Avoiding the news? I'm not surprised. Today's news is broken - it makes us all anxious, stressed & depressed.

We've found a way to fix that, but first, we need to understand what's going wrong.

Real, quality journalism costs a lot of money - and since none of us buy paper papers anymore, these papers need to find income elsewhere.

In our online world that income comes from exploiting your privacy so that other folks can target you with adverts. Competition to sell you ads is extremely tough and it gets harder every year – so publishers have to work harder and hardemediar to get your eyeballs on their articles.

This leads to the biggest problem of all...

 

To sell you ads – the news needs your attention.

If the news is in the business of selling ads, your attention is their highest priority - not keeping you informed.

No matter where you get your news from, it's written to keep you on edge & keep you hooked. To get you to click, to get a reaction, to get you outraged and to keep you there.

And as a result, we are living in a state of perma-crisis.

So what are we doing to fix the problem?

Meet Charlie, a very young, independent, FREE, news assistant.

It's designed to help you stay informed, without stressing you out with an endless stream of crisis headlines.

It lives on your phone - and you can chat to me about the news just like you'd chat to someone on WhatsApp.

Charlie keeps an eye on what we discuss and won't overload you with the same nonsense every day while still making sure you don't miss the things that matter.

Charlie is on your side - because it's not selling you ads.

In fact, Charlies doesn't even need to know who you are. You can be totally anonymous.

Charlie has no political agenda, no big corporation behind it - just 200 tiny investors who want to help us build a better way to read the news.

Charlie reads lots & lots of newspapers for you - all day, every day.

It learns what's important. It sees what each paper hides & what they obsess about. It learns about their biases and can make sure you get a balanced view of the world.

Want to give it a go and see how Charlie can help change your view of the world? Here's how!

➜ Download an early "beta" version here: https://charlie.news/beta

➜ Let us know what you think - we read every single piece of feedback and use it to make Charlie even better.

➜ Find OneSub on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

➜ Tell your friends all about us

We'd love to have you along for the ride :)