Dateline
Dateline
Independent news magazine
About
A newsroom its readers pay for.
We started in 2014 with four reporters and one rule: go there. This is how the newsroom works, who is in it and what we will not do.
About
A newsroom its readers pay for.
We started in 2014 with four reporters and one rule: go there. This is how the newsroom works, who is in it and what we will not do.
About
A newsroom its readers pay for.
We started in 2014 with four reporters and one rule: go there. This is how the newsroom works, who is in it and what we will not do.
The story
Since 2014, one edition at a time.
- 2014
A newsletter with eleven readers
Dateline starts as a Friday email about one street in east London: who owns it, who cleans it, who is being priced out of it.
- 2016
The first reporter
Readers pay for a second salary. The email becomes a website and the street becomes a city.
- 2019
The morning edition
Five stories at 06:30, every weekday. No push alerts, no autoplay, no comment section.
- 2022
Bureaus
Reporters in Lagos, Mumbai, São Paulo and Berlin, each covering one city the way London is covered.
- 2025
The podcast
One story a week, told by the reporter who was there. Half an hour, no panel.
In numbers
- 412K
- monthly readers
- 38
- reporters
- 5
- bureaus
- 2014
- first edition
How we work
Four rules we do not bend.
- 01Be thereA story is reported from the place it happens. If nobody went, it does not run.
- 02Name the sourceNo anonymous quotes in the opinion pages, and as few as possible in the news pages. When a name is withheld, the story says why.
- 03Correct it in publicEvery correction is dated, explained and linked from the story it changes.
- 04Readers pay, nobody elseNo advertiser sees a story before you do, and none can buy one.
The newsroom
The people with the notebooks.
The story
Since 2014, one edition at a time.
- 2014
A newsletter with eleven readers
Dateline starts as a Friday email about one street in east London: who owns it, who cleans it, who is being priced out of it.
- 2016
The first reporter
Readers pay for a second salary. The email becomes a website and the street becomes a city.
- 2019
The morning edition
Five stories at 06:30, every weekday. No push alerts, no autoplay, no comment section.
- 2022
Bureaus
Reporters in Lagos, Mumbai, São Paulo and Berlin, each covering one city the way London is covered.
- 2025
The podcast
One story a week, told by the reporter who was there. Half an hour, no panel.
In numbers
- 412K
- monthly readers
- 38
- reporters
- 5
- bureaus
- 2014
- first edition
How we work
Four rules we do not bend.
- 01Be thereA story is reported from the place it happens. If nobody went, it does not run.
- 02Name the sourceNo anonymous quotes in the opinion pages, and as few as possible in the news pages. When a name is withheld, the story says why.
- 03Correct it in publicEvery correction is dated, explained and linked from the story it changes.
- 04Readers pay, nobody elseNo advertiser sees a story before you do, and none can buy one.
The newsroom
The people with the notebooks.
The story
Since 2014, one edition at a time.
- 2014
A newsletter with eleven readers
Dateline starts as a Friday email about one street in east London: who owns it, who cleans it, who is being priced out of it.
- 2016
The first reporter
Readers pay for a second salary. The email becomes a website and the street becomes a city.
- 2019
The morning edition
Five stories at 06:30, every weekday. No push alerts, no autoplay, no comment section.
- 2022
Bureaus
Reporters in Lagos, Mumbai, São Paulo and Berlin, each covering one city the way London is covered.
- 2025
The podcast
One story a week, told by the reporter who was there. Half an hour, no panel.
In numbers
- 412K
- monthly readers
- 38
- reporters
- 5
- bureaus
- 2014
- first edition
How we work
Four rules we do not bend.
- 01Be thereA story is reported from the place it happens. If nobody went, it does not run.
- 02Name the sourceNo anonymous quotes in the opinion pages, and as few as possible in the news pages. When a name is withheld, the story says why.
- 03Correct it in publicEvery correction is dated, explained and linked from the story it changes.
- 04Readers pay, nobody elseNo advertiser sees a story before you do, and none can buy one.
The newsroom
The people with the notebooks.
Why Dateline
Reported, not repeated.
Reported, not repeated.Dateline is an independent newsroom of thirty-eight reporters. We publish a morning edition, a long read every Friday and a weekly podcast. Readers pay for it, nobody else does.
- 412Kmonthly readers
- 38reporters
- 2014first edition
- London
- Lagos
- Mumbai
- São Paulo
- Berlin
Why Dateline
Reported, not repeated.
Reported, not repeated.Dateline is an independent newsroom of thirty-eight reporters. We publish a morning edition, a long read every Friday and a weekly podcast. Readers pay for it, nobody else does.
- 412Kmonthly readers
- 38reporters
- 2014first edition
- London
- Lagos
- Mumbai
- São Paulo
- Berlin
Why Dateline
Reported, not repeated.
Reported, not repeated.Dateline is an independent newsroom of thirty-eight reporters. We publish a morning edition, a long read every Friday and a weekly podcast. Readers pay for it, nobody else does.
- 412Kmonthly readers
- 38reporters
- 2014first edition
- London
- Lagos
- Mumbai
- São Paulo
- Berlin
The first proof, 05:4006:30, every weekday
The morning edition
The morning editionThe morning edition in your inbox at 06:30, five stories and nothing else.
The first proof, 05:4006:30, every weekday
The morning edition
The morning editionThe morning edition in your inbox at 06:30, five stories and nothing else.
The first proof, 05:4006:30, every weekday
The morning edition
The morning editionThe morning edition in your inbox at 06:30, five stories and nothing else.