If you used AI anywhere in a written piece, tell us where.
Stay safe and legal. Don't trespass, don't put yourself in danger, and give police and first responders room to do their jobs. No footage is worth that.
We edit and we decide. We fact-check everything, write the headlines, and run corrections when we get something wrong. Nobody pays to get in, and nobody pays to stay out.
Share a link to the files (Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer or iCloud). We'll reply with an offer before anything runs. Nothing is published without your yes.
Rather email? [email protected] or call or text 505-932-9060.