WordPress for News Organizations
Newspack, a project of WordPress.com and the Google News Initiative, is an advanced open-source publishing and revenue-generating platform for news organizations.
Newspack explained
Newspack is an all-in-one publishing platform that incorporates industry best practices to help small and medium-sized news organizations produce great journalism, drive audience, and generate revenue.
Newspack has an ever-growing community of newsrooms on the platform. Check out the list.
Explore Newspack’s worldwide community using our interactive map
The Newspack community spans the globe. Want to see where our publishers are based? Open up this nifty zoomable, pannable map.
Video demos
See revenue-generation features of Newspack in action
The demonstration videos below, which are not narrated, show the initial setup of donations and advertising. Donations Advertising
How Newspack is put together
Check out the various components that have been integrated into Newspack over the past year, from authoring tools, to ad managers, to membership and subscription features. You’ll find them on our Support page.
How Newspack is working to crack the code on local news
We believe that by hosting sites on a common platform we can begin to figure out what’s working and what’s not in various areas of economic and editorial endeavor — and then quickly make it available to other sites.
Industry News
How Newspack is working to crack the code on local news
Poynter features Newspack founder Kinsey Wilson on lessons learned from two year of operation and the search for the Holy Grail of local news.
Court tosses $25 million libel suit against Reveal
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting is celebrating the end of a four-year lawsuit brought by the subject of one of the newsroom’s stories.
Google, LION release a trio of reports for early stage digital newsrooms
Leaders in journalism research produced a broad US-Canadian census of digital newsrooms and shared results of the resulting survey. They also teamed with others to create a startup playbook.
Rosenstiel on the chaos of the news business
API’s Tom Rosenstiel heralds the “dreamers” who are striving to find solutions to the crisis in local news — “the problem solvers and pioneers charting new ways to live up to enduring responsibilities.” He identifies four major challenges to journalism as part of an occasional series for Poynter.
Poynter: The money in not-for-profit news
Rick Edmonds, Poynter’s resident news-business analyst, takes a look at the money flowing into various not-for-profit local news ventures and concludes that “big nonprofit local initiatives are thriving and on track for healthy growth this year.”
Times raises $4m for non-profit journalism venture
The New York Times has raised $4 million for a philanthropy backed journalism initiative called Headway that will go beyond the daily news cycle to produce “deeply researched, visually ambitious, data-rich projects” on major economic, social, and environmental issues. You might ask, isn’t this what The Times already does? Yes, but in this case the…
Basking in national success, Axios is poised to go local with morning newsletters
Axios is set to bring in $58 million in revenue this year, up 30 percent compared with 2019, The Wall Street Journal reports, and they’re looking to expand their news-in-brief style to local markets.
Newspack News
Newspack publishers rack up INN awards
Our friends at the Institute for Nonprofit News announced the winners in their inaugural awards, and some familiar names and faces were there. You can see remarks from the judges and the full list of winners here. Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, founder, editor and executive director of Sahan Journal, was named INN’s Emerging Leader. This award recognizes an…
Knight provides $20k to newsrooms for tech; Newspack is a favorite
At least five more publications are set to join the Newspack lineup, courtesy of a three-year, $2 million grant program from the Knight Foundation.
Award-winning Atavist Magazine relaunches on Newspack platform
For 10 years, The Atavist Magazine has been a pioneer in digital storytelling, publishing one incredible true story every month. The publication has been recognized for its commitment to in-depth longform journalism and creative, elegant design. It has received many accolades, including a National Magazine Award and a Livingston Award. Most recently, it was named…
Voice of OC is making the most of Sunshine Week
Voice of OC in California went all out for Sunshine Week, changing its branding to Noise of OC and highlighting their successes in shining a light on government.
Mission Local reporter named top emerging journalist; Black Voice News featured in renaissance piece
Julian Mark, a staff writer with Mission Local, has been named the outstanding emerging journalist for 2020 by SPJ of Northern California. Black Voice News publisher Paulette Brown-Hinds was the featured subject of a story about the renaissance of the Black press, appearing on the Report for America website.
Subscription and membership focus of new Facebook accelerator
Building on its successes in previous years, the Facebook Accelerator program is accepting applications for another round, with a March 19 deadline. The program is open to U.S. and Canadian newsrooms, either for-profit or nonprofit.
Applications open in March for $20K grants to upgrade CMS, boost sustainability
Grants of up to $20,000 to support newsroom technology improvements soon will be made available to U.S.-based newsrooms that are nonprofit or work to inform underserved communities.
More about Newspack
Newspack draws on the power of WordPress and years of industry expertise to deliver a handcrafted solution that helps small and medium-sized news sites build audience and revenue in the digital era. More than 50 sites have signed on in the first year. Check out the latest features and review our pricing and terms of service.