Cut Through the Clamor: Quality Journalism You Can Trust
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In an era of uncertainty, misinformation, and noise, we're devoted to providing you with clear, factual, and profound insights. This ain't your average news site.
We're not just here to regurgitate headlines; we're in it for the long haul, offering in-depth analysis and unyielding truth. But that comes at a cost.
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On a Mission
Our mission? To deliver high-quality, uncompromised journalism that keeps you in the know, without any outside influence from advertisers or investors. We're all about maintaining our editorial independence, ensuring we bring you hard-hitting, reliable content.
Take Mediapart, a French journalism powerhouse, for instance. They're dead set on independence and top-tier journalism, ensuring their ownership and funding structure fends off external control and corporate meddling.[1]
Funding with a Conscience
So, how do we keep the lights on? We rely on you, our readers. Our revenue comes primarily from subscriptions, with a mere 1% coming from ads or external investors. Mediapart, for example, generates an impressive 99% of their income from subscribers alone, with no ads or investor funding.[1]
Some outlets even place ownership in nonprofit trusts that collect donations and distribute funds to maintain editorial freedom. Mediapart established "Fonds pour une Presse Libre," a nonprofit trust, to secure their independence for eternity.[1]
We also reinvest any surplus income into our organization, funding staff, salaries, and technological advancements, rather than distributing profits externally. Mediapart self-finances all investments and has no bank loans.[1]
New models like Noosphere are popping up too, focusing on supporting journalists directly by offering bundled subscriptions to multiple independent journalists. This allows reporters to keep a substantial portion of subscription revenue (e.g., 50%) to sustain their work, promoting both journalist sustainability and direct audience support.[2]
Nonprofit local news organizations also receive grants and specialized support from philanthropic initiatives and tech partners (like Google and American Journalism Project) to expand audiences, develop technology, and create sustainable revenue models, all while protecting editorial integrity.[3]
In a nutshell, we're all about delivering independent, public-interest journalism. Our funding models steer clear of ads and investors, instead relying on reader subscriptions, nonprofit ownership, direct support for journalists, and philanthropy to guarantee financial independence and sustainability while upholding editorial integrity.[1][2][3]
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- To maintain our editorial independence and deliver high-quality, uncompromised journalism, we primarily rely on subscriptions as our revenue source, similar to Mediapart in France who generate 99% of their income from subscribers alone.
- Our focus on cutting through the clamor with quality journalism extends beyond just providing news; we aim to promote journalist sustainability by exploring new funding models such as the Noosphere, which supports journalists directly by offering bundled subscriptions.
