Why subscribe?
The Pulse Illawarra will give you business and industry news you can’t get anywhere else.
Subscribers will be supporting local journalism and will get access to:
Access to Illawarra business news and analysis.
Be part of the conversation and comment in our Pulse Community
Listen to our content while on the move.
Our archived articles
You can visit our website directly at www.illawarrapulse.com.au or you can download the Substack app and find us there.
Why now?
The Illawarra is in a growth phase, and we want to be part of that. We want to tell the success stories, find out about the unique challenges facing our business owners and connect them to people who are solving problems.
We don’t see ourselves as direct competitors to other media players like the Illawarra Mercury, ABC Illawarra or Region Illawarra, but we understand the constraints faced by those organisations in a challenging media environment. We hope to tell the stories traditional local media are unable to tell.
Who is behind Pulse Illawarra?
I’m Gayle Tomlinson, the former editor of the Illawarra Mercury and a journalist with 30 years of experience working with the largest publishers in the UK and Australia. If you dig into the depths of my LinkedIn profile you’ll find I was industry reporter for the Newcastle Chronicle and business reporter for The Journal.
Think shipyards, coal mines, trade unions, Northern Rock, Newcastle Brown Ale, and a city that transformed itself from an industrial powerhouse to an innovative European City of Culture. You might recognise some themes.
Janine Graham is a former Deputy Editor of the Illawarra Mercury, who also has worked in the UK and numerous publications domestically. Her links to the Illawarra go back decades - to the extent she recalls farmland in Figtree and Gordie McLeod at the Snakepit.
What can we expect
Once subscribed to The Pulse Illawarra we send every story we write direct to your inbox, or if you’d prefer you can browse our ad-free website.
Our aim is to publish two to four times a week, but we’re not focused on volume. This is a quality play. We won’t be spamming your inbox. When you get something from us, it’s because we genuinely think it’ll be of interest to you.
This all sounds great. How do I support The Pulse?
If you like the sound of what we’re doing, then subscribe to support our journalism. You can choose to pay $20 a month or pay for a $200 annual subscription.
With your subscription, you’ll be given three gift subscriptions to give to someone you think could benefit from reading The Pulse.
Alternatively, you can partner with us: invite us to your events, tell us your stories, sponsor a newsletter, or help us hire a full-time writer. Contact us at gayle@pulseillawarra.com.au or Janine@pulseillawarra.com.au to discuss.
