I really have no idea what I am doing.

The idea is to have a structure where anyone can write an article, but where some of the writers are senior, and can tell the juniors what to write about or make changes to their work to be reviewed by a final editor.
We also need someone to stay current with breaking news and give us a version of whatever story has come out. Salary is really supposed to be based on time. Perhaps it would be better to work on a per-word basis; say 1 NXT per word (which is just above 1 cent per word). Then we just track who made what change and who owns which word.

It is unlikely that these jobs will enable you to work full time. I do not think that it would be possible to make more than $50 per week doing this. Especially in the beginning. There's no point dumping 10 stories per day. One good story per day is fine. Our budget is about $400-$500 per month so that's a good 1-2 stories a day, possibly with the assistance of an editor.

Columnist style work is also appreciated and will run about the same price, $10-$20 per article depending on content and length.

There are other kinds of writing and research available, I'll propose them on an employee by employee basis depending on their skills