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Issue 07 · Latest

What a brief actually asks for

Two new pieces from the desk: what changes when a sentence crosses languages, and a day in Tunis working three at once.

Also in this issue

— What Gets Lost Between the Brief and the Translation

— Tunis, in Three Languages at Once

Past issues

Read a few before you subscribe. That is rather the point.

Issue 06 · August 2026

Against the content calendar

Against the content calendar — and one press release written for three languages at once.

Issue 05 · July 2026

Every piece needs a reason to exist

Every piece needs a reason to exist — and what a fixer actually does on the ground.

Issue 04 · June 2026

Three languages, one press release

Three languages, one press release — and why the brief is the deliverable.

Issue 03 · May 2026

What a fixer actually does

What a fixer actually does — and, again, why we started this in the first place.

Issue 02 · April 2026

The brief is the deliverable

The brief is the deliverable — and what actually gets lost between a brief and its translation.

Issue 01 · March 2026

Why we started StoryBridge

Why we started StoryBridge — and a day in Tunis working three languages at once.

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