20+ freelance journalists for hire in various niches
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Below, you can find the latest batch of great freelance journalists for hire and browse their portfolios. If keen to work with any of them, open their portfolio and click the Hire Me button to get started.
Freelance tech journalists for hire
Yin Lin Tan
Yin Lin primarily covers tech, culture, and current affairs. Though currently based in Singapore, she is interested in stories from around Southeast Asia and China as well.
Jam Lim
Jam is an experienced and versatile writer and editor. She is competent in PR, digital marketing, and SEO. Her work encompasses ghostwriting, editorial, advertorials, pressers, speeches, forewords, copywriting, corporate reports, and more. She claims expertise in tech and business.
Stephanie Augustin
Stephanie has more than ten years of business writing expereince, with one foot in journalism and the other in public relations. Her bylines appear in South China Morning Post, Salaam Gateway (Reuters), e27, KrAsia, Digital News Asia, and more.
Surabhi Pandey
With over eight years of experience, Surabhi is a content consultant and writer currently based in Singapore. She writes about tech, lifestyle, and travel for clients and publications in Asia and beyond.
Shannen Tan
Shannen has worked on various brand communications and PR accounts, primarily in the tech startup and lifestyle sectors in Southeast Asia. She's also conducted workshops for venture capital firms and cohorts of startups participating in incubators and accelerators. She is a former contributing writer for KrAsia.
Reethu Ravi
Reethu is a freelance journalist based in India, covering the environment, sustainability, tech, and innovation. She has experience covering a variety of issues including climate tech, sustainable businesses, blockchain, and all Web3-related topics.
Kiran Sidhu
Kiran was a writer at Digital News Asia for three years. She now works as content manager at a traveltech startup. She cover business, tech, entrepreneurship, travel, and finance.
Freelance lifestyle and pop culture journalists for hire
Kenn Anthony Mendoza
Kenn's work has appeared in the Manila Bulletin/Style Weekend, Manila Times, Philippine Star, CNN Philippines, and South China Morning Post. He has written lifestyle and advertorial content for Tatler Philippines, its brand extensions (Tatler Homes, Best Restaurant Guides, and Traveller), and beyond.
Umesh Bhagchandani
Umesh is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist from Jakarta, Indonesia, with over ten years of experience writing for the media. He takes pride in writing an eclectic mix of stories, along with staying up-to-date on the latest news and trends.
Patti Sunio
Patti writes feature stories on Korean culture, K-pop, K-dramas, Asian cinema, and more. She is a writer and editor with ten years of experience in print and digital media, publishing, marketing, and PR.
Ciera Reeves
In addition to prolific freelancing, Ciera is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Kpopwise, a K-media news source curated by experienced journalists and Kpop fans, with the objective to provide international coverage. Ciera is based out of Georgia in the US.
Diem Nguyen Le
Diem Nguyen Le is a journalist and translator from Vietnam. For 13 years, she has worked for different English newspapers and magazines in the country. She specializes in areas like tourism, culture, lifestyle, art, celebrities, and social issues.
Kate Berbano
With a track record in fashion and lifestyle freelancing, Kate Berbano is currently a program manager at The Asian Banker. She was also recently a writer for the United States content curation and media-buying agency Fire Ads Media.
Hannah Lazatin
Hannah Lazatin is a lifestyle journalist and editor with a nose for news and a love for storytelling. She's a former assistant managing editor of Town&Country PH.
Freelance business journalists for hire
Sherry Fei Ju
A former Financial Times reporter now based in Germany, Sherry is an award-winning journalist covering business, tech, finance, automotive and everything in between Beijing and London.
Vivek Kelkar
Vivek is an India-based journalist, researcher, and strategy consultant. His editorial experience encompasses business and geopolitical journalism. Over the years, he’s written for the Times of India Group, Business Standard, Asia Times, Business Today, Singapore Business Times, and The Cosmopolitan Globalist, among others.
Preetam Kaushik
Preetam is an experienced business journalist and digital strategist. He has written for Wired, ASEAN Today, Business Insider, TheStreet, The Huffington Post, the World Economic Forum, and more.
Richard Acello
Richard offers deep and diverse experience as a journalist (writing and editing) for top drawer magazines and websites including WSJ, Investor's Business Daily, and People magazine.
Diana Li
Diana is a multilingual financial journalist based in New York. A spring reporting associate for Financial Planning, she's a master's candidate at New York University and has experience in Beijing bureaus of The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Financial Times, and Xinhua News.
Freelance arts and culture journalists for hire
Sheila Lim
Sheila is passionate about entertainment and artist promotion. She is experienced in music editorial, content strategy, and is constantly striving to create greater value for talents for partners.
Brendan Bell
Brendan is a freelance journalist obsessed with all things MCU, wrestling, and video games. His byline has appeared in outlets like DotEsports, CBR, The Verge, Input, and others.
Ameena Navab
Ameena Navab has worked as a journalist for a variety of international media. She is also a published author of a fantasy novel called "Daybreak" and manages her own travel blog called World of Charms.
Freelance PR writers for hire
Diane Christina Galistan
A former contributor to the International Business Times, and with a specialty in science and biotech PR, Diane Galistan translates scientific concepts into relatively simple propositions that are understood by the lay-person.
Jake Su
Jake Su is an all-arounder who covers beats like tech, pop culture, and lifestyle as a journalist but also a branded content creator. His bylines regularly appear in international media outlets and his clients hail from the UK, Singapore, and the US.
Michaela Villaroman
Michaela Villaroman manages PR and social media for a global venture capital firm present in over 90 countries. She specializes in communicating all things tech, startups, and investments.
Catie Bonner
Catie Bonner has 10+ years of professional writing experience and 3+ years of SEO content writing/editorial experience (both B2B and B2C) for several US tech brands. Her primary areas of expertise are in home improvement, lifestyle, and B2B content.
Kelly Teng
Kelly Teng is a marketing and communications professional with a decade of experience managing cross-cultural teams. As a highly adaptable marketer, she has worked on campaigns both in-house, agency-side, and freelance. She has touched all corners of marketing, from influencers and PR to SEO and CRM. She is at home working with different departments and senior leaders.
Leighton Cosseboom
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