John,

We’re less than two months out from election day, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

With polls showing a tied race, Donald Trump and the right-wing media are priming their audiences to distrust the 2024 election results. 

With lies, conspiracy theories, and increasingly violent rhetoric, it’s like 2020 all over again.

With so much at stake, access to trustworthy local news has never been more important. This is the moment COURIER was made for.

Unfortunately, we’re nearly halfway through September, and we’re behind on our fundraising goal. That’s why we’re reaching out to ask you to participate in our Sponsor A 2024 Battleground Newsroom Project:

You’ve been chosen to sponsor our local news teams! Your donation will support our newsrooms across 11 battleground states — including Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. Can we count on you to chip in $25 now and help our newsrooms spread their stories across their states? Chip in $25 ➡️

Here at COURIER, we use our research-backed model to fight back against right-wing misinformation and vitriol. We publish our factual, fearless news in the places where lies and conspiracies are most likely to spread – on social media feeds and in email inboxes.

We protect democracy by countering bad information with good information, right at the source.

With election day on the horizon, our fundraising has stalled. We set an ambitious goal to raise $40,000 in September to fund our battleground newsrooms, and with less than 48 hours to go, we’re well behind our mid-month goal.

So, John, our mid-month deadline is on Sunday night. Can we count on you to give $25 today to sponsor one of our newsrooms?

Thank you,
COURIER