OFFNews
https://offnews.bg/
OffNews was originally a blog and OffRoad forum, a popular online forum for car and motorbike enthusiasts in Bulgaria. Later, they became an online news portal and radio called OFFRadio.
The owner and editor-in-chief is the Bulgarian journalist Vladimir Yonchev, who previously worked as editor-in-chief at the Telegraf newspaper. He used the money he earned to register the media outlet and the radio channel.
Yonchev has developed OFFNews from a small website into a popular news outlet. The founder jokingly says the media outlet is international because it has an English version and a significant audience abroad, as it is popular among Bulgarians living overseas.
Last updated: December 2022
Location:
Sofia, Bulgaria
Year the organisation started publishing:
2011
Languages:
English
Type of coverage:
International
Countries of coverage:
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Content
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Entertainment and culture
Sports
Economy and business
Education
Lifestyle
Law and crime
Environment
Politics
Health and well-being
Society and human rights
Technology
Journalism genres:
Essays
Interviews and reporting
Opinion
Investigative journalism
Satire
Reviews
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Solutions or constructive journalism
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Explanatory journalism
Collaborative journalism
Breaking news
Live coverage of events
Data journalism
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Messaging service
Telegram
Social media platforms
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website
Audience and reach
Social media audience
Facebook number of followers:
192123
Twitter number of followers:
12153
YouTube number of followers:
1930
Management and team
Founders
Female:
8
Male:
9
Founders:
Directors:
Vladimir Yonchev
Team
Full-time employees:
17
Freelancers or consultants:
5
Volunteers:
5
Business structure and revenue sources
Organisation tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Grants from private donor organisations
Advertising
Programmatic ad networks
Branded content or native advertising
Local advertising sold by own team
National advertising sold by own team
Advertising sold by an external agency
Meta content income
Content services for others
Content development for NGOs
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Advertising
The second most important revenue source reported:
Grants
Transparency
Publishes information about annual revenue
Publishes the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Publishes an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Has a whistleblower policy
Doesn’t publish a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Doesn’t have a sexual harassment or institutional
violence policy
Is not signed up to a press regulator, trust
initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team