Why Sell Us Your Story

Unlike most ‘story selling’ websites, Sell Us Your Story is run by an established press agency. South West News Service is the biggest news and picture agency in the country with some 70 staff across four offices with departments covering news, pictures, features, PR and television production. To find out more about our history and who we are, click here (link to ‘About us’).

Over the last 50 years we have trained countless staff who have graduated into top jobs on national newspapers and magazines (including several current editors), giving us an unrivalled network of contacts. This means we can always place a story, picture or video and secure the best possible fee or widest coverage, depending what you want. Here’s what some leading industry figures have to say about us:

South West News is, by a distance, the best news agency in Britain. Its track record over the past 20 years is beyond compare. Its ability to deliver high quality stories day after day is simply remarkable.

TONY GALLAGHER, EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

South West News are among the very, very best in the business. Every national newspaper in the country relies heavily on them for first-rate news coverage, photography and feature writing. They have a reputation for excellence – and it’s well-deserved.

CONOR HANNA, EX DEPUTY EDITOR – THE DAILY MIRROR

But why use an agency in the first place? If you have a story or picture to sell you can just go straight to a newspaper or magazine. The disadvantage of this is that you probably won’t get the best deal. This is because newspapers and magazines don’t put your financial interests first – they simply want it to themselves and hope you will accept their first offer. But our team will shop around on your behalf and find the best offer.

Also, contacting newspapers and magazines directly can be an intimidating process – particularly if you have a sensitive story to tell. They are large, faceless organisations which offer little courtesy or sensitivity to their customers. It’s even possible that your story could be taken without your permission and published without you getting paid. This may also be the first time that you’ve considered contacting the media, which means you obviously won’t know how much your story or picture is worth. But because we sell to newspapers and magazines on a daily basis, we do. We’ll also give you an instant decision on whether your story or picture will sell, which means you won’t be kept hanging on for an answer.

If maximum exposure is what you want, you can miss on a raft of opportunities if you go direct to one publication.. We can offer multiple newspaper and magazine deals, or send your story to every national newspaper if you want the widest coverage. We are also in daily contact with top TV broadcasters such as GMTV, Sky and This Morning and have two TV production companies that source most of their material from us.

So whether you want your story, picture or video placed with one publication or spread across newspapers, magazines and television, Sell Us Your Story can tailor a package for you at the best possible price.