The Newsmast Foundation is a UK based charity, building digital infrastructure to empower communities with social media they control.

We’ve built apps for news publishers, place based communities and NGO activists to create meaningful online connections.

Visit our website to learn more.

For support in installing Patchwork, or for more information on our partnerships, please contact us at [email protected]

You can find more information about us & our mission on our website.

Stay in touch

Follow us on our social profiles:

• Newsmast
• Mastodon
• LinkedIn
• Bluesky
• Email - [email protected]

Follow blogs from our Team:

• Follow our newsletter for the latest developments in the social web.
• Follow Michael's blog for development updates.
• Follow Saskia's blog for reflections on the state of the social web.

If you like, you can help keep the lights on by donating to our Patreon. Any donations are appreciated and let you join our Discord channel.

Our team

Trustees

• Michael Foster - Ex-director of Reuters New Media and FT.com, Michael’s decades of experience at the intersection of news media and tech during the height of the dot com boom has helped shape the Newsmast project and ethos. @[email protected]

• Artur Ekert - As a professor of quantum physics at Merton College, University of Oxford and founding director of CQT, Artur joined the project to help ensure we stay on track to deliver a platform where academia is at the forefront of what we do. @[email protected]

• Jeff Streeter - As a British Council Director, Jeff spent years travelling the world sharing culture, language and education with people from different countries and cities. Now based in Tokyo, he spends most of his time looking introspectively at literature and language on his thought provoking blog, English Republic of Letters. @[email protected]

The Team

• Freddie - Freddie focuses on building partnerships and collaborations with external organisations, and bringing Newsmast to a wider audience. He reads, writes and draws when he can, or schemes in the kitchen. @[email protected]

• Saskia - After joining the team as an intern, Saskia has gone on to help lead Newsmast’s curation, communications and marketing. An avid writer and reader, when she’s not got her head in a book she’s out walking in the Yorkshire Dales with her dogs. @[email protected]

• Andy - As our Digital Outreach Manager, Andy oversees our data, analytics and CRM systems. He has been a supporter and key member of the Newsmast team since our founding. In his spare time you’ll find him with his family, running the occasional marathon or cycling cross-country. @[email protected]

Volunteer

If you'd like to work with us, please get in touch!

We are always looking to partner with people to move the needle on social media.

Volunteering with us could include opportunities in areas like:

• Moderation & community stewardship
• Development
• Social media and user research
• Creating & curating custom feeds

Whatever your skills or background, please feel free to drop us a line - we'd love to work together!