TypePad for Journalists is a new program from Six Apart, the company whose Movable Type and TypePad publishing platforms, Six Apart Media advertising, and Six Apart Services team help power many of the most successful media companies in the world.
We want to help independent journalists become more entrepreneurial, and to give you the tools you need to succeed with your own blog.
Originally launched as an informal "bailout program" for journalists who are out of work, or who just wanted to take control over their careers, we've been amazed to see that this idea has inspired responses from thousands of journalists around the world. So we've renamed the program and expanded its focus based on your response.
What's the Deal?
Membership in the TypePad for Journalists program includes a few key benefits:
- The best tools for the job: TypePad Pro is the same industrial-strength blogging platform that powers many of the biggest media sites in the world. TypePad offers all the latest technical features with a simple interface that lets you focus on your ideas, not technology. All backed by real humans to answer your questions.
- Powerful advertising services: Six Apart Media offers an experienced and creative advertising program that already helps hundreds of publishers earn more than they would with simple text ads like Google AdWords.
- Promotion and Education: We'll promote your site on Blogs.com, our directory of the best of blogs, and connect you to experts from Six Apart and from across the web who can teach you how to build your audience and make your new blog a success.
In addition to publishing tools and advertising services to help journalists start their own sites, we'll encourage the sharing of best practices and lessons learned from your peers in the program. And we'll be calling on outside experts to share their insights as well.
The fundamental changes going on in the media world are a serious challenge. We can't promise that everyone will thrive in this new medium. But we firmly believe in giving journalists tools that you can use to take control of your work and be in charge of your own success.
How To Get Started
Membership in TypePad for Journalists is free — joining the program takes only a few simple steps.
- Email us with a link to a recently-published work that you've reported for a print, broadcast or web outlet
- We'll then ask you to fill out a short survey to see if you qualify for the program
- After we've confirmed that you qualify for the program, we'll send you a code for your free TypePad blog
Once you're accepted as a member, we'll put you in the queue for approval for the Six Apart Media advertising program, which current takes a few weeks to process. You'll also be subscribed to the TypePad for Journalists email newsletter. This newsletter will only be sent out when we have specific updates that are relevant to program members, and we will not share your information with any other entity for any other purpose. You'll be able to unsubscribe from the newsletter whenever you like.
Find Out More
If you're curious to learn more about the thinking behind TypePad for Journalists, here are some good places to start:
- Follow @sixapart on Twitter. If you use the popular messaging service, you can get updates directly from Six Apart.
- Check out our blog post about TypePad and Journalism, which explains our thinking behind this program, and describes some of the response.
- Read the original "TypePad Journalist Bailout Program" page, which started the whole program.
Note: At this time, the TypePad for Journalists program is focused primarily on writers in the United States and Canada. While we welcome memberships from editors, photojournalists and graphic designers, and are very open to members from around the world, the community's initial focus will be of the greatest value to reporters and writers in English-speaking North America. We are proud to be an international company, and do care very much about media worldwide, so we intend to expand this focus as our resources permit.
