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.

There's a built-in business model, so you can start generating income from day one — start free, and add simple flat monthly memberships when you need more. See how payments work.

For Individual Journalists

Cover your community. Build your audience.

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 — readers, businesses & organizations can subscribe to you and support you directly.

• Your byline, your business — Build your own local news operation on your terms
• Your community — Cover the stories that matter to your community
• Low barrier to entry — No initial startup costs, and our aim is the lowest overhead possible for the future of news

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
• Your own domain — Your publication's branded feed on a web address you own
• Print options — Print-ready PDFs sized for real presses, and help with the printing itself

For Schools & Journalism Programs

We partner with high schools and university journalism programs that want to give students real-world publishing experience — not in a campus sandbox, but in front of an actual community audience.

Administrators stay in charge: we work directly with your staff, and we're flexible about how student accounts get set up — whatever fits your program and your school's policies. 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.

• Admin-led — Your staff runs the relationship, the roster, and the rules
• 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

Run an educational program? Talk to us.

For Existing Newspapers and Organizations

Already running a local news operation? Bring it 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 — newspaper, news or radio station, podcast, or newsletter. Contact us about newsroom rates.

• Zero friction — 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, on your own domain if you want it
• Keep your print edition — Print-ready PDFs for your press, and help with print runs if you need them
• Expand your reach — Access new readers already on the platform

For Businesses & Organizations

Businesses, nonprofits, schools, faith organizations, government — your organization can have its own page and feed here, run ads on it, and sponsor and directly support the journalists and publications of your choice. Advertising here is a direct investment in the people covering your community.

The advertiser guide covers your options — who you can back and how — how payments work shows where the money goes, and membership covers the simple monthly plans we're rolling out.