As advertising revenue plummets, newsrooms across the country are suffering from a record wave of layoffs — just when original reporting is needed the most.
As a nonprofit, The Intercept doesn’t depend on advertising. So readers can continue to turn to us for journalism that investigates how the powerful are exploiting the crisis for their own gain.
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