Join The Patch Labs Network Of Independent Local Journalists

Thousands of newspaper jobs have been lost over the past two decades, but the need to tell stories hasn’t gone away. Every day, cities and towns across the country are making decisions that impact the lives of their citizens. Without reliable, regular reporting on those decisions, citizens are deprived of valuable information and become less engaged in their communities.

The old models may be broken, but there is hope. Technology has made it easier than ever to report and publish on what’s happening all around us.

For local news to thrive, local journalists need support. That means arming them with the technology, tools, and revenue opportunities that will equip them to tell the stories of their communities. There’s no saving local news without effectively supporting local journalists.

Patch Labs (a division of Patch) offers intuitive technology to power independent local news sites across the country. We make it easy for local journalists to launch and sustain a local news site within their community. Everything a journalist needs—from newsletters and analytics to event calendars and revenue processing— is built right into the platform.

The desire, the calling, the mission to tell stories will never go away. Local journalists are missionaries, compelled to tell the stories of the people, the places and the policies that make their communities what they are. Patch Labs is here to help empower local journalists, so that they can do the important work of keeping local news alive and thriving.

Interested in joining the Patch Labs platform? Click here to launch your local news site today