Welcome to The Exchange — a new local paper covering Leeds and West Yorkshire.
Every week we send out three e-mails, going in depth on the city’s big stories. We provide a mix of investigations, features and long-reads, plus news round-ups and things to do. We have a website, but the best way to experience us is to sign up to our e-mails:
Our model isn't built on ads, but on paying subscribers. Over 500 people backed us to get us to the point of launching, and our paying members get extra articles as well as knowing they’re supporting local journalists trying to make a difference.
Already, we've gone into some of the city's biggest stories. Has Channel 4's move to Leeds lived up to the hype? Why are the Leeds Green Party seemingly falling apart? And who is to blame for the continued delays to the tram? We've also published gorgeous profiles of really interesting locals, like this:
Mia Jankowicz
Sign up to see where you live in a whole new light:
We have two staff writers, Brad Deas and Mia Jankowicz, overseen by editor Daniel Timms. You can read more about Brad and Mia’s stories, and why they’ve joined The Exchange, here.
This new launch is an initiative from Mill Media. We launched a local newspaper in Manchester, The Mill, in 2020. It now has over 50,000 readers. We've since gone on to launch in Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow, and London (in that order) and it was clearly high time to launch one here as well. Our journalism has won awards, and been described by the FT's John Burn-Murdoch as "one of the most interesting and impressive media startups of the last decade".
We'd love to hear from you — if you've got any tips or ideas for us, then just send us an e-mail here.