Organization providing technology, training, and resources for launching sustainable local news outlets.
A growing crop of diverse, community-centered news and information leaders producing more imaginative products and experiences face higher barriers to entry and have greater needs of support for their development and sustainability. We believe they deserve a better shot at receiving targeted resources and support; that's why we focus on early-stage news entrepreneurs — the future of local news — who are launching community-rooted outlets.
We do that through providing a tech stack, consulting and advice, fiscal sponsorship and access to services and tools to build their businesses from the ground up. We also nurture a community of founders who support one another through mutual understanding and aid, leaning into what it means to be a collective.
Fiscal sponsorship provides an opportunity for outlets that are not non-profits to receive grant dollars and tax-deductible dollars from donors of all sizes, and we provide additional training and support to help fiscal sponsees understand grant and donor management requirements. We provide this to members and clients, at differentiated rates.
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Through a partnership with Ghost, we provide free access to their CMS and newsletter platform, including the use of our Tiny News theme and support from a Ghost expert.
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Each month, we provide three synchronous training and network-building programs; these include learning from outside experts, TNC staff and Collective members themselves about topics related to audience building, revenue generation, business operations and editorial strategy.
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Through a partnership with Canva, we are able to offer free access to Canva Pro to our Publisher Tier members.
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Our metrics program brings together the essential metrics for early-stage news entrepreneurs in a dashboard and includes training, coaching and support in understanding what the metrics mean and how to set goals against them.
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All members have access to staff coaching and consulting, and all Publisher Tier members have access to additional outside experts through our monthly training series.
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We connect our Publisher Tier members with Lawyers for Reporters as a service and bring them in for training sessions as needed; they also provide materials for our Membership Portal.
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Our Membership Portal provides documentation and best practices on publishing for early-stage news entrepreneurs, and our Slack community is a robust place for conversation, connection and advice-sharing among members and staff.
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We support all members as they apply for grants, fellowships and other opportunities for revenue generation and leadership and organizational development by sharing these opportunities widely in the community and reviewing applications and providing feedback.
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