In today’s digital news environment, it may seem like you can keep up with the headlines pretty well without ever paying a dime — but there are almost 30,000 fewer people working in newsrooms than there were just 15 years ago.
That’s because as newspapers continue to shrink, the void is being filled by social media algorithms that reward superficial outrage rather than the kind of in-depth, substantive reporting that’s essential to democracy.
The reality is that someone has to pay for investigative journalism in order for it to survive. And nothing is more important for the future of The Intercept than our base of tens of thousands of recurring monthly donors.
There are just 6 days left in our spring membership drive, and so far we’re still more than 2,000 short of our goal adding 3,000 new monthly donors by April 30.
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Unfortunately, since Donald Trump left office, traffic and revenues are down across the news industry, even at nonprofits like The Intercept. To remain on solid financial footing over the long haul, we must grow our base of recurring donations.
That’s why we’ve set an April membership campaign goal of signing up 3,000 new monthly donors by April 30.
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