Welcome to The Home Pitch!

We serve underrepresented communities in Toronto through public service journalism and we’re committed to tackling the pervasive and growing inequities in our city.

After talking to people in local neighbourhoods all over Toronto, I realized we need more community-powered journalism in this city.

Instead of pumping out news stories daily, The Home Pitch will take its time to offer nuanced, fair writing that untangles complex issues. It won’t be just reporting on the problems, it will also highlight solutions.

We pay our journalists a fair rate and it’s readers like you who make this possible!

We need your support to keep providing in-depth local news — and keep it open (no paywalls) and free of charge for everyone.

Melissa Embury,
Founder/Editor in Chief

• We believe The Home Pitch is for everyone. We value contributions from community members with different backgrounds, politics, ages and more.

• We put people first over advertising and we want most of our funding to come from our communities so that we’re directly accountable to them.

• We are dedicated to finding real solutions to the problems this city faces.

• We value empathy and kindness in everything that we do.

• We value collaboration over competition, and will work with community organizations and other local publications to amplify our voices.

• We believe in transparency and will work to build trust with our communities through genuine relationships.

• We will take a grassroots approach to use collective local action to effect change for our city.

• We believe in compensating folks with fair pay for their labour and providing a living wage.

• We believe in creating a learning environment for those looking to grow and develop.

• We will show visible representation and are committed to anti-racism.

• The Home Pitch is a member of LION (Local Independent Online News Publishers) and the Indiegraf network of independent publishers.