Quick Note From Daniel
Inside The Newsroom needs your help
Hey folks, happy September 1st. A quick yet important newsletter from me today…
If you're reading this, it’s because you're subscribed to the free version of Inside The Newsroom. You receive a taster of new jobs on Mondays and approaching deadlines on Fridays, with my thoughts on the latest happenings within journalism and around the world sprinkled in.
Today I’m writing to you to become a paid subscriber.
Here’s Why You Should Subscribe
At the moment, free subscribers get just a snippet — around 40 per week — of the full scale of jobs and deadlines we have on our board. When you become a paid subscriber, you get:
Full access to ~2,500 active openings in hundreds of organizations inside and outside newsrooms across the U.S., UK, Canada and Europe.
Membership to our Candidate Board so employers can contact you directly when they have a suitable opening. Full information on how to join can be found here.
Résumé/CV and cover letter help: I’ve written hundreds of successful and unsuccessful résumés, CVs and cover letters, so I know a thing or two on how to stand out from the rest of the field.
If you’re still not sure, take a look at what dozens of paid subscribers have said about Inside The Newsroom in the past. It’s simple: we help you get a job in journalism.
Where Your Money Goes
What’s not simple is running a business. Ever since I left the Wall Street Journal 17 months ago, I’ve felt the full stress and anxiety that comes with not having a stable monthly salary. This isn’t meant to be a guilt trip, instead I want to be as transparent as I can on why we need your help, and exactly where your money and support goes.
ITN doesn’t have any investors or advertisers, and thus 88% of our revenue comes from our subscribers. The remaining 12% is made up of freelance articles I write for the likes of FiveThirtyEight and The Guardian, and carefully selected featured job posts you occasionally see in the newsletter.
We operate on a shoe-string budget — we still haven’t spent a dime on advertising since we started in 2018. Our expenses come in the form of paying a handful of awesome freelancers $15 an hour to help maintain and update the job board, and general business costs like renting a hot desk at a co-working office and other fees and taxes that build up over the course of a financial year.
When you become a paid subscriber, I can pay our freelancers, pay myself enough to pay my own bills, and ultimately stay independent.
How Much It Costs
Paid subscriptions are available on three levels. Among the most frequent comments I receive about the prices we charge is “how the hell do you make money out of that?” My answer is simple and has remained the same since day one: I’m not in this to be a millionaire, only to earn a living and to make our services as accessible and affordable as possible. Our subscription levels:
Monthly: $6. For the cost of a drink at your local bar or pub, kick-start your search for a new job and higher salary. Become a monthly subscriber.
Annual: $49. Best value at $4.08/month. For the price of coffee, this is the best deal for both of us. For you, you’re a member for the entire year and save $23 vs paying monthly for 12 months. For me, I only have to pay one transaction fee and can forecast and budget for the next calendar. Become an annual subscriber.
Founding member: $99. This level is for those that have the means to support Inside The Newsroom in the best way possible. Become a Founding Member today and gift/donate annual subscriptions to two people of your choice.
What’s Next for Inside The Newsroom?
As I mentioned earlier, the past 17 months since I left the WSJ have been by far the toughest of my life. Last year my anxiety became so extreme that I had no other option than to refer myself to a psychotherapist. My one-year anniversary of therapy is approaching and I’m deeply grateful for the benefits of the professional help I’ve received. What that means for ITN is that my motivation and passion for what I do have returned to pre-existing levels.
Over the next months, we plan to:
Increase the job board in size and into even more countries.
Expand the Candidate Board to thousands of job seekers and recruiters.
More product and tool launches to make it even easier to get a job and know more about the industry.
Launch Daniel’s next side-project detailing his journey with psychotherapy and everything he’s learned and continues to learn.
One Final Thank You
If you’re like me, you roll your eyes at yet another person or organization asking for money. That’s why I limit these types of emails to once or twice a year, so we don’t come across as money-grabbing and so I don’t have to cringe at myself too often.
Regardless of whether you decide to become a monthly, annual or founding subscriber, there are other ways you can help us to keep our little boat sailing.
If you don’t see fit for our services, you can gift an annual or month’s subscription to anyone of your choice.
That’s all from me today. Thank you as always for making what we do possible. We’ll be back in your inboxes tomorrow with more job deadlines.
Daniel