I'm definitely happy to contribute - I can pull together 10 stories or so quite quickly based around a variety of niches.

One thing I like about this idea is that it's very suitable for outsourcing - assuming the overall strategy is profitable.

The sticking point for many is how to make a topic 'newsworthy'.

Here are a few quick ideas (feel free to add):
- product launch
- local interest
- opinion on news item
- poll results

These can be mix and matched (i.e. poll result on new gadget launch - will people buy x?).

The latter two I'd have to do some testing with, but I can imagine using a load of 'off topic' forums (preferably private/unindexed) to ask people's opinions on news stories (or indeed almost any topic) to provide the majority of a news story that pushes public opinion. Mechanical Turk might be another cheap way of doing it.

Polls could be tackled in a similar way, or via a free service like Ask500, and the results also have an immediate newsworthyness.

Thom