Reflecting on LettsNews' journey in 2025 and anticipating its 2026 development to meet the needs of journalists and creators.

As 2025 draws to a close, we wanted to pause and reflect on what this year has meant for LettsNews and, just as importantly, where we’re heading next.

LettsNews was built with a simple belief. Journalists and content creators deserve professional tools that support how stories are developed today, collaboratively, iteratively, and under constant pressure.

This year has been about turning that belief into something real.

Looking Back: Building for the Modern Story Workflow

Throughout 2025, our focus has been on solving everyday problems faced by independent journalists, freelancers, and content-led creators.

Not abstract “future newsroom” ideas but practical friction points:

• Ideas scattered across notes, emails, and tabs
• Research that’s hard to reuse or collaborate on
• Stories that evolve, but leave no clear trail of decisions
• Publishing workflows that don’t reflect how modern journalism works

LettsNews has steadily taken shape around these realities.

At the core of LettsNews is Content Items, structured, reusable building blocks that let you capture ideas, sources, drafts, and context in one place, then assemble them into stories collaboratively. Layered on top is AI support, helping with tagging, organisation, discovery, and speed, without taking control away from the author and creator.

Over the year, many of you have helped shape this by:

• Signing up early
• Stress-testing workflows
• Challenging us on what saves time
• Pushing us to stay focused on storytelling, not noise

If you’re reading this and you’ve already signed up: thank you. Your feedback has been instrumental.

Where LettsNews Fits, and Who It’s For

As the platform has matured, our go-to-market focus has sharpened.

LettsNews is built first and foremost for:

Independent journalists & freelancers

Professionals who need speed, organisation, and credibility without enterprise complexity or cost.

Content creators developing stories

Creators who publish regularly and want their ideas, research, and drafts to compound over time, not disappear into silos.

Lightweight newsrooms & editorial teams

Small teams that collaborate closely and want shared visibility, structure, and momentum without heavyweight systems.

This clarity matters because LettsNews is not trying to be everything to everyone. It’s designed for people actively developing stories, not managing large-scale media operations.

Looking Forward: What 2026 Is About

If 2025 was about laying foundations, 2026 is about depth, flow, and momentum.

Our focus moving into the new year is on:

• Stronger collaboration workflows. Making it easier for teams to build stories together, track progress, and share context without friction.
• Smarter discovery and reuse. Helping your best ideas surface when you need them across stories, formats, and time.
• AI that supports, not overrides. Continuing to use AI to reduce admin, speed up organisation, and surface insight while keeping editorial judgement firmly human.
• A platform that rewards consistency. LettsNews is designed so that the more you use it, the more valuable it becomes, not just for one story, but for your entire body of work.

We will also continue listening closely to how journalists and creators actually use the product and developing LettsNews accordingly.

Get Involved: Start Exploring LettsNews

If you have not yet tried LettsNews, now is a great time to explore what we are building. LettsNews is free to get started, so you can explore the platform at your own pace.

• Capture ideas
• Build and organise stories
• Experiment with AI-assisted workflows
• See how Content Items fit your process

No pressure. No obligation. Just space to explore. Sign up to LettsNews for free.

As ever, we are grateful to everyone helping shape the platform and excited for what comes next.

Happy Holidays and here is to sharper stories, better workflows, and a strong start to 2026.