Products

Mecseki Müzli’s primary product is a weekly newsletter that amalgamates local news, analyses, interviews, and cultural insights, sent to subscribers every Thursday. The newsletter is dedicated to covering local issues only, collecting the most important news of the previous week and giving context,and, in some cases, fact-checking what has been published elsewhere. It includes a mix of topics around local history, hard news and news analyses, fact-checking, gastronomy and entertainment. The style is “opinionated” as Güth states. The character limit for each newsletter is 12.000, the equivalent of a 7 minute read.

Success is measured through engagement metrics like subscriber growth and opening rates of the newsletter, as well as community feedback, reflecting the newsroom's commitment to serving its audience's interests and needs effectively.

As a local correspondent for the independent newsroom Telex, Ervin Gűth delves into investigative journalism on topics such as local elections and contentious procurements. Leveraging a content partnership, he disseminates these pieces via his newsletter.

With funding from the International Press Institute (IPI) and Internews in 2023, Mecseki Müzli expanded its repertoire to include long-form journalism. This encompasses feature articles and podcasts featuring expert interviews, each lasting approximately 30 minutes.