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Nov 13, 2025

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As a freelance journalist, working alone from a small desk at home, it can be hard to know whether your work really has any impact. Social media is great for finding an audience, but it is powered by an algorithm that rarely rewards deep work on complicated social issues. Stripped of the structure of a large national newsroom, and working wi…

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A guest post by

Hannah Fearn

Hannah Fearn is a freelance journalist specialising in social affairs. She is the former opinion editor of The Independent and is based in South London.