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Write for The Meridian Report

We publish research-driven journalism: stories built from primary documents, figures traced to their sources, and explanations in plain language. We are building a bench of contributors who work that way — analysts, researchers, data journalists and writers who would rather show the evidence than assert the conclusion.

What our contributors do

• Deep-dive reports. Take a live story and produce the version that explains the mechanism: who did what, traced to documents, with the data checked and the sources listed.
• Data analysis. Pull public datasets, analyse them honestly — including the parts that complicate the finding — and present the result in charts and plain English.
• Verification work. Trace viral claims to their origins, document what checks out and what does not, and write it up so a general reader can follow the evidence.
• Explainers. Build the durable background pieces — how a system works, what an institution does, why a rule exists — that stay useful after the news cycle moves on.

What we look for

Not a CV. Evidence of method. The strongest signal is a published or self-published piece where:

• every important figure is traceable to a source a reader can check;
• the writing explains rather than announces;
• uncertainty is stated, not hidden;
• the piece still makes sense if you know nothing about the writer.

If you want a sense of the standard, read our research guides — they describe, step by step, the way we work. If the way they describe feels like the way you already work, that is the fit we mean.

How to pitch

Email [email protected] with:

• one paragraph: the story you want to tell and the finding at its centre;
• the primary sources or datasets it rests on;
• one or two links to work that shows your method;
• a sentence about who you are.

We read every pitch and reply to the ones that fit — usually within a week. Contributors work with our editors through the same process every piece on this site goes through: source verification, data checks and a full read for accuracy before publication, with a byline on the finished work.