Three areas, each with a clear scope
Every service below is described honestly, with its duration and price stated up front. Take whichever fits, in whichever order suits your work.
Beat Development Advice
For reporters who cover one subject area over time rather than chasing single stories. We map what your beat actually consists of, which institutions and records sit inside it, who the regular voices are, and where the gaps in existing coverage lie. Helpful for freelancers building a reputation in a defined field such as county budgets, health services or local environment.
Includes a calendar of predictable annual events on that beat in Kenya.
What's included
- One 90-minute session
- Follow-up written map of institutions and publication schedules
- Calendar of recurring events relevant to your beat
Fact Verification Support
A working method for checking material before publication, taught against your own draft rather than in the abstract. Covers tracing a claim to its origin, reading a document for what it does and does not say, weighing a single-source statement, and recording your checks so a later query can be answered. Aimed at writers without an editor behind them.
Includes a reusable log template and notes on which Kenyan public registers are open to ordinary requests.
What's included
- Two sessions of 75 minutes each
- Reviewed verification log for one article of yours
- Reusable log template to keep using afterward
Archive and Continuity Setup
Help arranging your body of work so it remains usable years later. Covers naming conventions for files and notes, keeping source material with the piece it belongs to, safe storage and backup arrangements, and a simple index that lets you find a document from three years ago in under a minute. Suitable for reporters with a growing backlog and no system.
Includes a short guide to retention periods for interview notes.
What's included
- Two sessions across ten days
- Written structure applied to a sample of your material
- Guide to retention periods for interview notes
Specimen block
Beat Development Advice
One 90-minute session plus a written institutional map and events calendar.
Duration
90 minutes + follow-up
Price
KES 1,400
Fact Verification Support
Two 75-minute sessions with a reviewed verification log for one of your articles.
Duration
2 x 75 minutes
Price
KES 2,500
Archive and Continuity Setup
Two sessions across ten days, applied directly to a sample of your existing archive.
Duration
2 sessions / 10 days
Price
KES 3,500
How an engagement runs
You get in touch
Send a short message through the contact page describing the service and what you're currently working on.
We confirm a time
We reply within a couple of working days to agree a schedule and clarify what to bring to the first session.
We work the sessions
Each session is built around your own beat, draft or archive, not a general lecture.
You keep the output
A written map, log or structure is delivered afterward for you to keep using on your own.
Not sure which service fits your situation? Write to us and we'll talk it through together.
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