For the press and journalists
Every fact with its source, every quote with its speaker.
A story is built from notes, interviews and documents gathered against a deadline. Leyden & Beam keeps each one as a card with where it came from, so you can see what every sentence rests on before it runs.
What you get
The reporting, kept straight under deadline
Report into cards
A fact, a quotation, a document, a person: each its own card, with its source linked, there for the follow-up story too.
Eight forms, ready to fill
News story, feature, investigation, profile, explainer, op-ed, Q&A and long-form: each a structure whose slots name what they need.
See what each claim rests on
A claim with no evidence under it, or a quotation with no source, is named before your editor finds it.
A news desk for your editors
Writers file in their own projects; editors read, suggest and keep the house style, and every suggestion carries a name.
Made for
Built for people who report
The story, on deadline.
Rank the facts by what a reader needs first, attribute every one, and see the lede before you write it.
Your reporting, kept and yours.
Report, draft and export in the format an editor asks for, with your notes and sources yours to keep.
Copy that arrives checkable.
Bring writers on as engagements, read their stories as they build, and keep one style sheet for the house.
From spark to structure
How a story comes together
The reporting
Every interview, document and figure on a card of its own, with who said it, where it came from and when.
The structure
Choose the form, then move the facts and voices until the order is the story.
The story
Write into that frame and file a piece whose every claim can show what holds it up.
Good reporting is built to be checked.
Secure Works
Sealed work for sensitive reporting
For reporting that must stay unreadable to anyone but you and your editors, Secure Works seals a project on your own devices, under keys only you, the people you work with and your escrow hold. Only its name stays in the clear, so it still sits in your list; the server cannot read the rest. It comes with Journalist and Press for $10 a month more on each plan or seat. The trial does not include it.
Our pledge
Every word is yours.
No AI drafts, edits or polishes your words. Your story is entirely yours, which matters to you, to your readers, and to the people who publish you.
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Plans for reporters and newsrooms
Every subscription begins with a 14-day trial. Prices are per month, billed yearly.
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