ATL is currently a one-person operation. News, research, archive work, memorial records, video, the website and everything around it are being run by one person working 14-hour days - sometimes more - seven days a week.
Why Support ATL
ATL has grown far beyond a side project. It now means daily news, historical research, a major Troubles archive, victim memorial records, On This Day work, original media, books, social platforms and the website itself.
The amount of work going into ATL is enormous. The money coming back from that work is still very small. Supporting ATL is simply a way of giving a little back and helping an independent platform continue doing work that people clearly connect with.
The goal is not to keep ATL as a one-person operation forever. The goal is to grow it until ATL can employ its first full-time journalist, expand coverage and keep building from there.
Subscribing to ATL News for £1 a month is the best way to help keep the project moving. In pure financial terms, one pound does not transform ATL. What it does is show that the work means something to somebody.
Every new subscriber is a signal that ATL resonates, that people connect with the reporting and the archive, and that there is room for a small independent platform in a media landscape dominated by large mainstream organisations.
What You Are Backing
Support is not disappearing into a vague promise. It goes towards a platform that is already publishing, preserving, researching and building every day.
Current affairs, courts, politics, policing, legacy and stories from Northern Ireland/The North - published without a large newsroom or corporate owner behind it.
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Documentaries, footage, historical media and material that can disappear from public view are being organised and preserved for long-term access.
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Names, dates, available context, family corrections and remembrance work designed to keep the human cost of the Troubles visible.
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The site itself, archive systems, book library, original work, On This Day posts and new sections all need constant development and maintenance.
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Patreon is the deeper level of ATL support. For £4.99 a month, supporters get access to around 90% of the ATL Troubles archive while directly helping keep the wider project alive.
It is a huge body of historical material for the price - and every membership helps give ATL more room to research, publish, restore, preserve and grow.
The aim is simple - build ATL to the point where the workload no longer sits entirely on one person. The first major growth milestone is bringing in a full-time journalist who can expand ATL News, increase original reporting and help turn a one-person platform into a sustainable independent newsroom.
Recurring support matters because it gives ATL something far more useful than a one-off spike - a base it can plan around. Every £1 News subscriber and every Patreon supporter moves that goal a little closer.
No Money Needed
Money is only one kind of support. Sharing ATL work pushes it beyond the people who already know the site and helps independent reporting compete for attention in feeds dominated by much larger media organisations.
A share can put an ATL story, archive item or memorial record in front of thousands of people who would never otherwise see it.
Real discussion and engagement tells platforms that ATL material is worth continuing to surface.
Following ATL across its platforms makes it easier to keep the news, archive work and historical material in circulation.
Corrections, verified victim images, archive leads and useful information can make ATL's public record work stronger.
If ATL Has Given You Something
If ATL has informed you, shown you footage you had never seen, helped you find a name, preserved part of the record, challenged your assumptions or simply given you somewhere independent to read about this place - subscribing to ATL News is the easiest way to back the work.
