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What is Next City? For more than a decade, Next City has been publishing high-quality journalism about urban affairs. Every month, nearly 200,000 people read our website; 15,000 people receive our weekly e-newsletter, and more than 30,000 people follow us on Facebook and Twitter. With annual conferences and monthly events around the country, we engage the next generation of leaders and are one of the most influential organizations in the urban policy field. Our Audience Next City’s audience is young and professionally focused on improving the cities where they live. $78,000 Average income 62% Under 40 years old 97% College-educated 25% work in government 25% work as planners, architects or engineers 20% work in media, tech or law 30% work for non-profits, academia or philanthropy Our Platforms FOREFRONT Our weekly magazine, Forefront, is available by subscription or as an app on Apple Newsstand. These in-depth articles allow readers to delve fully into topics such as economic development, infrastructure, sustainability and civic technology. Subscribers pay $20/year for access to weekly stories, plus the archives; sponsored stories, however, are free for anyone to read and never have a paywall. DAILY Our blog The Daily is updated five times a day with stories from around the world. Free for anyone to read, the blog covers breaking news and trends in economic development, transportation, culture and civic technology. COLUMNS Next City has daily and weekly columns that sustain a vibrant, daily conversation. Current columns include Science of Cities, Resilient Cities, The Works, The Shared City, Watermark, and The Equity Factor. Where Our Readers Live Reader Habits 50% Visit Next City weekly or more 26% Read news on an iPad 48% Read news on an iPhone Our Following 300,000 Monthly Visits 35,000 Twitter Followers 16,000 Newsletter Subscribers 6,000 Facebook Likes Recent Advertisers American Planning Association Bank of America The Brookings Institution CEOs for Cities Center for Community Progress City Parks Alliance The Congress for the New Urbanism GovLoop Island Press The Lincoln Institute for Land Policy LISC National League of Cities TED The New School The OLIN Partnership NYU Opportunity Finance Network Rotterdam Architectural Biennale Smart City Expo University of Minnesota Press UNC University of Pennsylvania Sponsorship Opportunities Sponsor a Forefront story Lower the paywall for a story that you care about and blanket Next City’s site with advertising for your company. Sponsor a column Sustain a conversation about a topic for a year and receive recognition for your sponsorship alongside every article. Sponsor an event Support in-depth, in-person dialogue and networking around a particular issue and gain access to Next City’s audience and network. Advertising Opportunities Web Banners Available positions on every page of the website. Banners come in three sizes: 160 × 600 300 × 250 720 × 90 Newsletter Reach Next City’s newsletter audience with a banner in our weekly email. Banners come in one size: 650 × 90 Dedicated Emails Reach Next City’s audience with a direct message about your product, event or service. Dedicated emails are customized. Interested? Get in touch. Email diana@nextcity.org