Journalism, for freelancers, functions as a bridge between the complexities of the world and the public's understanding. A Journalism template facilitates the synthesis of information, aiding freelancers in organizing their research, sources, and articles, thereby streamlining their workflow. Before embarking on the creation of your own Journalism template, consider exploring the ones provided below to simplify the process.
1. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
At The Daily, we use our SOPs database to ensure consistent and efficient workflows. It helps in documenting step-by-step procedures and maintaining quality standards across various tasks or operations people have to complete.
Some key principles to make sure your use of this template is a success:
1. No SOP is too small to document. Things that may seem intuitive may not be for someone in the future.
2. An SOP can be too big in scope. We don’t want “Use WordPress” but we do want “Publish an article”
3. Make the name of the SOPs something that someone in the future would search for
4. Link between SOPs. If you realize one piece of content relates to another, use Notion's @ key to create a backlink!
5. Tag things, and create new tags. Eventually, we might organize this more. For now, let’s just try something rough.
2. Medium.com Writers Dashboard
As a writer, staying organized and keeping track of your ideas and articles can be a challenging task. That’s why I have created a Notion template specifically for Medium.com writers, to help streamline their workflow and keep their ideas and articles organized.
3. Journalist hub
These four connected templates contain everything you need as a journalist to research, interview, and write. Keep your relevant interviews and research notes alongside your article drafts so you can easily pull from and reference them. Track all the sources you talk to, their contact info, and any meetings or interviews you’ve done with them. See how and use Notion for their work.
4. Newsroom Editor Hub Template
Newsrooms have to keep track of a lot of content. The Newsroom Editor Hub enables you to do just that, with filtered views of your content pipeline so that every editor and journalist can see exactly what they need, without getting bogged down by the things they don't.
