Message from the co-founder: We are launching Romania Insider’s membership program for readers
As Romania Insider celebrates ten years in 2020, co-founder Corina Chirileasa shares why we chose to launch our community memberships now and how to become a Romania Insider member.
As Romania Insider celebrates ten years in 2020, co-founder Corina Chirileasa shares why we chose to launch our community memberships now and how to become a Romania Insider member.
These are unusual times, none of which have I ever seen in my 15-year career as a journalist. At times like these, having access to independent, reliable media sources is critical. Our team has been informing readers from all over the world in the last ten years. Millions of people every year count on us to bring them objective, reliable news from Romania to their corners of the world.
We have always worked free from political and financial bias. We abide by the ethical rules of journalism, and we apply ethics in how we do business. We separate editorial and commercial content and activities. And we always mark advertising. These have earned us the trust of our readers over this decade. We proudly continue to do so - free media is the backbone of democracy, and we do our share.
Now more than ever, we are committed to our mission: to provide a free, independent voice from Romania to the whole world.
We started as a small media company based in Romania, with a small yet passionate and stable team. We managed to spread the truth about Romania to all corners of the world and different sorts of readers. From foreign journalists at large international media to C-level executives in charge of regional or global activities and interested in Romania. From travelers to diplomats; from large international institutions to expatriates in Romania, and their families. They all follow us and rely on Romania Insider for decisions. Since our launch in 2010, we published over 50,000 articles and kept over 14 mln readers informed. Our readership growth has been staggering in the last years.
These past weeks of the Coronavirus pandemic have taught us a lot here at Romania Insider. So many people need balanced content. While we were busier than ever reporting on the Coronavirus epidemic in Romania and delivering this content, I will admit it has been an unsettling time for our publication. Our primary income stream comes from direct advertising sales, and these tend to go down during economic turbulences. But it only encouraged us to act fast and think about our strengths, purpose, and values.
