The Post exists to do proper local journalism. We don't write clickbait or misleading headlines, and our stories aren't smothered in popup ads. Instead, we write thoughtful long reads and carry out deep investigations. Readers get important local updates, useful recommendations and great journalism in their inboxes three times a week.
“Brilliant journalism from The Post, as always”
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With The Post, you won’t get any clickbait headlines about how Home Bargains sent shoppers “into a frenzy” with their new range of laundry detergent. Our stories are about Liverpool and the wider city region; its people, its places, its triumphs and sometimes its tragedies. We cover politics, culture, business and lots of things in between.
And you don’t need to pay. Our income comes from over 1,900 paying members, who pay £7 a month to get extra subscriber-only editions and support our work. But if you’re new here, just join the free mailing list and you’ll get lots of free news, recommendations, photos and features in your inbox.
In just two long-read articles the Post has covered the goings on in Liverpool City Council in much more depth than the Echo could manage. Proper journalism, and well worth a follow (and a sub!). https://t.co/jbsbidNpq0
— Dr David Jeffery (@DrDavidJeffery) July 24, 2022
Why we exist
In the past two decades, local journalism in Liverpool and across the city region has been cut to the bone. Once upon a time, newsrooms had hundreds of journalists. These days, they are populated by young writers tasked with churning out as many stories as they can in order to reach as many eyeballs across the country as possible. Giant companies like Reach PLC own hundreds of publications, including the Liverpool Echo, severing them from the communities they once served.
The Post is our attempt to find a new way to make journalism work, by relying on subscribers rather than advertisers. That means we need to produce a product worth paying for, and we already have over 1,900 readers who choose to pay to receive extra six members-only editions every month. It doesn’t matter if we’re writing about unscrupulous politicians in Town Hall or (far more scrupulous) toads on the cliffs of Formby. What matters is quality. It’s no surprise then that the Echo tried to crush us when we’d barely got started.
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Our team
When you’re reading The Post, you will hear the names Abi and Laurence a lot. They put together most of our stories from their mini-office in the city centre and they are always keen to hear from you.
Abi Whistance is our editor, and joined from the Yorkshire Evening Post in May 2023. She's an award-winning investigative journalist and her stories include this incredible four-part investigation into the Big Help Project in Liverpool and her deep dive into knife crime in the region. Laurence Thompson is our latest hire and has written brilliant cultural pieces including this one about Terence Davies.
Email laurence@livpost.co.uk or abi@livpost.co.uk if you have a story.
We also get some vital editing help from our sister publications in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Sheffield. This includes our owner and chief editor, Joshi Herrmann, who has written for The Times and oversees some of our bigger stories too.
And finally, we have an amazing network of freelance contributors across the region, including the singular David Lloyd, one of Liverpool’s most-loved writers, who built a following as a co-founder of the legendary Seven Streets.
What we write about
In our short life we’ve been able to publish pieces that have made a big impact in the city region. Here’s a tasting menu (if you want to come to the banquet, you’ll have to reach for your wallet).
- A hilarious and poignant piece about the sorry decline of the Adelphi Hotel, one of Liverpool’s most iconic buildings. “I have a vision of a body in trauma, slowly closing down its non-vital organs as it fights for survival on the operating table. But survive this indomitable old girl has,” writes David Lloyd.
- Our four-month investigation into Liverpool councillor Gerard Woodhouse, who runs the L6 Community Centre and has developed a penchant for telling tall tales to the local press. “Proper investigative journalism that doesn't fail to challenge the powerful,” said one reader.
This is exactly why I pay my subscription to @liverpoolpost - proper investigative journalism that doesn't fail to challenge the powerful https://t.co/8JWAQkvLh9
— Simon Jones (@ariadneassoc) August 21, 2022
- A five-part investigation into one of Liverpool's largest charitable enterprises, the Big Help Project, which uncovered millions of pounds of public money being misappropriated by charity boss Peter Mitchell. This investigation was shortlisted for Private Eye's Paul Foot Award in 2025.
- A piece five months in the making about the Eldonian Village in north Liverpool, a pioneering social housing project that descended into allegations of intimidation and community assets being sold offshore in mysterious circumstances. “A devastating read and excellent piece of journalism,” read one tweet.
‘The Post will be different’
The Post is great, that’s pretty clear. But we would say that. Michael Unger, however — the legendary former editor of the Liverpool Daily Post and former director of the Guardian Media Group — has little to gain (reputationally or financially) from bestowing us with lavish words of praise. And yet, he still said this:
The media has gone through massive Internet-based change in the past few years which has allowed The Post to launch and to thrive.
Too often today’s traditional newspapers follow a clickbait philosophy merely to stay in existence: this leads to trivial stories and the unchecked publication of press releases. There is now so little ‘real’ journalism with the reporter stuck to his or her desk making sure they’ve hit their target of five stories a day.
The Post will be different. Stories and features that have had real time spent on them and stories and features that will make a difference.
Then there’s Patrick Maguire, Red Box Editor at The Times:
Been buying the Echo (and its neglected cousin in the Southport Visiter) since I was in my teens, still read it every day, but agree with much of this. Industry-wide problem of course but there’s got to be a better way to do business than burying good reporting https://t.co/DKT1t5894O
— Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) March 13, 2022
Get in touch
Join the crew: We are looking for talented local reporters and writers to contribute to The Post. Among our small-but-mighty team we’ve got reporters who have written for the most acclaimed publications on the globe as well as those who joined us straight out of education. There’s no minimum experience level required and no need for a star-studded CV, all we’re looking for are writers with a knack for elegant prose and a hunger to dig into investigative journalism. Is this you? If so, email a few links to your best work and your story ideas to editor@livpost.co.uk.
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