Introducing NewzOps

NEWZOPS, launched in early 2024, is a woman-owned consultancy providing hands-on business and operations services to independent newsrooms and news entrepreneurs. 

Our three founders pride ourselves on combined decades of experience rolling up our sleeves and solving real problems to allow newsroom leaders time and flexibility to focus on their missions. Unlike most organizations in similar spaces, we go beyond coaching and take a direct approach in helping both for-profit and nonprofit news leaders address underlying issues that prevent them from achieving their goals in administration, HR and culture, finance, audience, and technology.

NewzOps has assisted news companies with business planning, revenue strategy, membership appeals, media kits and advertising pitches, case for support statements, QuickBooks setup and cleanup, financial policies and procedures manuals, board management advising, fractional CFO services, audience analysis, reader surveys, internal climate surveys and tech stack implementation.

Trusted by local news partners.

Operations and infrastructure aren’t the kinds of things most journalism organizations consider important — until their business starts to crumble because it was built on dreams and adrenaline. The small team at NewzOps combines journalism experience, technical know-how, and business strategy, and they work flexibly to fill in the gaps they identify in their client’s efforts. We love partnering with NewzOps because they respect the skills we have while supporting our areas of weakness. And they get results.

Melanie Jongsma

The Lansing Journal

Our Services

Our team of local media experts is committed to fortifying news organizations at a time when journalism faces an uncertain future marked by lack of resources, market instability and fake news. 

To overcome the many barriers faced by small media groups, the NewzOps team provides local leaders with systems, training and hands-on support for operational stability and business growth. The process differs for every client depending on the specific needs of your news business. Our areas of expertise include:

• Audience and technology
• Fundraising and earned revenue
• Editorial impact, workflow and systems
• Operations and culture
• Finance and risk management
• Strategic business development