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1</head><body class="geist_a71539c9-module__T19VSG__variable"><div hidden=""><!--$--><!--/$--></div><div class="flex flex-col min-h-screen bg-secondary-50"><header class="sticky top-0 z-50 h-16 bg-white/95 backdrop-blur-sm shadow-sm relative flex items-center"><div class="absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 h-px bg-gradient-to-r from-blue-600/30 via-blue-500/70 to-indigo-500/30"></div><div class="px-4 flex items-center justify-between w-full"><a class="font-bold text-lg tracking-tight flex-shrink-0" href="/"><span class="text-slate-900">Truly</span><span class="text-blue-600">News</span></a><nav class="hidden md:flex items-center gap-6"><a class="text-sm text-secondary-600 hover:text-secondary-900 transition-colors" href="/student-journalists">Student Journalists</a><a class="text-sm text-secondary-600 hover:text-secondary-900 transition-colors" href="/journalism-educators">Journalism Educators</a><a class="text-sm text-secondary-600 hover:text-secondary-900 transition-colors" href="/freelance-journalists">Freelance Journalists</a><a class="text-sm px-3 py-1.5 border border-secondary-200 rounded text-secondary-700 hover:bg-secondary-50 transition-colors" href="/login">Login</a><a class="text-sm px-3 py-1.5 bg-primary-600 text-white rounded font-medium hover:bg-primary-700 transition-colors" href="/signup">Sign Up Free</a></nav><button class="md:hidden p-2 rounded text-secondary-700 hover:bg-secondary-50 transition-colors" aria-label="Open menu" aria-expanded="false"><svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M3 5a1 1 0 011-1h12a1 1 0 110 2H4a1 1 0 01-1-1zm0 5a1 1 0 011-1h12a1 1 0 110 2H4a1 1 0 01-1-1zm0 5a1 1 0 011-1h12a1 1 0 110 2H4a1 1 0 01-1-1z" clip-rule="evenodd"></path></svg></button></div></header><main class="flex-1"><section class="bg-white border-b border-secondary-200 py-16 px-4"><div class="max-w-3xl mx-auto text-center"><div class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 bg-green-50 text-green-700 text-sm font-medium px-3 py-1 rounded-full mb-4 border border-green-200"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" class="w-4 h-4" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M9 12l2 2 4-4m6 2a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z"></path></svg>Coming soon</div><h1 class="text-4xl font-bold text-secondary-900 mb-4">Earn a living as a self-employed freelance journalist.</h1><p class="text-xl text-secondary-600 mb-8 leading-relaxed">TrulyNews.com was created to restore local news to every community and provide reporters the ability to earn a living as independent, self-employed journalists. As a professional journalist, you can sign up, bring followers from your social networks (like LinkedIn and Facebook), set your article prices, and receive 100% of the revenue from your work.</p><a class="px-6 py-3 bg-primary-600 text-white rounded-lg font-semibold hover:bg-primary-700 transition-colors" href="/freelance-journalists/waitlist">Join the Waitlist</a></div></section><section class="py-16 px-4 bg-secondary-50"><div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto"><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-secondary-900 mb-2 text-center">Local journalism is in crisis — and so are the reporters who do it</h2><p class="text-secondary-600 text-center mb-10">As the newspaper industry collapsed, communities lost a critical source of information, and reporters lost the outlets needed to provide that information.</p><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-6"><div class="bg-white rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-6 text-center"><div class="text-4xl font-bold text-red-600 mb-2">2,900+</div><p class="text-sm text-secondary-600">Local newspapers closed since 2005 — eliminating thousands of reporting jobs that covered city hall, schools, courts, and public safety.</p></div><div class="bg-white rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-6 text-center"><div class="text-4xl font-bold text-red-600 mb-2">57%</div><p class="text-sm text-secondary-600">Of newspaper newsroom jobs eliminated since 2008. Experienced reporters with deep community knowledge and established source networks are now without a platform.</p></div><div class="bg-white rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-6 text-center"><div class="text-4xl font-bold text-red-600 mb-2">70M+</div><p class="text-sm text-secondary-600">
1Americans in news deserts — communities where a school board decision, a zoning change, or a public safety issue goes unreported because no one is paid to cover it.</p></div></div></div></section><section class="py-16 px-4 bg-white border-t border-secondary-200"><div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto"><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-secondary-900 mb-2 text-center">How it works</h2><p class="text-secondary-600 text-center mb-10">Apply, get approved, and start publishing — with your byline, your beat, your prices.</p><div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-6"><div class="bg-secondary-50 rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-6"><div class="w-10 h-10 bg-primary-100 rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center mb-4"><span class="text-primary-700 font-bold text-lg" aria-hidden="true">1</span></div><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-secondary-900 mb-2">Apply</h3><p class="text-sm text-secondary-600">Tell us about your reporting background, your beat, and the kinds of stories you&#x27;d pursue. Our team reviews every application to ensure that we are giving real journalists the opportunities they deserve.</p></div><div class="bg-secondary-50 rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-6"><div class="w-10 h-10 bg-primary-100 rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center mb-4"><span class="text-primary-700 font-bold text-lg" aria-hidden="true">2</span></div><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-secondary-900 mb-2">Onboard your initial followers</h3><p class="text-sm text-secondary-600">Our onboarding tool lets you connect with existing contacts on platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook to bring them to our platform to support your work.</p></div><div class="bg-secondary-50 rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-6"><div class="w-10 h-10 bg-primary-100 rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center mb-4"><span class="text-primary-700 font-bold text-lg" aria-hidden="true">3</span></div><h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-secondary-900 mb-2">Publish and earn</h3><p class="text-sm text-secondary-600">Set your price-per-article from $0 to $100 with the ability to receive tips from readers. Get live updates on your earnings within your dashboard.</p></div></div></div></section><section class="py-16 px-4 bg-white border-t border-secondary-200"><div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto"><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-secondary-900 mb-2 text-center">What earning a living actually looks like</h2><p class="text-secondary-600 text-center mb-10 max-w-2xl mx-auto">The average U.S. reporter earns $60,000 a year. Here&#x27;s how a freelance journalist with a modest following can match that — at just $1 per article.</p><div class="bg-secondary-50 rounded-2xl border border-secondary-200 p-8 mb-8"><p class="text-sm font-semibold text-secondary-500 uppercase tracking-wide mb-6 text-center">A realistic example</p><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-3 gap-4 mb-8"><div class="bg-white rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-5 text-center"><div class="text-3xl font-bold text-primary-600 mb-1">250</div><div class="text-sm font-medium text-secondary-700 mb-2">followers</div><p class="text-xs text-secondary-500">Professionals average hundreds of connections on LinkedIn and Facebook. Bring your existing network with you.</p></div><div class="bg-white rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-5 text-center"><div class="text-3xl font-bold text-primary-600 mb-1">20</div><div class="text-sm font-medium text-secondary-700 mb-2">articles per month</div><p class="text-xs text-secondary-500">A typical working journalist publishes at least 20 stories a month — a pace TrulyNews is built to support.</p></div><div class="bg-white rounded-xl border border-secondary-200 p-5 text-center"><div class="text-3xl font-bold text-primary-600 mb-1">$1</div><div class="text-sm font-medium text-secondary-700 mb-2">per article</div><p class="text-xs text-secondary-500">The lowest price point. A single dollar — less than a cup of coffee — is what readers pay to access each story.</p></div></div><div class="flex flex-col sm:flex-row items-center justify-center gap-3 text-center"><div class="bg-white rounded-lg border border-secondary-200 px-5 py-3"><span class="text-secondary-500 text-sm">250 followers</span></div><span class="text-secondary-400 font-bold text-xl" aria-hidden="true">×</span><div class="bg-white rounded-lg border border-secondary-200 px-5 py-3"><span class="text-secondary-500 text-sm">20 articles/month</span></div><span class="text-secondary-400 font-bold text-xl" aria-hidden="true">×</span><div class="bg-white rounded-lg border border-secondary-200 px-5 py-3"><span class="text-secondary-500 text-sm">$1/article</span></div><span class="text-secondary-400 font-bold text-xl" aria-hidden="true">=</span><div class="bg-primary-600 rounded-lg px-6 py-3"><span class="text-white font-bold text-sm">$5,000/month</span></div></div><div class="mt-8 pt-6 border-t border-secondary-200 text-center"><p class="text-secondary-600 text-sm mb-3">That&#x27;s $5,000 per month — or</p><div class="text-5xl font-bold text-secondary-900 mb-2">$60,000</div><div class="text-lg text-secondary-600 mb-3">per year</div><p class="text-sm text-secondary-500 max-w-md mx-auto">Exactly the median salary for a U.S. reporter, but you earn it independently, on your schedule, and covering the community and the issues you choose.</p></div></div><div class="bg-blue-50 border border-blue-200 rounded-xl p-6"><div class="flex gap-4 items-start"><div class="w-10 h-10 flex-shrink-0 bg-blue-100 rounded-lg flex items-center justify-center mt-0.5"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" class="w-5 h-5 text-blue-700" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M17 20h5v-2a3 3 0 00-5.356-1.857M17 20H7m10 0v-2c0-.656-.126-1.283-.356-1.857M7 20H2v-2a3 3 0 015.356-1.857M7 20v-2c0-.656.126-1.283.356-1.857m0 0a5.002 5.002 0 019.288 0M15 7a3 3 0 11-6 0 3 3 0 016 0zm6 3a2 2 0 11-4 0 2 2 
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