Hi Reader,

The role that journalists play in our democracy has been particularly evident this year, from coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection to reporting on diminishing voting rights to fearless investigations into homegrown extremism. Fact-based, nonpartisan information is needed now more than ever, but newsrooms are shrinking and the legacy newspaper industry is in financial crisis.

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Thanks so much,
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