Recommending journalists — a guide.

Good reporters often know other good reporters. If your membership level allows it, you can recommend someone from Recommend a journalist in your member desk.

How it works

1. Write their name and email address, the city they report from and a line about why you recommend them.
2. They get an invitation code. If they agreed to it, we email them the invitation; otherwise give them the code yourself.
3. When they apply with the code, the application shows that you recommended them, and you are told that they have applied.

What a recommendation does not do

• It does not mean approval. Every application is reviewed by the desk in the usual way, including the fee, identity documents and, where needed, an interview.
• It does not give you any say in the decision, and it is not a referral scheme with a reward unless the Editor-in-Chief announces one.

Recommend responsibly

• Recommend only people whose work you know, and only with their agreement.
• Never ask for or accept money or favours for a recommendation.