title: Contributor
text: # Contributor
  
  Contributor may refer to:
  
  * Author, the originator of any written work which is contributed to a publication
     * Freelance writer, an author working as an independent contractor for a publication
        * Contributor network, a freelance writing arrangement used by online publications
  * Benefactor (law), a person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization
  
  The Contributor may refer to:
  
  * The Contributor (LDS magazine), a 19th-century periodical associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  * The Contributor (street paper), a street newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee
  * The Contributor (website), an American news reporting website
  