Curated Portfolio of Articles/Work
Showcase your strongest published work, organized by beat, publication, or type (e.g., investigative, opinion, feature). Provide direct links to external publications and embed media (video/audio) where relevant.
AI website builder for journalists
A journalism website. Room for your reporting.AI website builder for journalism
Organize published reporting, beats and credits with links to the original work.
Your work deserves a good first impression
Journalists website templates.
Make room for reporting.
Explore templates for journalists websites. Preview a design, then make the content, photographs and colours your own.
A first draft, with room to make it yours
How to create
your journalists website.
Start with an idea or a relevant template. Refine it around your journalists audience and the information they need.
Describe your journalists website
Tell the AI who you serve, what you offer and the style you want. Include curated portfolio of articles/work and about me / journalist bio in your brief, or choose a relevant template.
Name your audience and the next action you want visitors to take.Review and make it yours
Ask the AI Editor for any change, or click an element to show what you mean. Add your own photographs and review curated portfolio of articles/work, about me / journalist bio, resume / cv & experience before sharing your website.
Confirm every claim and replace sample content with your actual details.Preview, then publish
Check the website on phones, tablets and desktop screens. Publish with hosting and SSL, and connect a domain you own when your plan includes custom domains.
Test your contact form and every external service link after publishing.
The details that help visitors choose
Curated Portfolio of Articles/Work.
One clear website.
A journalist's website is a byline archive, a pitch page and a mailing list in one, and Grigora builds it from a sentence about your beat and where you file. The AI drafts the site, then you describe any change in the AI Editor, with no code.
Curated Portfolio of Articles/Work
Showcase your strongest published work, organized by beat, publication, or type (e.g., investigative, opinion, feature). Provide direct links to external publications and embed media (video/audio) where relevant.
About Me / Journalist Bio
Share your journalistic philosophy, areas of expertise, reporting interests, and what drives your storytelling. Include a professional headshot. This helps editors understand your unique perspective and niche.
Resume / CV & Experience
Provide a downloadable PDF of your resume or a detailed online section outlining your professional experience, education, awards, and key skills (e.g., interviewing, data analysis, multimedia production).
Try a style. Explore the design.
Your website
Freelance News ReporterA clear first impression
Curated Portfolio of Articles/Work
Showcase your strongest published work, organized by beat, publication, or type (e.g., investigative, opinion, feature). Provide direct links to external publications and embed media (video/audio) where relevant.
Your work, clearly presentedInteractive design inspiration. Illustrative photography and sample copy.
Plan the pages your visitors will use
The right information.
A complete picture of your work.
A practical journalists website content guide. Choose the pages that fit what you do and keep the important answers close.
About Me / Journalist Bio
Share your journalistic philosophy, areas of expertise, reporting interests, and what drives your storytelling. Include a professional headshot. This helps editors understand your unique perspective and niche.
Resume / CV & Experience
Provide a downloadable PDF of your resume or a detailed online section outlining your professional experience, education, awards, and key skills (e.g., interviewing, data analysis, multimedia production).
Special Projects & Multimedia
Highlight any in-depth investigative series, multimedia packages, podcasts, or video reports. These demonstrate your versatility and ability to tackle complex topics across different formats.
Client/Editor Testimonials
Feature quotes from editors, producers, or colleagues praising your work ethic, reporting skills, or ability to meet deadlines. This builds professional credibility and trust.
Personal Blog / News Commentary
Share personal observations, analyses of current events, or 'behind-the-story' insights. This demonstrates your independent thought, keeps your voice active, and can attract organic traffic looking for informed commentary.
Learn from the pages visitors use.
Review site analytics to understand which pages people visit. Keep curated portfolio of articles/work and contact information easy to reach, and update them when your work changes.
Explore the tools behind your websiteMake the next step obvious
A question. An enquiry.
A clear next step.
Choose how visitors to your journalists website reach you. Make each action fit the services and processes you already use.
Give enquiries a clear route
Help visitors ask about curated portfolio of articles/work. Use a contact form that collects the details your team needs, and explain what happens after an enquiry.
Your team reviews requests and confirms the next step.
Connect the services you use
Keep specialist workflows for your journalists website in the services you already use. Add clear links and explain their process before visitors leave your site.
Your chosen provider handles its own availability, confirmations and account access.
Add commerce when it fits
If you sell products or agreed services, add Grigora Commerce product pages, a cart and checkout with your connected Stripe, Razorpay, PayPal, or Paddle account. Explain prices, terms and fulfillment before accepting payment.
Your team manages orders and fulfillment; payment provider fees and terms apply.
SEO for journalists websites
Help the right people
discover your website.
Good journalists website SEO starts with useful pages. Make curated portfolio of articles/work, your contact details and your story easy to find.
Your website
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Explore curated portfolio of articles/work and about me / journalist bio, learn about our approach and find out how to contact us.
Fictional example. Search engines choose the final title and snippet.
Titles and descriptions you can edit
Give pages for curated portfolio of articles/work and about me / journalist bio clear titles. Write descriptions that match their actual content.
Useful information for your audience
Explain curated portfolio of articles/work with original copy and relevant photographs. Keep contact details and any locations you serve accurate.
Connected hosting and published pages
Publish with hosting, HTTPS and a sitemap. Use clear navigation so visitors and search engines can reach your pages. Custom domains are available on paid plans.
Room to start. Room to grow.
14 days free.
Choose what your website needs.
Try it free for 14 days
Build and review your first journalists website draft with no card needed. Choose a plan before the trial ends to keep the site online.
- A first draft you can review and customize
- Website hosting, SSL and CDN included
- Page, form and newsletter usage limits to review
Choose room for your website to grow
Compare plans for your domain and the content your journalists website needs. Paid plans keep your site online after the trial and let you connect a domain you own.
- Connect a domain you own
- Keep the site online after the trial
- Choose capacity for your pages, content and enquiries
Check current plan limits and feature eligibility before choosing. Connected payment providers have their own terms and processing fees.
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your first online visitor?
Walk through your journalists website as a visitor would. Review these details before publishing, and again whenever your content changes.
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Before you go online
Journalists website builder FAQs.
Clear answers about creating a journalists website, its content and the tools you can use.
How can I collect emails from readers and send newsletters with my latest articles?
Grigora includes a powerful built-in newsletter system. You can easily add newsletter subscription forms and popups to your website to capture emails from interested readers. Use our email templates to send out your latest articles, investigative updates, or opinion pieces, keeping your audience engaged and informed about your journalistic endeavors.
I've written for a dozen different outlets. Can I keep all my bylines and clips in one place without rebuilding each article?
Yes. Use a directory (Grigora's structured content collection) to build a Clips or Bylines archive. Each entry can carry a link field pointing to the original article on the outlet's site, plus fields for publication name, date, and a headline image, so readers browse your full body of work from one page instead of you re-hosting every piece.
What's the difference between the newsletter tool and Grigora Mail, and do I need both?
They do different jobs. The Newsletters and Email Builder is for writing and sending dispatches to readers who follow your reporting. Grigora Mail is your actual inbox, a professional address on your own domain starting at $5/month with up to 10 aliases, useful for keeping tips@ or pitches@ separate from your general contact address, plus scheduled sending and an AI assistant that can draft replies to sources and editors.
My site has years of posts on Blogger. Will I lose that archive moving to Grigora?
Not if you leave it up, but there is no importer for sites made with the AI builder. Classic template sites can import blog posts and images from Blogger. On a site made with the AI builder, add the posts you want to keep as CMS entries or ask the AI Editor to add them, and keep the Blogger archive online for the rest.
Can I charge readers for an investigation or accept ongoing reader support instead of relying only on outlet paychecks?
Yes, as one-time payments. Grigora Commerce supports digital downloads delivered by email, which works for a paid PDF report or investigation, plus pay-what-you-want pricing on digital products for reader-funded support. There are no subscriptions or recurring supporter tiers, so each contribution is a one-time purchase. You connect your own Stripe, Razorpay, PayPal, or Paddle account and stay responsible for the tax and legal side.
Will my articles show up properly in Google, not just as a plain text blog post?
Grigora includes on-page SEO controls with schema.org structured data alongside meta settings you can set per page or post, which helps search engines read structured details about each article rather than just plain text, useful when you want your reporting to surface well in search.
What is a good alternative to Journo Portfolio for a freelance writer?
Grigora covers the same job and more of the surrounding one. You get a clips archive on your own domain, a CMS for original writing, a newsletter with signup forms, and checkout for reader support or paid pieces. The AI writes the first draft of the site, so setup is not a design project.
How do I build a website around my beat?
Lead with what you cover and why you are the person covering it, then group clips by topic so an editor can see depth in one scroll. Add a short bio, contact details, a secure tip line note, and speaking or appearance credits. Keep the front page current, because editors check recency first.
How much does a journalist portfolio website cost?
Paid plans start at $15 a month on Starter, or $144 a year, which works out to $12 a month, with Pro at $25 a month. There is a free trial rather than a free forever tier. If you take reader payments, they run through your own Stripe, Razorpay, PayPal, or Paddle account. A mailbox on your domain costs $5 a month.
How do I get readers to subscribe to my newsletter?
Put a signup form at the end of every piece and in the sidebar, and say plainly what subscribers get and how often. A content locker can hold a document, a source list or a longer piece behind a signup. Then write to the list from inside Grigora rather than exporting it elsewhere.
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