Hi Revealer,

My name is Kate Howard and I am an editorial director at the Center for Investigative Reporting, working on partnerships for Reveal and Mother Jones. 

We’re proud this year to have been a part of nearly a dozen essential investigations in partnership with other newsrooms. We know that journalism is stronger when we work together, combining our staff and strengths to bring you the best possible stories. Among them: 

• We worked with the Center for Public Integrity on a groundbreaking three-part audio series, 40 Acres and a Lie, that tells the history of an often-misunderstood government program that fueled a wealth gap that remains today.
• We partnered with the New York Times’ Local Investigations Fellowship to examine Florida maternity homes that require residents to agree to strict conditions that limit their communications, their financial decisions, and even their movements.
• We joined forces with the Marshall Project to expose sketchy hospital drug tests that are causing women to lose custody of their babies.
• We worked with KUOW and the Seattle Times to highlight their podcast Lost Patients, a deeply reported and compelling look at the broken system for treating psychosis in America.

This work is important to me because our partners were absolutely essential in making this work possible—both the newsrooms we collaborate with as well as the readers, listeners, and viewers like you who help to pay for it. 

I know this work matters to you too, and we’d be so grateful to have your support today.

Our membership drive ends at 11:59 p.m. December 31. Now is the perfect time to show your support.

A board member will match all donations until 11:59 p.m. December 31. Your gift of any amount will be doubled.

The simple fact is that the Center for Investigative Reporting would not exist without the support of people like you. Your generosity is the fuel for everything we do. 

We don't have much time left for this fundraiser. And we need to wrap it up successfully, because we have so many more crucial investigations in the pipeline for 2025. 

Please help us end this year in a secure financial position. Support the journalism you rely on with a gift at whatever amount works for you. Because of the generous board match, your gift will go twice as far. Thanks so much.

Kate Howard
Editorial director
Reveal
The Center for Investigative Reporting