Built for freelance journalists, beat reporters, and feature writers. List your bylines with outlet, date, link, and reporting notes in a newsprint layout, then publish at your own /writers/ link or export as a standalone file.
Sign in with your email to save this portfolio to your account, publish it at becomeawritertoday.com/writers/your-name/, and come back to add a clip each time you publish.
No password. Free for up to 10 clips; $8/month for unlimited clips and no site footer.
Sample layout: Reported features and bylines, newsprint feel. Pick the theme closest to your work.
Free hosted page for up to 10 clips with passwordless email sign-in. Upgrade to Portfolio Pro ($8/month) for unlimited clips and no site footer.
When you pitch a section editor, your portfolio link does one job: prove you can report and deliver the story you just pitched. Put your beat and location in the headline, name the desks or publications you have written for in your two-sentence bio, and annotate each clip with the reporting behind it (freedom-of-information filings, court records, on-the-ground interviews, or exclusive data).
Every time a new story runs, click the sign-in link in your email to add the byline in thirty seconds. You can inspect a complete sample journalist page at/writers/clara-vance/or compare more niche layouts on ourwriting portfolio examplespage.
Commissioning editors usually click two or three clips at most. Lead with your strongest six to ten stories in your primary beat, and include the publication name, date, and a one-sentence note on the reporting behind each piece.
Like dedicated hosted portfolio apps, you get a clean public link where you can add new clips by signing in with your email, free for up to 10 clips and $8/month for unlimited clips with no site footer. Unlike locked platforms, you can also export your entire portfolio as a standalone HTML file or Markdown document at any time with one click.
Link to the published URL so the commissioning editor can verify the byline and outlet, and use the clip note field to summarise the reporting, sources, and impact for editors who do not subscribe to that title.
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