Recommended Portfolio Sites
Medium.com
Medium is a free publishing platform for writers of all experience levels to share and display their work. On Medium, writers have opportunities to be published in collectives or to be paid through the Partner Program.
Here is an FAQ to begin using Medium.
Journo Portfolio
On Journo Portfolio, you can create a modern, no-fuss online portfolio. The dashboard is easy to use: customize your site’s look with six distinct themes, and sort your clips into any number of pages or content blocks.
Here is a step-by-step guide to get started with Journo Portfolio.
Clippings.me
Clippings.me was created explicitly for freelance journalists. It gives you a quick and easy way to show off your favorite clips, and add just enough detail about yourself to make you seem human. Clippings.me also offers an open journalism directory where you can browse journalists based on beats or by country to find potential interviewees for the stories you cover.
Here is a step-by-step guide to get started with Clippings.me.
Muck Rack
Muck Rack is a media database that helps connect journalists and PR pros — and their platform gives writers a slick way to easily showcase their work.
Request a free, live demo for a step-by-step guide to get started with Muck Rack.
The Freelance Creative
The Freelancer by Contently is a portfolio website specifically for freelance writers and journalists. In addition to serving as your online portfolio, it can serve as a place to find work and connect directly with clients.
Get started with The Freelance Creative.
Other Portfolio Recommendations
View our other recommended sites for general portfolio building. While not specifically geared towards writers, these portfolio recommendations allow you to do anything you want with it.
Piece Submissions
Georgia Tech Opportunities
- 3484 Magazine - Georgia Tech's Official News Magazine
- The Technique - The South's Liveliest College Newspaper
- Erato - Georgia Tech's Arts & Literature Magazine
- North Avenue Review - Georgia Tech's Open Forum Magazine
Sample Places To Explore
- ABC News
- The Atlantic
- Granta
- Hachette Book Group
- Hallmark
- HarperCollins
- Macmillan Publishers
- Penguin Random House
- Simon & Schuster
- The New York Times
- The New Yorker
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- Thomson Reuters
Internship opportunities with smaller papers:
- The Oregonian
- Tampa Bay / St. Petersburg Times
- Newsday
- Detroit News
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Des Moines Register
- Times-Picayune
General (Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry)
- Atlanta Review
- Black Fox Literary Magazine
- Creative Nonfiction
- Phoebe
- Poetry Foundation
- The Sun Magazine
- Sundog
- Uppagus
- Vita Brevis Magazine
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