Independent journalism. Unlocked.
For journalists & publishers

Build your own news platform.

Your journalism. Your audience. Your business. OYOU News gives independent journalists and news organizations access to powerful publishing, communication, audience-management and monetization technology.

Independent newsroom at night
No code required

Launch a professional digital news operation.

Whether you're an independent reporter, investigative journalist, local publisher, sports reporter, creator, community organization or emerging media company, OYOU gives you the infrastructure to operate independently.

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Your news. Your platform.

Build a customizable digital publication around your own brand. Cover whatever matters to your audience.

Local. National. Political. Cultural. Sports. Business. Entertainment. Investigative. Hyperlocal. Hyper-niche. You determine your beat.

Publish:

Breaking newsWritten articlesInvestigationsOpinion and commentaryPhotosVideoAudio reportsPodcastsInterviewsLivestreamsCommunity announcementsPress releasesEventsSpecial reports
Distribution

Break the story everywhere.

One story. Multiple channels. Publishing a story shouldn't mean waiting for people to discover it.

OYOU News allows journalists and publishers to distribute information directly to their audiences. Publish once and build a direct distribution system around your journalism.

SMS text alertsEmailWebNewslettersPush & in-platform notificationsSocial distributionMessaging integrations
First-party relationships

Own your audience.

Social media can build attention. OYOU helps turn that attention into an audience you can communicate with directly.

Build first-party relationships with readers through subscriber registrations, SMS opt-ins, email subscriptions, memberships and community engagement.

Subject to applicable privacy and communications laws, publishers can build and manage their own audience data instead of depending entirely on third-party social platforms.

  • Own your publication.
  • Own your audience relationships.
  • Own your data.
  • Own your future.
Who it's for

You don't need a newsroom to build a news organization.

  • Independent journalists
  • Former newsroom reporters
  • Investigative reporters
  • Freelancers and stringers
  • Local news entrepreneurs
  • Sports journalists
  • Community publishers
  • Niche media companies
  • Podcast journalists
  • Video journalists
  • Citizen journalists
  • Emerging news organizations

You bring the journalism. We provide the infrastructure.

Revenue

Turn journalism into a business.

Independent shouldn't mean unsustainable. OYOU News gives publishers multiple ways to build revenue around their work.

Reader subscriptions

Create free or paid reader memberships.

Premium journalism

Place selected stories, investigations, newsletters, video or other content behind a paywall.

Advertising

Sell advertising directly to businesses and organizations.

Sponsored content

Publish clearly identified sponsored stories and branded content subject to OYOU's editorial standards.

Donations

Allow readers to financially support independent journalism.

Press release distribution

Offer businesses, nonprofits and organizations the ability to submit and distribute press releases.

Events

Create paid or free events, town halls, interviews, livestreams and community experiences.

Classifieds

Create local marketplace listings for products, services, jobs and opportunities.

One audience

Multiple revenue streams around the readers you already serve.

Advertising

Advertising that makes sense.

Reach the right audience. OYOU News advertising can combine content, audience interests and geographic relevance to create more useful advertising experiences.

Businesses can advertise:

LocallyBy ZIP code or service areaBy publicationBy content categoryBy audience segmentBy campaign

Independent publishers can sell advertising around the audiences they build. Instead of sending every advertising dollar to massive technology platforms, OYOU creates an opportunity for advertising revenue to support independent journalism.

A network of independent voices

Connected infrastructure. Shared opportunity.

OYOU isn't designed to make every journalist sound the same. It's designed to give independent voices better infrastructure.

Participating journalists and news organizations can operate their own publications while contributing to a larger network of independent journalism.

A local reporter can remain local. A sports journalist can remain specialized. An investigative team can focus exclusively on investigations. A community publication can serve one neighborhood. Together, those publishers can form something much larger.

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Tell us what you want to build.

Launch a professional digital news operation without building the technology from scratch.

This form reaches the OYOU News team. We will follow up about platform access. It is not an instant publish button.

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