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Slow down with Tortoise

We don’t do breaking news, but what’s driving the news. Become a member of a slower, wiser newsroom. 

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£5 a month, £60 a year

  • Audio stories and investigations
  • The Sensemaker newsletters
  • Tickets to all our live events
  • Discounted tickets to KITE Festival
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£10 a month, £120 a year

  • 30-day free trial*
  • Audio stories and investigations
  • The Sensemaker newsletters
  • Tickets to all our live events
  • Exclusive member-only events, hosted by Tortoise editors
  • Discounted tickets to KITE Festival
  • The Tortoise Quarterly book, in glorious old-fashioned print

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Help us build a different kind of newsroom.

  • Investigate We take the time to see the fuller picture, to make sense of the forces shaping our future, to investigate what’s unseen.
  • Campaign We use our platform to let the world know when change is needed, and fight hard to make the case for it.
  • Explore We gather unseen data and design tools to reveal hidden trends and injustices.
  • Teach We make our newsroom open to everyone, to help nurture the journalism talent of tomorrow.

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Student membership

Membership for all students and apprentices for just £1 a month

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Community network membership

Tortoise is free to people working for change on the front of local communities and charities

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Tortoise for business membership

Make sense of the news and business with our Sensemaker newsletters, data insight reports and Responsible Business Forum

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