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The Tribune was started in 2021 by journalist Dan Hayes to provide a totally different kind of local news in Sheffield — one that doesn’t chase cheap clicks or smother stories in horrible ads.
Instead of pumping out dozens of “stories” every day, Dan and our second staff writer Victoria pick a handful each week and investigate and write them up properly, giving you the insights and context to understand what is really going on. That’s why we’ve built up a devoted following in Sheffield, been written about in The Guardian and The Times and mentioned several times on BBC Radio 4. Some of our most popular recent stories include:
- Tinderbox: the fire risk growing on Sheffield’s borders
- Anonymous messages, secret codes and uranium: how Sheffield’s big nuclear secret leaked out
- 1998: Sheffield’s lost summer of love
- A vanishing campaign and a listless candidate — but Reform still came within a whisker of winning Doncaster's mayoralty
Ever since we published our first newsletter, the reaction from local readers has been overwhelming. 30,000 local people have already joined our free list and 2,700 have subscribed as paying members to support our work and get all of our twice-weekly members-only editions. Members become part of The Tribune’s community, can comment on stories and contribute their ideas, and also get invited to our exclusive members events. You can join up as a paying member or just join our free mailing list to give us a try first — it’s the same button below.
We’ve already been cited by a parliamentary inquiry into the state of local news and even received coverage in the US media as an example of a new model for high-quality local journalism. Our journalists — who have written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times and The Spectator — are dedicated to accurate, balanced reporting and getting to the heart of the stories they cover.
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The Tribune was founded by Dan Hayes, who left The Star to start this newsletter because he wanted to cover the city in a different way, with an emphasis on in-depth reporting and good-quality analysis. He would love to hear from people who have stories, whether they are serious newsy tips or ideas for softer features. My email is dan@sheffieldtribune.co.uk.
Our second full-time staffer is Victoria Munro, who used to be a reporter and editor in London before seeing sense and decamping to South Yorkshire. She tends to do some of our more investigative work — digging into documents and speaking to off-the-record sources to shine new light on areas that need more scrutiny. To get in touch with her, please email victoria@sheffieldtribune.co.uk and don’t worry if you would prefer to stay anonymous — we’re very used to that and we never identify people without their permission.
Our senior editor is Daniel Timms, who comes up with many of our ideas and does lots of the painstaking work to improve our stories before they go out. Daniel also writes our data pieces, like his deep dive into where Sheffield's rubbish goes, or his piece on how "playful" Sheffield is.
Want to write for us? We’re always on the lookout for talented journalists in South Yorkshire to contribute stories, whether that’s newsy scoops or long form features. In our short life, we have already commissioned more than 30 local writers to produce high-quality work. If that’s you, head to this page.
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