Mensagem (Portugal)

Summary

Mensagem describes itself as a hyper-local,community-focused media organization serving all of Lisbon. It was "born from the desire of a group of Lisboners, who happen to be journalists, to improve their city." Founded in 2020 by Catarina Carvalho with financial backing from a local business owner, Mensagem is now an established entity with a 7-person team. Their website has 300,000 monthly views, and they reach 20,000 newsletter subscribers every week.

Name

Mensagem de Lisboa

Website

https://amensagem.pt/

Location / Location of coverage

Lisbon, Portugal

Size of potential audience/ town region covered

548,703 people in Lisbon

Year they started publishing

2020

Language

Portuguese and English

Mission statement

By empowering the communities, sometimes just by showing how they live and what they do, we give way to dialogue and create a safe space for debate - also in the real world, not only digitally.