John,
From right-wing disinformation campaigns to mainstream media focused more on turning a profit than serving the public, it’s no wonder that 185 million Americans don’t trust the news.
At Courier, we're doing something to change that.
As the nation’s largest left-leaning local news network, we run a network of newsrooms in nine states (with more on the way) in key battleground states, where disinformation is spreading the fastest.
Every day, our talented team of journalists delivers factual news to readers who live in areas where honest, local news is hard to come by (if it even exists). We take the responsibility of delivering good, factual information seriously and will never compromise the truth or our values in our work.
You can power this work by investing in Courier Newsroom with a donation today. So with two days left before our October fundraising deadline, will you pitch in today so we can expand our network of left-leaning local newsrooms?
Your support could not come at a more crucial time. Local newsrooms are disappearing left and right, and right-wing misinformation and disinformation have taken their place. This pattern has become so pervasive that millions of Americans now believe in dangerous conspiracies about our democracy.
We’re fighting back with our innovative news model that attacks right-wing propaganda and misinformation at its source. At Courier we’re committed to:
- Focusing on audiences without access to quality reporting who are vulnerable to misleading or false information.
- We don’t chase profits, and we don’t use jargon or lock our stories behind a paywall. We create meaningful, factual content that matters to the lives and communities of our readers.
- We target our news to the spaces where people spend most of their time — on social media newsfeeds, across inboxes, and in search engines where people look for information online.
In other words, we’re doing journalism radically different to fight the spread of bad information. And the best part? Our research shows we’ve already started to increase civic participation among our audiences. We know our model works.
Right now, we’re mobilizing a community of grassroots supporters who want to help us fight disinformation in their local communities, and we’re hoping you’ll join us!
Together, we can beat the right-wing propaganda ecosystem, reclaim our voices in our communities, and strengthen our democracy for good.
Together,
— The Courier Team