Work With Us

Every community deserves someone covering what's happening in it. Whether you're a solo reporter, a group of friends or colleagues starting something new, a university program, or an established organization — if you want to cover the place you call home, we want to hear from you.

We have our own in-house advertising platform with a built-in business model, so you can start generating income from day one. Advertisers can create ads that directly support an individual journalist, an organization, or My Local Press itself. You can also request advertising support from local businesses and readers who want to back the journalism they value.

On our platform, advertising isn't just promotion — it's how the community directly supports local news. Learn more about how payments work.

For Individual Journalists

Cover your community. Build your audience. Keep the vast majority of what you earn.

We're looking for independent journalists — experienced reporters, retired editors, citizen journalists, anyone with stories to tell — who want to cover the communities they know best. You bring the journalism; we provide the platform, the audience tools, and a revenue model designed to put journalists first.

• Your byline, your business — Build your own local news operation on your terms
• Your community — Cover the stories that matter to your neighbors
• Low barrier to entry — No startup costs, no paywall to set up, no ad sales team needed

For Groups Starting an Organization

Want to start a local newspaper but don't want to build a website, manage subscriptions, or figure out ad tech? We've already done that.

My Local Press lets a group of contributors publish under a shared organization name — your own local paper, hosted on a platform built for exactly this. Organize your team, assign beats, and start publishing. We handle the infrastructure so you can focus on the journalism.

• Shared organization — Multiple contributors publishing under one masthead
• No tech overhead — No hosting, no CMS to maintain, no developer needed
• Built-in audience — Reach readers already on the platform looking for local news

For Journalism Schools

We're interested in partnerships with journalism programs that want to give students real-world publishing experience — not in a campus sandbox, but in front of an actual community audience.

Students can cover local news while learning the business side of modern journalism: audience building, revenue models, ethical standards, and community engagement. It's a portfolio, a classroom, and a real news organization all at once.

• Real audience — Students publish to actual community readers, not just a class blog
• Business education — Learn the economics of journalism alongside the craft
• Flexible structure — Works with semester schedules, capstone projects, or ongoing programs

For Existing Newspapers and Organizations

Already running a local news operation? Our goal is zero friction. Bring your organization onto the platform and start publishing immediately — the business model is already built in.

If you already have advertisers supporting your work, bring them along. They can support you directly through our advertising platform — same relationship, lower overhead. And our location-based feed connects you with new readers in the communities you cover.

Keep your editorial independence, your brand, and your advertiser relationships. We just make it easier and cheaper to run.

• Zero friction — No setup costs, no migration headaches — start publishing right away
• Bring your advertisers — Your existing supporters can advertise through our platform
• Keep your brand — Publish under your own organization name
• Expand your reach — Access new readers already on the platform
• Reduce costs — No hosting fees, no ad tech to maintain

For Advertisers

Advertising on My Local Press is a direct investment in local journalism. Every ad dollar goes toward supporting the people actually covering your community — not into a platform's overhead. We built a low-cost infrastructure so that more of your budget reaches the journalists and organizations doing the work.

You choose how to direct your support: back an individual journalist, a specific organization, or My Local Press itself. If you already have a relationship with a local news organization, bring it here — same connection, less overhead, and your support goes further.

• Fund local news directly — Your ad spend supports journalists covering your community
• Multiple ways to support — Back an individual, an organization, or My Local Press
• Bring existing relationships — Already support a local paper? Continue that relationship through our platform
• More value per dollar — Low platform costs mean more of your budget goes to the journalism