Independent twice weekly email newsletter The Tribune includes Sheffield’s regional news and is looking for journalists in Sheffield and across the North to write for the newsletter on a regular basis, whether that be every few weeks or every few months, writes Jenny Roche.
The readers of the newsletter, some 7,500 local readers to date, include doctors, teachers, lawyers, carers, site managers, publishers, counsellors, university professors and entrepreneurs. It has stories on politics, business, culture, history and local people. ‘We pick a handful of topics each week and look into them properly, giving you the insight and context you need to really understand what’s going,’ says editor Dan Hayes, a local journalist who set up the newsletter in 2021. He is looking for pieces that are ‘beautifully crafted and really speak to readers through the power of their prose’. Speaking to people to get the ‘human voices at the heart of a story and doing ‘proper’ research are also valued in a piece.