“ Yep, I said it before and I’ll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
A different kind of newsroom. Slow news. Open journalism. ~7,000 #1 50 Members and counting Biggest journalism project Countries ever on Kickstarter
Our founders TEAM (WEBSITE) - 4
Our partners Chris Cook Giles Whittell Merope Mills Emma Sullivan David Taylor Alexandra Keith (Policy Editor, (Chief Leader Writer, (Associate Editor, (Head of Events, (Deputy Editor, Mousavizadeh Blackmore BBC Newsnight) The Times) The Guardian) Chatham House) Guardian US) (The Prosperity Index; (Senior Editor, Moody’s) The Times and the BBC) Ceri Thomas Jon Hill Fliss Demir Ravin Sampat Michelle Liz Moseley (Oxford University; (Creative Director, (BBC) (Exec Producer, Henderson (CMO, Editor of the BBC The Telegraph) BBC) (Marketing Director, Cannes Lions) Today Programme and Carphone Warehouse) Panorama)
Tortoise in the media “These are dark days indeed, but “Tortoise was formed as a direct Tortoise is perhaps bringing a bit response to the overwhelming of light to the media establishment.” amount of ‘daily noise’ in the news — James O’Brien, LBC ecosystem.” “Tortoise is unlike anything else in the market…. From Nando’s to a refugee camp, Tortoise is taking its journalism out into the real world.”
Following the Tortoise. The Express – 8 April 2019 7 April 2019 The Mail – 8 April 2019
Following the Tortoise. David Lammy - 14 April 2019 LBC - 16 April 2019 14 April 2019
Following the Tortoise. The Today Programme - 14 Feb 2019 The Times - 24 Feb 2019 15 Jan 2019
What we do. Not breaking news, but what’s driving it. The news not as it happens, but when it’s ready. News Angles – our daily internal memo The Sensemaker – our weekly news round up The Tortoise Quarterly ThinkIns Our short book of long reads The engine of our journalism. In person, live in our newsroom The Daily Edition Our slow news feed
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Five drivers of the news Wealth Belonging Our Planet 100 year life New Things Fairness Society Geopolitics Health Technology Investment Identity Environment Public policy Engineering Prosperity Countries Natural resources Living Science Belief Education Arts
We’re different, deliberately We want to build a journalism that lasts. A business model that’s responsible and sustainable. – We are a membership business, built for and with our members. – There are no ads. Tortoise is blissfully pop-up free. – We’re not owned by a proprietor with an axe to grind. – We’re independent of political party or commercial agenda. – We’ll never sell our members’ data. – We can look you in the eye and tell you we call it as we see it.
Membership. Individual Membership Friends & Family Under 30s £250 2 year founding £250 annual membership £50 annual membership membership for 5 people for people under 30
Let’s do this together. Tortoise provides quality journalism & outside perspectives for your leadership, colleagues and clients Tortoise for Tortoise for Tortoise for client Founding your team boards and colleagues partners 10+ members, £50 pp Up to 50 members 50 to 200 members Three year bespoke An investment in looking Private ThinkIn on a topic Takeover a ThinkIn, or host partnership across all smart without having to try of your choice. Great for new one in your HQ. Guaranteed Tortoise events and hard. Or just a really lovely boards, challenger boards to generate new conversations platforms. perk. and mature businesses in with customers, prospects transition mode. and investors.
Our partners to date. Freshfields Kelkoo Helman Friedman Eidelman BP
We believe that news has become noise. That the divide between the powerful and the powerless is widening. That we need to open up journalism, by giving everyone a seat at the table. If you agree. Please join us. Become a partner. Become a member. Call or email James. Join as a team for 10 people. james.harding@tortoisemedia.com tortoisemedia.com/team +44 7783 944 880
Come as a guest to a ThinkIn: Email James - james.harding@tortoisemedia.com
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