Staff layoffs have decimated the news outlets all over the country, and
Common Dreams could be next.
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Friend,

Last month, Buzzfeed News announced job cuts that staff said would
"gut our newsroom" as three top editors resigned.

Then, a few weeks later, the parent company for The Intercept announced
that 20 staff members would be laid off.

This comes after two of the worst years in the history of journalism, in
which more than 6,100 news industry workers were laid off and at least
100 outlets shut down in the wake of COVID-19.

We here at Common Dreams have not been forced to make these kinds of
announcements-yet.

But we need to be honest with you. We're facing the same headwinds
that are affecting every other news outlet, and if the trend lines
continue the way they have been, we will be forced to make layoffs, just
like other news outlets have.

Common Dreams is counting on you to help meet our Spring Campaign goal
of $100,000. And if we fall short, we will have no choice but to
consider cutbacks.

Two major forces are squeezing independent digital media:

* Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook are increasingly steering
traffic away from Common Dreams, making it more and more difficult for
new readers to find us.

* The COVID-19 pandemic, which has driven up costs for everything we do.
As readership has remained flat, donations have not kept pace with
rising expenses.

Common Dreams has rarely, if ever, faced economic challenges this
serious, and our Spring Campaign is do or die.

Please chip in whatever you can afford today and help keep the
progressive, nonprofit journalism of Common Dreams alive.

DONATE

With gratitude,

Craig Brown
Co-Founder
for the whole Common Dreams news team

PS: Common Dreams relies on its sustaining donors to keep us going full
steam ahead. Will you become a monthly donor today?

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