Being published in Landscape – how to get yourself in your journal By Ruth Slavid, editor
Published by Darkhorse
Where are we Darkhorse is in the north-west I am a subcontractor, working at home in London.
What do we do? Landscape Vista – edited by LI, published by Darkhorse Online news
Short stories
Who are the stories for? Members of the landscape profession, but also... Anybody who chooses to subscribe to the newsletter
How does it work? Written by Ruth Slavid and a freelance Newslist approved and augmented by LI Stories checked by LI Fortnightly newsletter put together by Darkhorse Newsletter sent out by LI
What are we interested in? Projects When you win work When you get planning permission When you complete When you win an award
What else are we interested in? Business news (but see Vista) Competitions Technical news Publications Reviews of events Blogs
What do we need? Information to write a story: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? How much?
What else do we want? Pictures Contact details
Vista
What is it? Quarterly Goes out with the journal News about the LI and its members A revived much-loved publication For people who cherish hard copy All information generated by the LI
But it does include... Letters News about people
Landscape, the journal
What is it? Quarterly About landscape, not the LI Aimed at LI members Accessible Well designed Informative Technical Useful
There isn’t a lot of room...
... But we welcome your contribution Where can that be?
Bigger picture
Visually unusual, not just a project A story to tell Relevant to the profession Inspirational Eye candy (the only place!)
Bigger picture Suggest an idea from: -An exhibition -A newspaper -A magazine -A friend -Your own work.
Projects
Projects should be... Recently completed (last couple of years) Beyond average in interest Good story to tell Co-operative design team and client Photographed (or sometimes photographable) From anywhere in the world
Projects – getting involved Tell me about your own project Tell me about another project that you have seen (would you be willing to write about it?)
Technical
Technical – getting involved Do you have a special area of expertise? Have you completed a piece of research? Have you got knowledge you would like to share? Have you heard about somebody doing something interesting? Would you be willing to write about it?
Practice
About the business of running a practice Are you doing things differently? Have you solved a particular problem? Tell us about BIM/ legal/ contracts/ employment/ insurance/ management.
What else? Topical issues (but not too topical) LI themes: water, housing, rural matters, flooding Cultural – artistic collaborations, major exhibitions.
How to go about it Think what the reader would want to know, not what you want to tell them Be specific Pitch – typically a paragraph Don’t waste your time writing on spec
What do we commission? Typically 1,000 to 1,800 words Simple English and sound technical knowledge Don’t overestimate the knowledge of all High-quality images – with permission Delivered to a deadline
How to get started Contact me: Ruth Slavid