Newsletters for journalists, with Peter Geoghegan and Henry Winter

Описание: In this masterclass, you'll learn how to use newsletter platforms such as Substack to reach new readers, build a loyal readership and generate revenue. Investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan and football writer Henry Winter share practical advice on choosing the right platform, creating your first newsletter, techniques to build and maintain a loyal readership... and maybe even earn some money in the process.
Peter Geoghegan is an award-winning investigative journalist who runs the Democracy for Sale newsletter on Substack. He was co-founder of Scottish investigative platform The Ferret and editor-in-chief of award-winning website openDemocracy. His Democracy for Sale newsletter, which has 20,000 subscribers, is dedicated to uncovering dark money and hidden influence. Democracy for Sale stories have been picked up by a range of news organisations including the Guardian, Financial Times, Mirror and Times. His stories have prompted parliamentary inquiries, regulatory probes and forced transparency on corporations.
Henry Winter is an award-winning sports journalist who runs the Henry Winter's Goal Posts newsletter, also on Substack, which has signed up 10,000 subscribers since launch last year. Chief football writer for The Times from 2015 to 2023 and before that football correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, Henry was named Specialist Correspondent of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards in 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2013, and was voted Football Journalist of the Year in 2023 by the Sports Journalists' Association. He is a columnist for World Soccer magazine and presents a Sunday morning radio show on talkSport.
This free masterclass is brought to you by the Civic Journalism Lab at Newcastle University.