Independent Journalists
Research, report, and publish on your terms.
Rooted in Conversation. Built for Storytelling.
Your Independent Digital Newsroom.
For independent journalists, writers, bloggers, storytellers, and readers.
Convrse Studio is a digital workspace built for independent journalists, freelance writers, and storytellers to develop ideas, organize research, conduct interviews, collaborate, and publish their work—all in one place.
Built for a wider storytelling community
Different Backgrounds. Same Passion — Stories.
Writers
Turn ideas into meaningful stories.
Bloggers
Share your perspective and grow your audience.
Storytellers
Use creative tools to bring your voice to life.
Readers
Discover new voices, stories, and perspectives.
Independent reporting
Built For Independent Storytellers
Whether you're a freelance journalist, multimedia journalist, independent writer, blogger, or storyteller, your newsroom can fit the way you work. Bring your reporting together from the first idea to the published story.
Pro tools support pitching and the discovery of relevant media outlets and professional opportunities as the network develops. Convrse does not guarantee placement or publication.
Workflow plus community
A Storytelling Community, Not Just Another Social Network
Convrse combines creative tools with a community built around stories. Independent journalists, writers, bloggers, storytellers, students, educators, and readers can share work, discover new voices, and connect around the stories and communities that matter to them.
The newsroom is the identity. The workspace is the experience. The journalist owns the story.
Plus and Pro
Ask Convrse Supports The Journalist. It Does Not Replace One.
Ask Convrse is an optional AI assistant for brainstorming, planning, organizing information, and strengthening work. Journalists remain responsible for reporting, verification, editorial judgment, and the final story.
Pro
Build The Pitch. Discover The Opportunity.
Pitch and Exchange help journalists manage professional pitches, explore media outlets and opportunities, and build connections as the Convrse professional network develops. Convrse does not guarantee publication or placement.
Plans & Pricing
Start With The Core Platform. Add The Tools You Need.
Choose monthly or yearly billing. You pay for one billing option.
Convrse Free
$0forever
No subscription payment required.
- Core Convrse platform
- Stories and conversations
- Notebook, Pulse, Resources, and Beats
- Up to 20 minutes per Conversation recording
- 5 Interviews per calendar month
- 5 Pulse searches per calendar month
- 5 simultaneously published public Stories
- Unlimited private Stories and drafts
Convrse Plus
$7.99/ month
Billed monthly.
- Everything in Free
- Pitch Builder / My Pitches
- Turn finished Stories into professional Pitches
- Up to 30 minutes per Conversation recording
- 10 Interviews per calendar month
- 10 Pulse searches per calendar month
- 10 simultaneously published public Stories
- Unlimited private Stories and drafts
Convrse Pro
$15.99/ month
Billed monthly.
- Everything in Plus
- Ask Convrse AI Assistant
- Exchange: Recommended, Directory, Saved Outlets
- Content Creation
- Up to 60 minutes per Conversation recording
- 15 Interviews per calendar month
- Unlimited Pulse searches
- 25 simultaneously published public Stories
- Unlimited private Stories and drafts
Eligible paid-plan accounts receive one 7-day free trial. No card required for the trial; access returns to Free automatically. Paid subscriptions renew until canceled and can be canceled at any time.
Built around the storytelling process
Your Reporting Comes Together Here.
Organize your editorial work from idea through publication, with research, interviews, notes, drafts, and collaboration in one familiar workspace.
Common Area & Beats
Share reporting, follow your beats, and connect with journalists and communities who can inform your next story.
Conversations
Record and organize interviews and conversations so source material stays connected to the stories you are developing.
Notebook
Keep reporting notes, questions, quotes, observations, and story ideas organized as your story develops.
Pulse & Resources
Find leads, explore timely topics, and gather research to develop and verify your reporting angle.
Stories
Bring your reporting together in a draft, collaborate, edit, and publish from the same workspace.
Institutions and schools
A Digital Newsroom For Journalism Education.
Schools and journalism programs can use Convrse as student newsroom software: a digital newsroom and journalism classroom workspace where students, advisers, and educators manage assignments, develop reporting, review work, and publish approved stories.
Institutions explicitly choose whether their public newsroom is visible. Assignments, rosters, internal feedback, unpublished work, and private management tools remain protected inside the institution workspace.
Every Story Starts Somewhere.
Create something meaningful, discover new voices, and stay connected through the stories that bring people together.
Real Conversations. Real Feedback.
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“I love the feel of the site. It's a good balance of clean design and makes me want to use it. The Story workflow is becoming much clearer.”
“The Story prominence in the navigation is starting to guide the experience a lot better.”
“Overall, what I saw I absolutely love, and I believe it's a unique tool that could help many.”
“This is 🔥🔥🔥! I can't wait to start using my Convrse account!”
“I introduced Convrse in our staff meeting and everyone seemed excited to give it a test drive.”