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Newsendip is a blend of news and serendipity—the unexpected discovery—and aims to spark curiosity by making world news you missed accessible.

Newsendip is a media startup with an editorial mission to help rediscover and rekindle interest in diverse international news. The company also provides various services to professionals around high-value and highly differentiated information.

Find more information about our media monitoring and business intelligence services, read our FAQ, our Terms of Service and Sale, our Privacy policy and our Legal Notice.

You can contact us via contact @ newsendip.com (remove spaces) or through our contact form here.

How Newsendip works:

Newsendip’s vision:

Our media

Newsendip is an independent news media created in 2021 with a legal structure since November 2022. It offers an international perspective on news to help you discover enriching information you might not have known about.

Newsendip’s mission is to help you rediscover international news and enjoy learning about the world.

Break free from your information bubbles, take a break from infobesity, and take the time to discover news happening elsewhere.

Our editorial team produces journalistic content covering news that didn’t make global headlines for an international audience. With unique, sometimes quirky but always impactful topics, we aim to provide a fresh perspective on current events.

By stepping out of our comfort zones and geographical positions, Newsendip helps you discover news that might have escaped your notice. As the diversity of international news declines, Newsendip aims to be a unique news media offering diverse and accessible international news. To identify unique topics, Newsendip relies on its in-house media monitoring tool covering dozens of countries.

newsendip.com is recognized by the Commission paritaire des publications et agences de presse (CCPAP) as a qualified online press service for general and political information under Article 39bisA of the French General Tax Code.

Newsendip SAS is a member of the SPIIL, the Syndicat de la Presse Indépendante d’Information en Ligne.

Our services and funding

We capitalize on our ability to identify, verify, analyze, and present unique information by offering various customized services to organizations and companies around information and content. This can include tailored media monitoring services, content curation, business intelligence, marketing and communication missions such as website management, newsletter creation, content creation, editorial strategy development, etc.

Currently, the content of our media (website, newsletter, app) is freely accessible without advertising.

You can support our editorial work through French tax-deductible donations: 66% for individuals and 60% for corporate sponsors. Each individual donor benefits from a tax reduction of 66% of the donation amount, up to 20% of taxable income (a €100 donation effectively costs €34). A tax receipt is automatically sent in March or April. Make a donation on this platform. The tax reduction is only available for the French tax system.

Newsendip is also a recipient of a grant for innovation in the press from the French Ministry of Culture.

Editorial Work

We write articles about significant global news that you might not encounter in your regular media consumption.

This is not about relaying dubious alternative information that rejects scientific consensus. Between local or national media stories and globally scrutinized news, many important stories are overlooked. We bring these to the forefront, contextualizing and simplifying them to make international news more accessible.

These stories are not yet globally known but help us better understand the world we live in. We write our articles explaining the news as if our audience were always international, unfamiliar with local specifics.

To do this, we analyze news in dozens of countries using our proprietary international media monitoring tool. You can also benefit from our news tracker for your own needs. Do you want to hire our expertise? Don’t hesitate to contact us with your needs so we can discuss the right solution for you.

We do not display content based on your supposed interests or consumption habits.

Curation and world news tracker

To the surprise of many readers and industry players, Newsendip writes its own articles to make international news accessible to an audience unfamiliar with the topics and countries covered. Newsendip can unearth such diverse news topics in many different countries because it relies on an extremely efficient in-house world news tracker.

By tracking news in no less than 70 countries and 30,000 media outlets, this tool allows Newsendip to take the pulse of major events worldwide and discover weak signals that have not yet crossed borders.

This curation tool is configured to optimize discovery potential. No algorithm, personal data, or past behavior influences the capacity to discover information. Users can follow the news from a country as if they were living there.

To stay true in making news accessible, this tool is even available to everyone. If you wish to know more about our world news tracker, don’t hesitate to discover our offers.

The tool is very popular among journalists to track news, and find information and story ideas in many countries. But it is also perfect for more commercial needs. Freelancers, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, marketing and communications departments, and salespeople can benefit from the power of news tracking.

Data collection policy

We are not interested in knowing all the details of your life since we don’t want to claim this will make our products (the news we publish) any better. Please visit our Privacy Policy page for more information.

We don’t show you content based on previous reads or your profile.

We don’t collect sensitive information or sell our proprietary data to third parties. Advertisers may target you based on the content you read (e.g., remarketing ads as you recently visited the advertiser’s website) or on profiles they built about you.

We don’t really want to know who you are but we want to know who comes to our website. We want to know how many visits and pages the website has. We also want to see where the traffic comes from. We consider it fair use.

We use Google Analytics to track our site performances with anonymized IP addresses. An IP address is pretty much the equivalent of a phone number.

Corrections

We do our best to verify every piece of information we publish and correct any mistakes we may have made. If you find wrong information or feel something is inaccurate, email us at contact@newsendip.com.

We want to be transparent about where we find information and provide you with links to sources as much as possible, directly in the post or at the end of the article. We ensure you can clearly identify when a link redirects to a government-related page or when the connection isn’t secure.

When we think a story is outdated and irrelevant, we remove it from the random suggestion features on our site. The story is, however, still accessible on our website.

Editorial Policy

We cover news that didn’t make global headlines but can resonate with an international audience to better understand a country, region, or the world.

Newsendip takes the stance of reversing the law of proximity in news, meaning that stories can resonate with us even if they happen thousands of miles away, and can spark the curiosity of an international audience even if they don’t dominate global headlines. In a way, it’s about bringing local news to the world.

Six large categories explore this need:

  • Business
  • Culture & sport
  • Environment
  • Health & Science
  • Politics
  • Society

We publish news that deals with borderless subjects such as environmental issues, equality, and the digital economy, which an international audience can identify with even if the news happens outside their geographical area.

This can include important national stories that help understand a country better. We also write about news that could happen elsewhere and about quirky stories. International news is a core focus of Newsendip, especially when it involves multinational companies or international politics that are only covered nationally or regionally.

Our aim is to have neutral coverage, with the primary purpose of explaining what is happening to an audience unfamiliar with the news story. Not all countries and cultures are similar, and not everything is relevant everywhere. But we cover news based on its significance, where an international audience should know about it or can relate to it in their own lives. We publish stories not because we agree with them or want to promote ideas but because they help us better understand and reflect on our world.

We strive to be transparent about our sources, which we select at the sole discretion of the editorial team for their relevance and credibility.

The business model we build

We believe in balanced and diversified revenue streams and build our media like a multi-stage rocket, convinced that good financial health ensures editorial independence.

We believe it is legitimate to expect revenue from our work (you can support us through tax-deductible donations, a scheme open to individuals and companies taxed in France).

If you don’t want ads or to come to the site for information, it is fair that you pay for the content and services to access them.

If you don’t want to spend money to read on this site (other than your internet connection and the device you already bought), then it is fair that you receive ads.

The time and effort spent providing a service we hope you like deserves to be monetized. If you think this site doesn’t offer good value, you are free not to use it, and our relationship ends there. We don’t sell our users’ data. No hard feelings; we will try to improve and welcome you back again.

Business models based solely on advertising revenue can become dependent on their advertisers. Business models based solely on subscription revenue can tend to conform to the opinions of their subscribers.

We want to inform correctly, and for that, we must have healthy, balanced, and diversified funding sources. This balance ensures independence, moderation, nuance, and avoids sensationalism, excessive marketing, and advertising messages.

Currently, the content of our media (website, newsletter, app) is freely accessible without advertising.

We also offer customized media monitoring services, content curation, business intelligence, and marketing and communication services for professionals who want to benefit from high-value content. This is the first level of our revenue pyramid before adding other funding sources. The editorial coverage of the media is totally independent of these services but demonstrates the company’s capabilities.

Supporting diverse international news

The diversity of international news is declining.

In France, 64% of online news content is copied and pasted from other articles or media (L’information à tout prix, 2013). The diversity of international news has declined by 40% in 30 years in the United Kingdom.

International bureaus and news desks are among the first to suffer from newsroom budget cuts. Journalists are curating newswire articles more and more. All excellent and essential news agencies are (we also use them at Newsendip). Media coverage of world news tends to be similar everywhere and there is no longer a source of differentiation between media companies. Traditional news media legitimately cover the most important international news and what is close to its audience. Their mission is crucial.

But we also lose diversity along the way. For example, young audiences increasingly avoid the news because of its repetitiveness and because they find it overwhelming.

At Newsendip, we want to play a role in fixing this by providing a different news platform that offers insights about our world with diverse and accessible international news.

You, the readers, also have a responsibility in the diversity of information. What if we consumed five different sources of information per day?

News is food for the brain

Are you one of those people who express information fatigue, overwhelmed by infobesity?

We believe in the concept of information as brain food, an idea developed by JP Rangaswami. What are the basic recommendations when it comes to food? Eat a healthy, varied, and balanced diet.

The same applies to news. Eating only fast food will be bad for your health in the long term, just like fast news.

The first reason people decide to avoid news is the feeling of being overwhelmed by its repetitiveness. So, let’s vary our sources of information (i.e., not only getting news from one’s social media networks or 24-hour news channels); it will be better for our mental health.

Moreover, if eating is essential and vital, it makes sense to pay the bakers for their bread, the restaurateurs for their dishes, the producers and farmers for the food they provide. We apply this same logic to information.

Manifesto and Values

  • Inform first

At Newsendip, we prioritize information above all else.

We’re not influencers, and we don’t try to be. Yes, we’re grounded in democratic principles, but we’re not here to sway opinions or push agendas. That doesn’t mean everything is acceptable and legitimate. It only means that our mission is simple: to keep you informed and broaden your understanding of the world with each visit.

Expect to be intrigued, surprised, and occasionally challenged as we bring you news that’s both enlightening and thought-provoking. We’re not out to change the world but rather to help you comprehend it better. Our commitment lies in providing you with the facts.

In today’s polarized society, it’s crucial to embrace moderation and balance. It’s all the more important that we acknowledge that news isn’t always sunshine and rainbows.

At Newsendip, we won’t claim to possess divine knowledge or omnipotent powers. We are modestly committed to offering a fresh perspective on current events, an insightful addition to your regular news consumption. We aim to present a balanced narrative, devoid of absolutes, where each article serves as a piece of a puzzle, not the definitive answer to life’s complexities.

Don’t expect us to sugarcoat or sensationalize the news. Our focus is on diversity, balance, and responsible reporting — not on chasing popularity.

Our coverage is not exhaustive. We live in a limited world with limited resources. But we strive to offer a diverse perspective on global events, even those beyond your immediate sphere of influence. (if you want comprehensive coverage of specific news, we offer services for that).

We believe that people can and should make informed decisions, but also that information doesn’t equate to action. When it’s accurate, information should never be a problem — it’s what people decide to do with it, or not.

We want our audience to focus on the information they have learned rather than the reaction others might have in light of that information. In social science, this is known as the third-person effect, a cognitive bias that makes us think that media messages affect others more than we do. In simple terms, we worry about the impact of information (and overestimate its influence) on others more than on ourselves. On the other hand, we tend to think we are more discerning in distinguishing facts from fiction than others.

At Newsendip, we see a parallel between this and our use of social media, which we call the “good driver syndrome.” We know that social media is a risky environment in terms of misinformation. And yet, it is only others who fall for it, as we know how to separate truth from fake news. Just like on the road, only others are bad drivers.

Therefore, we steer clear of opinion. We’re not here to cater to a specific worldview through news. We are not the vehicle of ideas of a world one would like to see and that other people should adopt. Nor should you expect us to propagate alternative realities, plots, fantasies, or shallow science.

Newsendip only stands as a beacon of balanced journalism for discovering and learning a little more about our world.

  • Social Impact

Newsendip believes that an international outlook is not exclusive to the upper social ladders. By making international information more accessible and appealing, Newsendip hopes to make world events relevant to all social classes.

Access to international information and learning a foreign language are among the most compelling social discriminants and have a huge influence on young people’s future, both socially and economically.

Newsendip helps to nurture what can be described as the capital of mobility (a sub-component of human capital enabling individuals to enhance their skills through the wealth of international experiences gained by living abroad, Murphy-Lejeune, 2003). This capital is strongly linked to socio-demographic characteristics and influences the quality and remuneration of the jobs to which people can aspire.

The articles are written in both French and English, which can be a useful language-learning tool. The articles are written in such a way that they can be understood when French and English are not the readers’ mother tongues.

An internal pay grid is in place to ensure equal pay between genders and social backgrounds.

To bring diversity to the news, the Newsendip team is naturally made up of people from a wide range of backgrounds.

  • Environment

The environment is a mix of local and global challenges, issues, and solutions. Having a cross-border vision is essential to understanding it. As such, it particularly fits Newsendip’s editorial choices. The newsroom regularly covers this matter, which aims to bring insights that help to get a broader view than reporting meteorological phenomena or disasters.

We also believe that it’s not just a matter of talking about it (we’re here to inform, not to influence behavior), but of integrating this ecological dimension into Newsendip’s day-to-day operations.

Our team commutes by walking, cycling, or public transport (excluding planes), such as the train or the subway. When this is not possible, we use shared electric/hybrid cars.

Newsendip’s editorial productions are designed to limit data use. Images, for example, are in WebP format on the site, and articles are less than 1MB in size. Writing is the media format with the most digital sobriety, especially compared to video.

The servers are based in France, but the content is also accessed via a high-performance caching system and CDNs to limit the distance between the servers and end users, wherever they are in the world, and thus limit data consumption.

This allows us to publish articles that require less than 0.2g CO2eq to read, according to the Website Carbon Calculator, which corresponds to less than 10kg CO2eq for 50,000 page views per month. Globally, the average web page produces approximately 0.8 grams CO2eq per pageview. Newsendip is one of the top 10% of websites in terms of this criterion.

carbon footprint Newsendip articles

Our commitment to the environment also helps Newsendip achieve its goals regarding accessibility: One may not need the latest smartphone or the best Wi-Fi connection to get valuable international information.

  • Serendipity

Newsendip’s name comes from a mix of news and serendipity.

What does serendipity mean? Have you heard of that word? It can be overused sometimes, but the idea behind serendipity is a fortunate discovery, a happy discovery by chance, often unexpected, with or without the intention to make the discovery.

For example, we believe that users scrolling on social media want to be entertained and be fed with news that they don’t know about. They are open to finding something new even if they don’t know what they will discover.

Have you ever browsed a newspaper or read something you are not usually interested in?

We believe this is a call for serendipity. You can enjoy serendipity on this page right now.

We believe that’s what intrigues you when you sense that you’ve just encountered something new or interesting you didn’t expect. We’d be glad it happens on this website.

By the way, the word ‘serendipity’ comes from the 1557 book The Three Princes of Serendip in which the princes are able to describe a missing camel that they never saw, thanks to their sagacity and a succession of fortunate accidents. Serendip is the old name of Sri Lanka.

  • Discoverability

Have you ever thought the same news is everywhere? If so, keep this website in mind.

We bet you would be interested in the echo chamber theory and the side effects of the same information being repeated everywhere.

We want to be a break in that circle, where you come because you are looking for news you wouldn’t have found elsewhere.

On top of that, with so many algorithms trying to understand who you are, there is no room for discoverability anymore.

There is another theory around that: the filter bubble. This concept suggests that algorithms trying to predict what you like based on your previous behaviors are actually locking you down with the same type of information little by little.

And guess what? Your friends, family, and colleagues might not offer much assistance either. Why? Because chances are, your social circles resemble you. We all tend to create bubbles around ourselves, and it’s not solely due to algorithms; they merely amplify this tendency most of the time.

However, while it may be expected to surround oneself with a like-minded community in a private circle, it becomes more problematic when it becomes widespread in the public sphere.

What you have read indicates what you are interested in. But we believe it may not always predict what you will be interested in and we want to provide a safe space that allows you to continue discovering news.

Forecasts and prediction models, even based on comprehensive databases, work only to a certain point. Thinking about the future purely from a deterministic perspective always fails.

  • International

Newsendip is international by essence.

If you agree with the above values, you are probably curious. You already know much about what happens around you and are aware of the biggest headlines.

Most news platforms have a primary domestic audience and relay information that directly affects you (also called the hierarchy of death). This website will not be similar to your local news media about local information.

But it will bring insights about what most media you use don’t talk about because they don’t necessarily see why it would relate to you.

Because we see a curious mind eager to understand what is happening outside of someone’s immediate world and learn from it.

Other news media legitimately focus first on what is happening close to their audience, directly affecting them. Not only is it legitimate, but it is also necessary. But we aim to provide news other than based on a geographic scale, and instead focus on subjects that would relate to an international audience wherever it occurs.

  • Accessibility

Because we are hoping you can focus on quality content, we try to remove unnecessary features. We want to bring good performances in support of great content.

We aim to be clear but not simple. As such, we will make the best website with a core focus on the user. For instance, our language aims to be understood by many.

One size doesn’t fit all. It’s hard to satisfy everyone and we can’t. However, we try to meet the more universal needs rather than adding complexity.

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