UK Journalism Templates & Downloads

Deadline calculator, request builder, 15-template library, internal review, ICO complaint, and EIR selector.

Rate calculator, pitch generator, invoice generator, late payment calculator and letter, kill fee calculator, and day rate quote builder.

Contempt checker, reporting restrictions checklist, court reporting guide, and guides on contempt, youth courts, and family courts.

Defamation risk checklist, public interest test, right of reply generator, corrections generator, story risk register, and law guides.

Journalism CV template, cover letter, portfolio guidance, pitch generator, ethics quiz, glossary, and NCTJ guide.

Full FOI appeal chain, source protection checklist, story risk register, social media verification, and law guides on SLAPPs and production orders.

Source protection checklist, story risk register, social media verification, digital security guide, and law guides on surveillance and the Official Secrets Act.

Corrections generator, right of reply generator, AI disclosure checklist, public interest test, ethics flowchart, and standards guides.

Simple and advanced pitch generators, rate calculator, and guides on pitching editors, pitch tracking, editor relationships, and regional papers.

Corrections generator, right of reply generator, defamation risk checklist, and guides on right of reply law, corrections policy, and editorial transparency.

Standard commissioning contract, syndication side-letter, one-off engagement letter, and a red-flags checklist for reviewing contracts you receive.

Four letters for responding to Subject Access Requests: acknowledgement, Section 14 refusal, journalism-exemption claim, and partial disclosure with redactions.

Formal interview request letters for broadcast journalism: politician/official, pre-record, live studio, and Ofcom Code 7 right-of-reply — with compliance checklist.

Data source log, cleaning and transformation log, methodology note for publication, and reproducibility checklist — with ONS Code of Practice references.

Editorial standards policy, IPSO/IMPRESS complaints procedure, conflicts-of-interest declaration, byline conventions, headline guidelines, and picture-credit policy.

Pitch decline, embargoed briefing request, off-the-record agreement, post-press-conference follow-up, and complaint about misleading PR.

Pre-deployment risk assessment, next-of-kin contacts, daily check-in protocol, kidnap-and-ransom acknowledgement, and post-incident debrief.

Feature pitch, interview transcript, fact-check sheet, photo brief, and deadline calendar for UK magazine journalists.

Model release (editorial), property release, photo agency licence summary, kill-fee letter for photographers, and mediation letter for unpaid licence fees.

Newsroom social-media policy, personal disclosure, election-period rules, online harassment escalation, and off-platform takedown request.

Methodology note, data source log, data cleaning log, reproducibility checklist, and ethics review aligned with ONS Code of Practice and ICO guidance.

Expert source vetting checklist, peer-review status check, embargo agreement, medical accuracy disclaimer, and Samaritans mental health sensitivity check.

Pre-written obit skeleton, embargoed content protocol, family contact email, cause-of-death sensitivity check, and permission-to-name request.

Live-blog template, results-checking log, fact-check tracker, moderation policy, and exit poll embargo statement.

Daily roving reporter brief, contempt-check form (CCA 1981 s.2), quote verification log, and restrictions-check checklist.

Pension contribution calculator (SIPP vs stakeholder), tax relief planner, SIPP vs personal pension comparison, and annual pension review checklist.

Initial kill-fee claim letter, follow-up chase letter, formal complaint escalation, and small-claims MCOL letter template.

Reporting restrictions checklist, anonymity guidance, discrimination-claim sensitivity guide, and embargo agreement template.

Return-to-work negotiation letter, flexible working request under ERA 1996 s.80F, freelance client re-engagement email, and childcare-impact conversation script.

Audio editing workflow checklist, distribution platform setup guide, RSS feed setup, sponsorship disclosure statement, and monetisation options table.

AI-use disclosure footer, editorial AI policy statement, reader-facing AI note, synthetic-media label, and a newsroom AI-use log entry.

Source-diversity tracker, contributor pay-equity check, content representation audit, inclusive-language quick-reference, and accessibility spot-check.

Pre-publication legal-review request, evidence log/schedule, right-of-reply letter, meanings-and-defences worksheet, and a risk-summary cover note.

Guest release and consent form, spoken recording-consent script, music/clip licensing checklist, remote-recording checklist, and an audio correction note.

First-100-days plan, team one-to-one agenda, editorial standards statement starter, complaints-and-corrections process, and a commissioning brief.