Create a free journalist portfolio and never lose your

No need to create a personalized website, we've got you covered!

Your profile / portfolio provides you with everything you need to grow an audience, start a newsletter, create new content and showcase your work from around the web.

All your work in a single location

Showcase all your work in one place. Send the link to prospective employers.

Automatic updates: Fill in a few details and we can begin automatically indexing your content as you publish it.
Add one off pieces: Add one off articles in seconds with our simple add content feature.
Fully searchable: Have lots of articles? Your portfolio is fully searchable. Yourself or your visitors can quickly search through your content to find the articles and topics they want.

Start a Newsletter

Let people subscribe and get notified about you content no matter where it's published.

Email subscribers: When a person subscribes to you, they'll get automatically emailed each time a new article is published to your profile. If you write blog posts directly within Legitimate you can also create specific newsletters just for that content.
A new source of traffic: When a subscriber clicks a link in a newsletter email they get driven directly to the story. This provides a new source of traffic to you or your publisher's website.

Maximize your productivity with our contact time display

Manage your communication with PR professionals and others by specifying your preferred contact times. By using the widget, you can reduce the number of missed opportunities and missed connections, and improve your overall communication efficiency.

Never lose work again Premium feature

Our backup feature will automatically save copies of your articles every day ensuring that no matter what happens you always have access to your work.

Article backups: Our backup feature will save your articles in two formats, a pdf screenshot of the article as it appears on the site and also a Word/Google Doc version so you can open and edit it in the future.

Control how you are contacted.

With Legitimate you can choose if you would like to display your contact details such as email or phone number. You also get a custom contact form which means people can contact you directly through Legitimate whether they are logged in or not (and you never need to display your email for bots and spammers to scrape).

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Attract new work

Make yourself easily found by editors and web publishers looking to hire freelance journalists. Add the "Open to work" badge to your profile which lets people search and filter based on location, beat and availability.

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Create content directly within Legitimate

If you're feeling inspired, Legitimate is the perfect place to craft beautiful, engaging blog posts that showcase your ideas and reach a wider audience.

With an intuitive interface and a variety of formatting options, you can bring your creative visions to life without the need to switch to a different platform. So why wait? Start creating and sharing your unique perspective today with Legitimate!