BylineVault — Career-transition portfolio builder for working journalists
A guided toolkit that helps local reporters leaving a station build a polished digital portfolio, references packet, and audition reel in days instead of months.
Mid-career local TV and newspaper reporters between jobs
- Auto-import on-air clips, bylines, and station beat history into a shareable portfolio
- AI-generated reference packet template with prompts for past editors and sources
- Personal brand site with custom domain, optimized for news-HR searches
- Job-fit matcher that surfaces open reporter roles at stations matching your beat and market
Station consolidation and AI-driven newsroom cuts are pushing more local reporters into freelance and cross-market moves; a reporter like Chaney who spent two years at one station is now the norm, not the exception.
Underlying beat of journalist departures is steady even if this search is smallThere is life and a career after journalism: Panelists share 9 ... ↗
Career sites target corporate roles; no niche tool for on-air journalists existsThere is life and a career after journalism: Panelists share 9 ... ↗
Working reporters will pay $15–30/mo for a job-search edge and portfolio hostingThere is life and a career after journalism: Panelists share 9 ... ↗
Reporter churn is structurally elevated and unlikely to reverse
Standard portfolio builder plus LLM-assisted reference drafting is straightforward