Help us bring a new local paper to West Yorkshire.
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Help us bring a new local paper to West Yorkshire.
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350 pledges. 150 to go.
If we reach it, we launch 🚀
New bike lanes. Big investment. Serious questions 🚴
Our latest newsletter explores Leeds’ new cycling infrastructure - who it’s for, what it costs, and whether it will work.
We cycled from Bradford to Leeds to work out what’s going on.
Click the link below and have a read 👇
We’re now over halfway to the 500 backers we need to launch. 🚀
If you’d like to see this publication exist, you can help us get there.
To pledge, please click below 👇
It’s been a remarkable few weeks and this morning we’ve just hit 300 pledges 👏🏼
We wanted to share some of the messages we’ve received along the way. They’ve meant a huge amount.
We're well over halfway, with more than 280 pledges already! Leeds deserves high-quality local journalism, and you can help us ensure the city gets it⬇️
If you’ve been following along, and thinking about pledging, we’d love to have you with us 💜
Pledge below 📝
Launching a new newsroom is simple in theory:
If 500 people back it, we build it ⚒️
We’re working towards bringing independent journalism to West Yorkshire - and support like this from Robyn Vinter really means a lot.
Let's keep it moving aye?
Share this with family, friends, or someone who truly cares and values real regional news in West Yorkshire.
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Nearly half way to 500 - wow 🤩
The support so far has been brilliant - and it shows there's real appetite for serious local journalism here 📰
We believe local journalism should have the time - and independence - to investigate things properly.
We're well on our way to 500 pledges.
Help us get there. Pledge below 📝
"In the Industrial Revolution, every big city in the north had a local champion newspaper."
@tomforth.co.uk thinks cities like Leeds deserves one again. 👑
If we reach 500 pledged members, we launch.
If you believe in that kind of journalism, you can help make it happen.
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Aliza’s comment really resonated.
The best journalism isn’t rushed. It’s reported properly, edited carefully, and written with time.
That’s what we’re trying to build here in West Yorkshire 🏭
🎙️ “In journalism, you’re often having to pump things out quite quickly.
It would be great to have something fresh where you’re able to invest time into stories” 💫
Aliza Kayan-Ahmed
Journalism Student
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
Very excited to see that Mill Media are looking to set up in West Yorkshire. See more detail below and how to support the launch.
At last West Yorkshire is getting its own version of The Mill, The Tribue, and The Post from Mill Media. They are the real news newsletters that have taken Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool by storm. If you value real regional news then pledge your support now.
An interesting development as Mill Media announces it hopes to open its next title in Leeds
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🚨 It looks like we might be hiring very soon. If you’re a journalist in Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield or Halifax - or you grew up there and want to move back - please contact @djstimms.bsky.social with haste. As soon as we hit 500 we can hire.
If you've ever felt that local journalism here could be smarter, deeper - this is how it starts. And if you can, we'd love you to be part of it.
👉🏼 Pledge your support here:
It's been 24 hours since we launched this - and honestly, we've been blown away 🤯
128 people have already pledged to support a new newspaper for West Yorkshire. Thank you!
To launch, we still need 500 ✏️
In-depth investigations. Thoughtful culture writing.
Stories that actually matter to this region.
If you want journalism that's worth reading - and worth supporting - we'd love you to be part of it.
👉🏼 Pledge your support:
People have been asking us to come to West Yorkshire 🏭
They've seen our award-winning journalism in other cities and thought: we want that here.
To open in West Yorkshire we need 500 pledged members, we are at 100!
You won't be charged till we reach 500.
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We’re launching a new independent newspaper for Leeds - funded by readers.
If you want better local journalism in Leeds, this is how it starts.
👉 Pledge your support: leeds.ghost.io
