As a partner, your newsroom gets real-time reach and recognition—co-branded rooms during marquee events, built-in material for next-day stories, and analytics that spotlight peak moments and impact. You’ll also unlock optional sponsor opportunities and get launch assets and hands-on support to grow audience and engagement on campus.
Why Join
- Founding Partner recognition — one of only 10 newspapers in the inaugural cohort, with on-site and in-app attribution.
- Exclusive positioning — co-branded rooms for your biggest on-campus events, plus pinned links back to your coverage.
- Engagement in the moment — reach students during the event; drop polls, prompts, and CTAs as key moments happen.
- Built-in story material — capture real-time quotes, sentiment, and angles for next-day articles and social recaps.
- Analytics access — see participation, peak moments, reactions, and metrics to show impact to stakeholders.
- Early feature access — shape moderation tools, newsroom workflows, and branding; first in line for all new releases.
- Revenue opportunities — optional sponsor placements and takeovers in your rooms (student discounts, local partners).
- Audience growth — in-room promos that drive followers and newsletter sign-ups; cross-promotion from event pages.
- Moderation & safety — controls (roles/permissions, flagged-message queue, profanity filters) to keep rooms inclusive.
- Editorial workflow — pin your live blog, link to scoreboards, and attach post-game recaps directly in the room.
- Launch kit & support — templates for social posts, QR flyers, and in-venue screens; live onboarding for your team.
- Priority partner channel — direct line to the Chirpr team for feedback, features, and troubleshooting during the program.
- Two-year fee waiver — apply by Oct 1 to lock in a fee waiver (whether or not you’re selected for the first cohort).