For solopreneurs, journalism can act as a bridge between their insights and the wider public, helping to establish authority and thought leadership in their niche. A well-structured journalism template on Notion could streamline this process by organizing thoughts, research, and publications efficiently. Before embarking on creating your own journalism template, it might be beneficial to explore existing templates such as the "Newsroom Editor Hub Template" for managing stories and sources, or the "Journalist Hub," designed to assist with the entire journalistic process, among others listed. These resources can offer a solid foundation to build upon, simplifying the task ahead.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
