1. Being published in Landscape – how to get yourself in your journal By Ruth Slavid, editor

2. Published by Darkhorse

3. Where are we Darkhorse is in the north-west I am a subcontractor, working at home in London.

4. What do we do? Landscape Vista – edited by LI, published by Darkhorse Online news

6. Short stories

7. Who are the stories for? Members of the landscape profession, but also... Anybody who chooses to subscribe to the newsletter

8. 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

9. What are we interested in? Projects When you win work When you get planning permission When you complete When you win an award

10. What else are we interested in? Business news (but see Vista) Competitions Technical news Publications Reviews of events Blogs

11. What do we need? Information to write a story: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? How much?

12. What else do we want? Pictures Contact details

13. Vista

14. 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

15. But it does include... Letters News about people

16. Landscape, the journal

17. What is it? Quarterly About landscape, not the LI Aimed at LI members Accessible Well designed Informative Technical Useful

18. There isn’t a lot of room...

19. ... But we welcome your contribution Where can that be?

20. Bigger picture

21. Visually unusual, not just a project A story to tell Relevant to the profession Inspirational Eye candy (the only place!)

22. Bigger picture Suggest an idea from: -An exhibition -A newspaper -A magazine -A friend -Your own work.

23. Projects

24. 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

25. 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?)

26. Technical

27. 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?

28. Practice

29. 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.

30. What else? Topical issues (but not too topical) LI themes: water, housing, rural matters, flooding Cultural – artistic collaborations, major exhibitions.

31. 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

32. 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

33. How to get started Contact me: Ruth Slavid landscape@darkhorsedesign.co.uk 020 8265 3319 07779 280844