Looking for a Few Good Bloggers

Beginning May 4, Centreville Patch will be making room for local bloggers on the site.

We're looking for bloggers who can riff on various topics, share their personality and engage our readers in discussions.

Patch is more than a news site, it's an online conversation about your community.

• Are you passionate about Fairfax County's core issues?
• Are you an expert craftsman or hobbyist who can share do-it-yourself tips?
• Do you have strong opinions about local government or schools?
• Can you just make us all laugh?
• Can you write compellingly?

Then we want to hear from you.

This isn't a reporting job. It's blogging. You write what you want to say when you want to say it. Do it on your schedule, whether that's posting multiple entries per day or a couple times a month. Because of the degree of flexibility involved, this is an unpaid opportunity.

Patch won't own what you post, so whether your entries are photos, video, or in written format, you can repost them to your other blogs. We're providing local bloggers an online platform to have their words seen by a larger audience.

Be interesting. Be provocative. Be yourself.

My role as editor will be to review blog entries submitted to Centreville Patch to ensure there are no libelous claims, statements that are blatantly false or otherwise inappropriate materiel. I may correct grammatical errors as well.

If you'd like to chat about the opportunity to share your voice with our readers, let me know by emailing mary.stachyra@patch.com. Send a writing sample or other relevant materiel, and don't forget to include a phone number so we can contact you.