Top 6 Journalism Templates for Freelance Virtual Assistants

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.

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.

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.

Simple Notion template designed to streamline your entire blogging workflow – from brainstorming captivating ideas to hitting publish with confidence.

Here's what makes Mini Blogger your secret blogging weapon:

Effortless Planning: Organize your content calendar with a breeze using the intuitive calendar view. Drag and drop posts, schedule future publishes, and gain a clear picture of your editorial strategy.

Draft Like a Dream: Focus on crafting stellar content in a clean and distraction-free writing environment. No more juggling clunky platforms or scattered notes – Mini Blogger keeps you laser-focused on what matters most – your writing!

Collaboration Made Easy: Do you have guest contributors? Mini Blogger boasts a dedicated contribution database. Manage contributor information, track guest posts seamlessly, and foster effortless collaboration.

Notion Powerhouse: Tap into the unbeatable functionality of Notion. Mini Blogger integrates flawlessly with your existing workspaces, ensuring your blog content remains organized and readily accessible.

A place for journalists to organize their sources (both human sources and documents), their interviews, their big ideas, their story structure, and their deadlines. Databases where you can map out the story's timeline, characters, and locations help transform reporting into a finished product.

It includes spaces to write a nut graf and keep track of your lingering questions, as well as pages dedicated to your notes, your outline, your first draft, as well as a final and "ready for publication" version.

I've included a link to a page of journalistic tips I find really helpful, as well as links to some tricks-of-the-trade articles I find really clarifying.

At the bottom, I've included a space to write a pitch, some tips on pitching, as well as a database for publications you've pitched to, in case you are a freelance journalist.

I hope this can serve as a one-stop-shop for organizing complex stories.

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.