Accurate, fact-based journalism from experts is a cause to get behind now

Dear Reader,

Ten years ago, we were set up as a nonprofit website at a time when the business model for traditional for-profit news organizations was drastically changing due to two fundamental shifts in the media landscape. Advertising dollars abandoned traditional journalism and migrated to the big search engines on the internet. And for many Americans, social media websites became the primary source for news, information and, increasingly, disinformation.

Our goal at The Conversation was never to make money. Our goal rather is to inform the public by publishing fact-based, research-based journalism by academic scholars at American colleges and universities, with the help of a bank of skilled journalistic editors who together take the time to shape complicated ideas into clear, compelling stories.

A decade ago, I jumped at the chance to support The Conversation U.S. when it launched. As a fourth-generation newspaperman who was privileged to spend 28 years of my career at The Boston Globe, I saw The Conversation’s potential to be part of the solution to the problems facing American journalism. For all our success over the past decade, we need your help more than ever if we are to thrive and grow over the next 10 years.

We bring facts and research to a public seeking reliable information, at no charge to those readers. Unlike the billionaire owners of some media outlets, we don’t charge subscription fees, nor do we run ads from any special interest groups. Reading The Conversation’s journalism is free. But hiring experienced editors who can take the time to shape complicated ideas into clear, compelling stories costs money. Generous readers like you partner with us to make this work possible.

Providing accurate, fact-based journalism from experts is a cause to get behind now − and there’s no better day to do that than today. That’s because the members of The Conversation’s board will double every contribution you give, dollar for dollar. Your $25 contribution will become $50, $50 will become $100, and $250 will become $500. Monthly contributions will be doubled too, up to a total of $80,000 in donations before the end of 2024.

On behalf of the board of trustees of The Conversation U.S., I thank you for your generosity and support and wish you a joyous and healthful holiday season.

With gratitude,

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