Media Newsletter Template — The Maker's Letter
A media newsletter template for monthly editor's letters — an oversized quote-mark SVG hero and unhurried literary reading, for independent maker publications.
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Two ways to build this email in plain language. The fastest is Temway's in-editor assistant — open the chat drawer in the email editor and paste the recipe below. Or connect Claude or ChatGPT via Temway's MCP and paste it there; the agent builds the email step by step. Either way, adapt the copy and colors to your brand.
- An email is a top-to-bottom stack of blocks — the recipe follows that order.
- A
[layout]step becomes a single image (great for heroes); everything else stays live text and links. - Theme the footer to match — the recipe's last step does exactly that.
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A monthly letter from the editor of an independent maker publication — part field notes, part manifesto. An oversized red quote-mark SVG opens the issue, then a personal note from the workbench, two pieces worth your time, and a quiet sign-off. Written for readers who keep the email open longer than thirty seconds.
Snapshot
- Goal: open a monthly conversation with subscribers about craft, process, and the two pieces worth reading this month.
- Audience & tone: makers, craftspeople, and slow-media readers. Literary, warm, unhurried — a letter from a friend who runs a workshop.
- Palette: page
#e8e8e5· container#fafaf7· text#1c1917/#6d6b68(muted) · accent#be162c - Font:
Georgia, Times New Roman, serif - Artwork: none — fully native blocks.
Build recipe
Each step is one block in the flat stack, top to bottom.
[native]= a real email block.[layout]= a free-form layout embedded as a single image.
- [native] Logo — logo. Brand mark, left-aligned.
- [native] Kicker — text. “The Maker’s Letter · Issue 14”, fontSize: 14, color
#be162c, left, uppercase. - [native] Headline — text. “On finishing what you start”, fontSize: 28, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 1 — text. “Brooklyn, July 2026 — a short note from the workbench before two picks worth your time.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 2 — text. “I almost did not send this month’s letter.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 3 — text. “The bench has been a mess for three weeks — half-finished joints, glue clamps everywhere, and a deadline I kept moving.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 4 — text. “But finishing badly beats not finishing, and that is this month’s whole lesson.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Story title 1 — text. “The last bookbinder in Tripoli”, fontSize: 20, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 5 — text. “A profile worth the fifteen minutes — the last person in the city still binding books entirely by hand.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Story title 2 — text. “Why we stopped gluing everything”, fontSize: 20, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 6 — text. “A short argument for mechanical joints over adhesive, and why it changes how long a piece lasts.”, fontSize: 16, color
#1c1917, left. - [native] Body copy 7 — text. “Until next month, — Mara”, fontSize: 14, color
#6d6b68, left. - [native] Footer rule — divider. short (96px) rule, 1px, color
#e9e9e9. - [native] Footer social — social. Icon row, social.color
#be162c, style circle-outline, center. - [native] Footer address — address. Postal address + unsubscribe, address.color
#6d6b68, address.fontFamilyGeorgia, Times New Roman, serif, center.
Make it yours
- Rewrite the three letter-body paragraphs in your own voice — the personal note is the whole reason people open this.
- Swap the two picks for whatever you’re recommending this month; keep each dek to one sentence.
- Recolor the red quote mark and links to your publication’s accent — Georgia carries any palette.
About newsletter email templates
A newsletter is the one email category built for a relationship, not a single moment. There is no hard deadline and no one dominant CTA — the job is to show up on a predictable cadence often enough that subscribers recognize the format and know where to look for the update they actually care about.
See all newsletter templates →How is a newsletter template different from a promotional email template?
A newsletter is built for a recurring cadence and a returning audience — the design favors consistent section structure, so readers know where to look each issue, over a single hard sell. Promotional templates are built around one offer and one deadline instead.
What sections should a company newsletter include?
Most effective newsletters below hold to three or four recurring sections — a short editor's note, one or two curated highlights, and a closing link or two — rather than trying to cover everything that happened since the last send.
Can I reuse the same newsletter template every month?
Yes, and it's the recommended approach — clone it once, then swap the content each cycle so subscribers recognize the format immediately instead of relearning a new layout every send.
Do Temway newsletter templates support an unsubscribe link and merge tags?
Yes — every template includes a compliant unsubscribe footer and supports Temway's merge-tag picker for personalizing subject lines and greetings per recipient.