An independent weekly has launched a new online subscription service which includes a paid-for option.

The Camden New Journal has started the New Journal+ newsletter service, which includes both free and paid-for options.

Those choosing the free option will get a weekly digest and some free posts to their inbox, while the paid-for service features subscriber-only posts, investigations and full archive access.

It also allows those taking up the offer to post comments.

An initial monthly subscription costs £7.19, while the annual tariff starts at £67.99. A “top supporter” option, where readers can choose to give a higher amount, is also available.

Announcing the scheme, editor Richard Osley, pictured, wrote: “It seems like everywhere you look, somebody is asking you to take out a subscription for this or for that.

“In our media world, there are even newspapers who pay their editors salaries of more than £500,000 a year and have large reserves and still ask you to support them in a similar way.

“That’s not the case at the New Journal and Islington Tribune, where there are no luxury canalside offices, fantastically paid staff or executives who park up in a sports car asking what their bonus will be. Not a penny is wasted.

“One of the key reasons to sign up to New Journal+ for those who can afford to is that they will be ensuring everybody in Camden, regardless of circumstance, still has its campaigning, challenging voice.

“A subscription means interesting extra articles for those who join, but it also means those who can’t afford to will still always get their New Journal on a Thursday – their printed paper there, free to pick up. In this way it’s a selfless contribution for a greater good.”