Writing & Media
Journalists, editors, content strategists, and media professionals. An editor reads your clips before your CV. Your portfolio site needs a clip index organised by beat and outlet — not a blog homepage. Your CV must be pitch-ready in one page.
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What we change for writing and media
Portfolio URL in the header
Your site or clip portfolio link goes next to your email in the header. An editor opens it before reading anything else — it needs to be one click away, not buried in a footer.
Clips organised by beat and outlet
Not a chronological list of jobs. Your best 4–6 clips, named and linked, organised by the beat you want to be hired for. The piece that triggered a parliamentary inquiry goes at the top.
Bylines and outlet prestige
The Guardian, Financial Times, The Atlantic — named prominently. For journalists, where you have published is as important as what you have published.
Investigations and impact
Regulatory responses, corrections, retractions you triggered in others, reader numbers — impact that goes beyond the word count. We frame your work by what it changed, not just what it covered.
Awards and recognition
Paul Foot, Pulitzer, BSME, British Journalism Awards — with year and category. Shortlists count. We list them the way awards bodies expect to see them cited.
Languages and regions
For international journalists — languages, regions covered, sources cultivated across borders. A West Africa correspondent with six-country source networks is a different candidate from a London desk reporter.
What we will ask you for
Have these ready and the first draft moves faster.
- 01Current CV or LinkedIn in any state
- 02Portfolio URL or clip links — 4–6 best pieces with outlet names
- 03Any investigations that triggered real-world responses
- 04Awards and shortlists — name, year, category
- 05Roles you are targeting — publication names or job titles
Not in media?
Every other profession gets the same treatment under its own rules.