Persona Toolkits
Pick the role that fits you and we'll curate the most relevant guides, tools, templates and FAQs. Twenty-nine toolkits built around how UK journalists actually work — not just what they need to know.
Whether you're just starting out or running your own publication, each toolkit gives you a single starting point for everything most relevant to your role.
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How persona toolkits work
UK JournoHub covers dozens of topics across law, ethics, FOI, freelancing, careers and more. A persona toolkit cuts across all of those to surface only the content that matters most for your specific role. You get curated guides, the right tools, the right templates and role-specific FAQs — all on one page.
The topic hubs (like Media Law or Freelance Toolkit) go deeper on individual subjects. Use your persona toolkit as your starting point, then follow the links into the hubs for more detail.
Choose your toolkit
Twenty-nine roles, twenty-nine curated starting points. Pick the one that best describes how you work right now.
NCTJ qualifications, portfolio building, student press law and getting your first work experience in UK journalism.
Rates, contracts, invoicing, pitching editors, tax and building a sustainable freelance journalism business in the UK.
Beat knowledge, defamation hygiene, source verification and the daily practice of UK newsroom reporting.
Editorial governance, IPSO and IMPRESS compliance, story budgeting, complaints handling and newsroom leadership.
Magistrates, crown, family and coroners’ courts — reporting restrictions, contempt risks and attribution standards.
OSINT, source protection, document analysis, corporate investigations and publishing a long-form investigation in the UK.
Spreadsheets, SQL, Python, UK datasets, visualisation tools and FOI for data-driven UK journalism.
Photo ethics, licensing, public photography rights and picture editor workflow for UK photojournalists.
Radio and TV writing, Ofcom compliance, podcast production and broadcast-specific interview techniques.
Essential ethics, defamation basics, source verification and how to practise responsible independent reporting in the UK.
Switching into journalism from another field — NCTJ fast-track, portfolio from scratch and realistic route planning.
Audience growth, paywall models, editorial governance, complaints handling and sustainability for independent local news.
Filing fast and accurately for Reuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg and PA Media: snaps, wire style, embargoes and market-moving care.
Pitching and building narrative features: deep reporting, structure, the fact-checking burden, right of reply and kill fees.
Covering law and the courts as a specialist: contempt, reporting restrictions, BAILII, judgments and the accuracy bar.
Westminster journalism: the lobby system, briefings and embargoes, protecting sources, and due-impartiality obligations.
The night shift: monitoring wires, verifying breaking news with no lawyer on call, managing legal risk and handovers.
Turning complex policy, law and science into clear, accurate explainers without false balance or oversimplification.
Pre-publication verification: checking claims against primary sources, IPSO Clause 1, provenance checks and misinformation.
Producing broadcast and documentary investigations: pre-tx legal, Ofcom fairness and privacy, and duty of care to contributors.
Match reporting, access and accreditation, transfer stories, and the sports-law and defamation pitfalls of the beat.
Broadcast scripting, live interviewing, Ofcom Broadcasting Code compliance, and studio workflow.
Photo commissioning, rights and licensing, image ethics, and visual verification.
Designing in-house training, mentoring trainees, and NCTJ and CPD delivery in UK newsrooms.
Postgraduate routes, converting an MA into newsroom-ready skills, and building a portfolio alongside study.
Corporate investigations, MAR compliance, defamation in analyst quotes, FCA listing rules, contempt risk and conflict-of-interest management.
Hostile environment training, travel security, source protection, cross-jurisdictional investigations, visa management and kidnap cover.
Production workflow, news formats, interview technique, recording consent, defamation in interviews and monetisation disclosure.
Statistics literacy, peer-review interpretation, accuracy standards, Science Media Centre embargoes and health-claim reporting.