HuffPost Citizen Journalism Editor 'A Big Fan Of Paying Student Journalists'

But won’t be doing it, the NY Observer reports.

The Huffington Post launched its college reporting team yesterday with an announcement seeking 30 journalists and photographers to cover issues important to college students.

The Observer asked Adam Clark Estes, editor of citizen journalism at HuffPost, for info on the student writers’ compensation scheme, and he replied:

We do have a small budget to set student journalists up with equipment and to cover costs, but they won’t be paid on a traditional story-by-story basis.