Jem Bartholomew is an award-winning freelance reporter, with a focus on narrative nonfiction stories about poverty and social exclusion.


Portrait by Sophie Davidson ©

Jem Bartholomew is an award-winning freelance reporter, with a focus on narrative nonfiction stories about poverty and social exclusion.


Portrait by Sophie Davidson ©


Kirsty Mackay’s The Magic Money Tree

Jem recently wrote an introductory essay for The Magic Money Tree, a ptohobook by the documentary photographer Kirsty Mackay (Bluecoat Press, 2024), about the cost of living crisis.

You can buy the book here.


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