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Content & MarketingSimulated project
Crypto Journalist portfolio brief
A simulated content & marketing exercise for Crypto Journalist. Treat it as realistic practice, not real client or protocol work.
6 deliverables6 tools referenced3 linked interview questions
Objective
Report one narrow story using at least two independent sources
Expected deliverables
News articleExplainerInterviewInvestigative featureSource logCorrection or update note
Recommended workflow
- Report one narrow story using at least two independent sources
- Publish a source and verification note
- Create a personal conflict-of-interest and correction policy
- Review the result against the rubric, then package it as a case study.
Constraints and safety
- Use only public sources or clearly simulated data.
- Never include seed phrases, private keys, or wallet secrets.
- Redact private user, company, security, legal, or compensation information.
- State every assumption you make.
Tools in practice
- Document and archive tools
- Draft, review, and maintain news article and explainer, with owners, source links, and change history.
- encrypted communication
- Protect source identity and sensitive interview material when ordinary email or public messaging is inappropriate.
- block explorers
- Verify transactions, contract addresses, events, token movements, deployment state, and incident claims against chain data.
- data dashboards
- Monitor market or protocol data during reporting, then verify material claims against the underlying source before publication.
- transcription tools
- Create a searchable interview record with consent, then verify quotations against the original audio.
- CMS
- Draft, review, and maintain news article and explainer, with owners, source links, and change history.
What a strong submission shows
- Three reported articles with original sourcing
- An interview showing preparation and follow-up
- A source verification note
- A correction example or hypothetical policy
Weak submission patterns
- Opinion threads presented as journalism
- Articles rewritten from press releases
- Anonymous claims with no corroboration or explanation
Review rubric
- Accuracy of claims and sources
- Relevance to the target role
- Decision quality and trade-offs
- Completeness of the deliverable
- Clarity of communication
- Honest limitations and next steps
Present it as a case study
- Explain the problem, sources, decisions, ownership, constraints, output, review, and what you would change.
- Show the final artifact before the process notes.
- State what you owned and what belonged to other people.
- Label the work as simulated, and keep any real contribution clearly separate.
Interview questions this project helps you answer
How would you verify a claim about an exploit before publishing?
When can an anonymous source be justified?
How would you separate a sponsored relationship from editorial work?