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Profile

A profile is a personnal piece of writing which allows for description and subjectivity 

– 8000 characters.

– Teaser and lead must make clear the journalist has met the person and that the story is a profile.

– More personal/intimate writing with reportage elements.

– A profile includes observations by the journalist regarding character traits, activities, motivation, feelings.

– Main picture should ideally be an illustration by our picture desk or a photo by one of our photo journalists/freelancer.

Examples

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Sarah Reisinger illustration

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‘The science of smell is simply amazing’

This content was published on Biotechnologist Sarah Reisinger wants to use data science to create scents that bring positive emotions to as many people as possible.

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