A blind teaser first
Newsrooms see what the story is about, never who or where. Names, places and documents stay blacked out.
Pitch and get paid.
Report from where you are. Verified newsrooms buy your stories, and during the beta they pay you directly once they accept the work, with no fee.
Join as a journalistDetails: hidden.Details: shown.
A newsroom reads the teaser, then promises to keep it confidential before the bars lift. You see every newsroom that did, and when.
Your idea stays yours
Details after a promise
Who opened the details
Lantern PostAgreed to confidentiality19 Oct, 9:41 pm
Northwind WireAgreed to confidentiality19 Oct, 11:05 pm
Riverbank FilmsRead the teaser only20 Oct, 8:12 am
A newsroom agrees to keep the details confidential before it reads them. You see every newsroom that did, and when.
Your name, your rights
You keep the copyright and the byline. Newsrooms buy a limited licence, and no one trains AI on your work unless you say yes.
Made for the 2027 elections
The beta covers every district of India, in Hindi and English, through the 2027 Assembly elections.
The network
Connect, message and post calls for collaboration. Only identity-verified journalists can join, and you decide who can find you.
- district reporters
- OSINT investigators
- photojournalists
- fact-checkers
- fixers
- translators
- data journalists
- videographers
- researchers
- podcasters
- illustrators
- editors
From pitch to payday
About a day
First, newsrooms read your teaser and send offers.
Under an hour
Then you both sign the contract, and work can start.
As long as the story needs
Next, you report and deliver in the deal room.
5 days at most
Last, the newsroom accepts, or the work is accepted on its own after 5 days without a dispute, and the newsroom pays you directly.
Districts you cannot staff
| Bahraich | Elections | ₹8,000 |
| Gaya | Elections | ₹6,500 |
| Nashik | Elections | ₹6,000 |
| Dhemaji | Floods | ₹12,000 |
| Gorakhpur | Health | ₹9,000 |
| Bathinda | Farming | ₹7,500 |
| Dhanbad | Mining | ₹18,000 |
| Prayagraj | Courts | ₹5,000 |
| Madurai | Schools | ₹4,500 |
| Surat | Labour | ₹10,000 |
Post a brief for a district and a beat, and identity-verified journalists there hear about it at once. Contracts and the deal room are handled for you, free during the beta.
Register your newsroom
About Daylight
Daylight is built by OSINT JOURNO in Prayagraj, so independent journalists can sell their reporting without joining a newsroom. Everyone on it is verified.
We never buy, edit or publish a story, and your money never sits with us. Teasers stay private, and our grievance officer answers within 24 hours.
- Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
- Free during the beta
- daylight@osintjourno.com
What you keep
Listing is free, and so is selling during the beta: no fee for you or the newsroom, and the newsroom pays you directly.
- Daylight fee, free during the beta
- −₹0
- You receive
- ₹18,000
Questions
JoiningWho can join?
Journalists with three links to their work or two references, after an identity check with their PAN. Newsrooms join after a business check. Each check takes around 2–3 days.
Getting paidHow do I get paid?
The newsroom pays you directly, by bank transfer or UPI, as the contract says. You confirm in the deal room when the money arrives, and Daylight chases a late payment.
No answerWhat if the newsroom never accepts?
The work is accepted automatically 5 days after delivery, unless the newsroom raises a dispute within that window. The newsroom then has 7 days to pay you.
DisputesWhat happens in a dispute?
Daylight checks only whether the contract was met, and decides within ten working days. It never judges the journalism.
OwnershipWho owns the story?
You do. You keep the copyright and your byline; newsrooms buy a limited licence for the use and period in the contract.
HindiDoes it work in Hindi?
Every screen, contract and email is in Hindi and English, and you can switch at any time.
CostWhat does it cost?
Nothing. During the beta Daylight charges no fee to journalists or newsrooms.