Field Nine Collective
Your newsroom’s audience, social & design team
Most newsrooms know they need better social media, audience growth, and design — but can’t afford to hire for it. Field Nine Collective gives you a full team and the tools to match, starting at a fraction of the cost of a single hire.
The Reality
You know what your newsroom needs. You just can’t afford to hire for it.
A social media manager, a designer, and an audience strategist — that’s $150K+ in salary alone. You don’t need to hire. You need a team that’s already built.
What You Get
One team. Every skill. All the tools.
Social Media Management
We create, schedule, publish, and engage — across every platform that matters. Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook. You approve the calendar. We do the rest.
Design
Custom graphics, branded templates, infographics, data visualizations. No more Canva hacks at 11pm. Our designers build assets that match your brand and your stories.
Audience Strategy
Not just posting — building. Platform-specific strategy, content audits, growth roadmaps, and analytics you can actually act on.
Software Included
Every plan includes Social Chime (scheduling, monitoring & analytics) and InsightFlow Analytics (audience insights). No extra subscriptions. Your team gets full access.
PLANS & PRICING
Pick your plan
Tier 1
Starter
Small newsrooms, newsletters, local news startups (1–5 staff)
$1,500 /month
Founding rate: $1,200/mo
Design
- 5 custom graphics per month
- 1 branded template pack per quarter
- Brand asset maintenance
Social
- Monthly content calendar — we build it, you execute
- Platform audit at onboarding
- Caption & hashtag guidance for up to 10 posts/mo
Analytics & Software
- Social Chime (1 seat)
- InsightFlow Analytics (1 seat)
- Monthly analytics snapshot
Strategy
- 1 × 30-min strategy call per month
- Async Slack/email support (48hr response)
We give you the assets, tools, and the plan — you execute.
Tier 2
Growth
Mid-size newsrooms, regional outlets, nonprofit news orgs (5–20 staff)
$5,000 /month
Founding rate: $4,000/mo
Design
- 15 custom graphics per month
- 2 branded template packs per quarter
- 1 infographic or data viz per month
Social — Fully Managed
- 2 platforms managed (you choose)
- 20 posts per platform/mo (40 total)
- Daily community engagement
- Monthly content calendar — built, approved, executed
- Hashtag & SEO keyword strategy
Analytics & Software
- Social Chime (up to 5 seats)
- InsightFlow Analytics (up to 3 seats)
- Monthly analytics report (5–7 pages)
- Quarterly content audit
Strategy
- 1 × 60-min strategy call per month
- Async Slack/email support (24hr response)
Tier 3
Full Desk
Larger newsrooms, legacy outlets, orgs with multiple brands (20+ staff)
$12,000 /month
Founding rate: $9,600/mo
Design
- Unlimited design requests (48hr turnaround)
- Custom illustrations, infographics & data viz
- Template library for your newsroom
- Brand guidelines creation or refresh
Social — Fully Managed
- Up to 4 platforms managed
- 25 posts per platform/mo (up to 100 total)
- Daily community engagement across all platforms
- Breaking news social support (5 events/mo)
- Platform-specific strategy
- Creator & influencer monitoring
Analytics & Software
- Social Chime (up to 15 seats)
- InsightFlow Analytics (up to 10 seats)
- Weekly analytics dashboard
- Monthly deep-dive with peer benchmarking
- Quarterly board-ready presentation
Strategy & Account Management
- Dedicated account manager
- 2 × 60-min strategy calls per month
- Priority Slack channel (same-day response)
- Annual audience growth strategy with KPIs
All plans require a 6-month minimum commitment. Annual contracts available at 10% discount.
DESIGN SERVICES
Just need design? We’ve got you.
Not every newsroom needs full social management. Some just need a designer who understands news. Start with a template pack, or get a designer on tap.
One-Time
Template Packs
A branded template set your team can use forever
$1,000 one-time
- 10-12 custom Canva/Figma templates
- Story cards, quote graphics, event flyers
- Breaking news, data viz, newsletter headers
- 2 rounds of revisions included
- You own them forever
Additional revisions at $175/hr.
Monthly
Design Hours
A designer on call for whatever you need
$2,500 /month
Founding rate: $2,000/mo
- 10 hours of design per month
- Social graphics & story art
- Web assets & branding
- Presentations & reports
- Submit requests, we deliver
Overage at $175/hr.
Monthly
Design Unlimited
Unlimited design requests, dedicated designer
$4,000 /month
Founding rate: $3,200/mo
- Unlimited design requests
- 2 active at a time, 48hr turnaround
- Dedicated designer who learns your brand
- Social, web, editorial, branding — all of it
- No hourly cap
WEB STUDIO
Website design, development & hosting
Web Studio
Design & Dev
Newsrooms on Newspack, WordPress, Ghost, or Squarespace that need design and development support
$5,000 /month
Founding rate: $4,000/month
Design & Development
- 15 hours of design/dev time per month
- Custom landing, donation & event pages
- Newsletter template design & maintenance
- Interactive features (maps, data tools, timelines)
- Newspack theme customization & template design
- Ghost & Squarespace design support
Performance & SEO
- Monthly site performance report
- SEO audit at onboarding + quarterly check-ins
- Google Analytics setup & monthly traffic report
- InsightFlow Analytics (2 seats)
You keep your existing hosting. Works with Newspack, WordPress, Ghost, and Squarespace. Overage hours at $175/hr.
Web Studio
Managed WordPress
Newsrooms that need full website management — hosting, development, and design, all handled
$7,000 /month
Founding rate: $5,600/mo
Everything in Design & Dev, Plus
- 20 hours of design/dev time per month
- WordPress hosting fully managed by us
- Monthly CMS updates, security patches, plugin maintenance
- Uptime monitoring & issue response (next business day)
- Daily backups & disaster recovery
Cloud Infrastructure
- Cloud-hosted on enterprise-grade infrastructure (100% uptime SLA)
- Multi-region redundancy & automatic failover
- DDoS protection & web application firewall (WAF)
- Edge caching & global CDN for fast load times
- Free SSL certificate & daily malware scanning
- One-click staging environments for safe updates
SEO & Performance
- Yoast SEO Premium included (setup & configuration by us)
- Monthly site performance report (Core Web Vitals, load times, mobile)
- SEO audit at onboarding + quarterly check-ins
- Google Analytics setup & monthly traffic report
- InsightFlow Analytics (3 seats)
We host, manage, design, and build — you focus on journalism. WordPress only. Overage hours at $175/hr.
Tiers are stackable
Combine social, design, and web studio tiers for a complete digital operation.
Growth + Design Unlimited
$9,000/mo
Full social + unlimited design
Growth + Web Studio D&D
$10,000/mo
Social, audience + web design
Full Desk + Managed WP
$19,000/mo
Complete outsourced digital department
ADD-ONS
Need more? Add it on.
Video/Reels production (4/mo)
+$3,500/mo
Video/Reels production (8/mo)
+$6,500/mo
Newsletter design & optimization
+$750/mo
Podcast audiogram + social
+$300/ep
Long-form editorial design
$1,500/project
Creator strategy (STEPP Framework)
+$1,500/mo
Editorial audience strategy
+$2,000/mo
Newsroom training workshop (90 min)
$2,000
Training series (4 sessions)
$6,000
Additional software seats (Collective clients)
from +$50/mo
Emergency dev support — critical outages, 4hr response (Web Studio clients)
$250/hr
SOFTWARE ONLY
Not ready for managed services? Start with the tools.
Get access to the same software our Collective clients use — no services attached. When you’re ready for a full team, upgrade to any Collective tier and your software is already set up.
Scheduling & Analytics
Social Chime
Social scheduling, monitoring, engagement analytics, and content performance tracking
$80 /seat/month
Audience Insights
InsightFlow Analytics
Audience insights dashboard, traffic analytics, content performance, and growth tracking
$150 /seat/month
No minimum commitment
Collective members get software included with their plan at reduced per-seat rates. These standalone prices are for newsrooms that want the tools without managed services.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Be one of our first 10 partners
Join as a founding member and get 20% off for your first 6 months — with permanent preferred pricing after.
6-month minimum commitment · Founding members lock in 10% off on all renewals · Annual contracts available
Use code FOUNDING20 at checkout or mention it in your inquiry.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked
Most clients are fully onboarded within 10 business days. You’ll have your first content calendar and assets within the first two weeks.
Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, and Bluesky. You choose which platforms based on your tier.
We work with what your newsroom is already producing — your stories, your reporting, your events. We turn that into social-native content and establish an approval workflow so nothing goes live without your sign-off.
We have dedicated design tiers for exactly this. Start with a one-time Template Pack ($1,000) for branded Canva/Figma templates your team can use forever, go with Design Hours ($2,500/month) for 10 hours of design on demand, or get Design Unlimited ($4,000/month) for unlimited requests with a dedicated designer. No social management required.
Social graphics, story art, branded templates, infographics, data visualizations, presentations, newsletter designs, web assets, event flyers, report layouts — anything visual your newsroom needs. Our designers specialize in news and editorial design, so they understand the pace and needs of a newsroom.
Yes. Many newsrooms pair a social tier with Web Studio or Design Services for a fully managed digital operation.
These are Field Nine Group’s own software tools. Social Chime handles social scheduling, monitoring, and analytics. InsightFlow is an audience insights dashboard. Both are included with your plan — no extra subscriptions to manage.
6-month minimum for founding members. After that, month-to-month or annual (10% discount for annual contracts).
Yes. We currently serve English-language newsrooms worldwide — whether you’re based in the US, UK, Europe, Africa, Asia, or anywhere else. If your audience is English-speaking, we can work with you.
Anytime. Add platforms, bump your tier, or stack on add-ons as your needs grow.
Ready to stop doing it all yourself?
Limited founding member spots available.
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