A Citizen Journalism Experiment That Pays

The Huffington Post has had some notable successes with its citizen journalism spin-off, Off The Bus -- but it could soon have some competition from a new website with a big built-in advantage.

Allvoices.com also wants to turn regular people into reporters, but, unlike Huffpo, it's willing to pay them for their big scoops or catchy blog posts. Today, the San Francisco-based social network-slash-news site, which went live two weeks ago after a year in beta, unveiled a play to award users up to $10,000 for writing stories that attract a lot of eyeballs.