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Write in your own voice. Publish in a real news outlet.

Columnist gives you direct access to 61 independent news publications in 11 languages. You publish under your own name, choose your subject and edition, and your column appears on the publication itself — with your author page, byline and a place in its feeds.

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61 publications· 11 languages· 14 countries

Nacrée nacree.org

Column

Who gets to decide what happens in our courtyard?

A column about the smallest shared space in city life: who controls it, who pays for it, and why the people who use it are so often left out.

Your name here
Columnist

Choose your writing language. See every publication open to you.

Pick the language you write in. Every publication in that language becomes available in your desk, and you can change it later.

Your column can appear in publications serving these countries

You publish into an existing news outlet, with its own readers, country and editorial sections.

  • BE2 Belgium
  • DM1 Dominica
  • FR5 France
  • DE7 Germany
  • IT4 Italy
  • NL3 Netherlands
  • PL3 Poland
  • RO3 Romania
  • RU2 Russia
  • ES4 Spain
  • SE3 Sweden
  • UA14 Ukraine
  • GB3 United Kingdom
  • US5 United States

Four rules for publishing here

Your first column waits while the editor-in-chief approves your publishing access once. We admit the person, not the piece. After that, you publish directly.

Choose the right publication and section.

Write for the publication and section you choose. Readers opened that section for a reason, so the subject should genuinely belong there.

One original text, one publication.

Publish each text in one publication only. Reusing the same column across editions creates duplicate content and weakens both copies in search.

No promotional links or web addresses.

Keep outside links and web addresses out of the text. The column should earn attention through what it says, not where it sends the reader.

Bring a point of view, not a sales pitch.

Write as a columnist, not as an advertiser: your view, experience or argument. Material whose purpose is to sell a company, product or service is not published here.

Ready to see your name on a real publication?

Create your account, set up your byline and write your first column. Your publishing access is approved once; after that, you publish directly.

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