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Over the last decade, nearly half of all newspaper newsroom jobs were
eliminated.

In 2008, 71,000 people were working in newspaper newsrooms in the United
States. By 2018, that number fell to 38,000—a decline of 48 percent.

And things are bound to get even worse in the year ahead after Tribune
Publishing was bought out by a hedge fund known as the "destroyer of
newspapers" and the merger of America's two largest newspaper chains:
Gannett and Gatehouse.

Common Dreams is bucking the trend because we have a different model:
We're non-profit and independent. We rely on you, our readers, not Wall
Street investors. And we cover the issues that matter to progressives
that are otherwise ignored by the corporate media.

But without your support, we could quickly join the ranks of shrinking
and dying news outlets.

These bloodbath newsroom layoffs aren't just bad for the industry. It's
toxic for democracy.

Think of the hundreds of thousands of stories that were never written.
Stories about the impacts of climate emergency. Investigations of
corporate corruption. Day to day coverage of America's forgotten forever
wars.

And the trend is sure to continue as newspaper investors demand
ever-higher profits and extract them with never-ending mergers,
consolidations, and layoffs. It's an existential threat to democracy
itself.

But while other news outlets are shrinking, Common Dreams is bucking the
trend. Just this year, we moved into a larger space to allow us to do
something unheard of in the news industry: add staff and grow.

Will you donate to help keep independent, progressive, non-profit
journalism alive at Common Dreams? We still need to raise $65,000
to make sure we can stay healthy and keep covering the stories that
matter in 2020. All year-end donations will be MATCHED by an anonymous
donor!

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With deepest gratitude,

Aaron Kaufman

Director of Development

for the whole Common Dreams newsroom

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