This page covers volunteering as a co-editor, sub editor, guest editor or marketeer.

You can also get involved in a campaign or event, becoming one of our supporters or by sponsoring us.

Volunteer as a co-editor or sub editor

Anyone can be a volunteer co-editor as long as they have an interest in news and want to write exclusively about women. Our volunteer sub editors usually have some experience, but anyone with excellent English grammar and an eye for detail can be trained up.

Just send an email to Alison Clarke at Alison.Clarke@womensviewsonnews.org telling her a little bit about yourself and explaining why you want to get involved. Alison will contact you to discuss how the site works and what will be expected of you.

If you’re still interested, she’ll give you ‘guest author’ status on our website. You’ll be asked to work on a rota basis between Monday and Friday, writing up one or more news stories or features by the deadline she gives you once a fortnight.

All stories and features must abide by two basic rules:

• They must be about women or told from the perspective of women
• They must respect the “house” rules which, in general terms, state that racist, sexist or fascist material will not be accepted.

Volunteer as a guest editor

If you are a high profile individual or are considered an expert in your field, you may wish to write a feature or opinion piece – either connected to a current news story or “off diary”. In other words, not connected to current news but still relevant to our vision of building a world where all women’s voices are heard by all.

Please send an email to Alison Clarke at Alison.Clarke@womensviewsonnews.org explaining your profile/field and explain what you’d like to write about. Alison will contact you to discuss your ideas with you.

Volunteer as a member of our marketing team

We have a variety of marketing roles – covering web editing, fundraising, campaigns, events, public relations, digital marketing and social media – which are filled by volunteers.

We currently have volunteers covering web editing, campaigns, events, social media and digital marketing. We currently need help finding ethical companies and organisations to advertise on our site so that we can continue to grow. We also want to get our name better known with other women’s organisations around the world. So we’re looking for fundraising and public relations volunteers.

If you’re interested in joining our marketing team, please send an email to Alison Clarke at Alison.Clarke@womensviewsonnews.org telling her a little bit about yourself and how you’d like to get involved. Alison will contact you about how you can help.

Editor & marketeer skills

Ideally, our voluneers will have all or some of the following skills:

• Knowledge and experience (or at least an interest) in news writing
• Research experience
• Good IT skills
• Knowledge of the web
• Internet access and the ability to work remotely (e.g. from home)
• Ability to work on their own
• Knowledge of fundraising, campaigns and events
• Knowledge of digital marketing and social media

Editor & marketeer benefits

In return for their services, we offer our volunteers the opportunity to:

• Learn how to commission articles and pitch ideas
• Learn how to write in a “journalistic” style
• Learn about news and headline writing
• Learn about sub editing (copy editing) and writing to house style
• Have their features and opinion pieces edited, critiqued and posted onto the site
• Build an online portfolio of their work
• Improve their IT and research skills
• Learn about fundraising, campaigns and events
• Learn about marketing and the use of social media
• Have a journalism or marketing position on their CV

Please note all our editor and marketeer roles are voluntary and therefore unpaid.