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Our friends at the TrustLaw-Good Governance blogging platform called Anti-Corruption Views, a Thompson Reuters Foundation platform, have reached out to us to offer you the chance to write for them. Not just that, but if you send blogs that are posted regularly, you’ll also be featured as one of their regular contributors.

This blog is one of the most popular parts of TrustLaw and it is receiving increasing amounts of traffic, which not only means you’ll be sharing your views with many, but also that you’ll be sharing your views with many more to come. Anti-Corruption Views currently has corruption related posts from lawyers, NGOs, journalists, academics, and interested parties who write about the fight against global corruption in all its forms.

Its now up to you, GYAC, to bring a new perspective to the mix. You are activists, IT experts, musicians, journalists, but above all you are the youth! Young citizens from around the world who are determined to be heard and to make their communities better, for themselves, their generation, and the generations to come.   

This is not to say that sending us a blog will ensure you a spot on TrustLaw-Good Governance. Quality is much more important than quantity and even their best bloggers only blog a couple of times a month, to make sure that their posts are not only well written but also well researched. Though their editors will retain the final say, you will have the support you need to make sure you meet the quality standards.

Make sure you check out the blog to get a good idea of what sort of topics are of interest and go through the bullets below to get an idea of the submission criteria.

• Length of post should be about 500 to 800 words
• It should be a readable style to appeal to non-academic audiences
• Avoid jargon. Use the everyday language you use to talk to family and friends.
• Avoid abbreviations: NGO, EITI, MNC, etc. Most people won’t understand them so don’t use them without explaining what they mean at first reference. Keep in mind a lot of abbreviations in an article are alienating even when the reader does know what they stand for.
• Avoid long job titles and organization names in the lead. For example, you could say, “the U.N. refugee agency” rather than, “the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).”
• Don’t assume your readers have prior knowledge. Weave in essential background but keep it simple. For example, if you mention the BP oil spill on the Gulf Coast, you should summarize what happened. Your piece should be able to stand by itself. Imagine you’re talking to a friend who has been on holiday on a desert island for the last month.

So here it is! Send us your questions, requests, but most importantly your posts to info@voices-against-corruption.org.