As a young reporter in war and conflict zones, I often found myself begging journalists from larger outlets to use their phones and internet connections to file my reports from the field.
Today, many of those outlets no longer exist. And the ones that do have dramatically scaled back on their foreign reporting — or eliminated it entirely.
Newsroom budgets have been cut to the bone, and it’s always cheaper to get the sanitized story from official channels than to launch challenging investigations or send reporters into conflict zones.
It will never be profitable for corporate media outlets to expose the real cost of America’s wars and shady alliances, or to question bipartisan groupthink. That’s why we founded The Intercept nine years ago, and I’m humbled by how many readers like you have donated to make so much truly ambitious journalism possible.
But sadly The Intercept is not immune from the pressures faced by the news industry. We remain committed to on-the-ground reporting across borders to get the stories powerful people don’t want to be told. But with so many people tuning out the news in disgust and frustration, we’re swimming upstream against a very difficult current.
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