We want to be completely transparent with you, our readers, because you are an essential part of our community. Without your support, we simply cannot exist.
News outlets across the media landscape, from newspapers to online outlets like Vox and nonprofit outlets like NPR, continue to announce waves of layoffs. Even The Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos—one of the richest people on the planet—has announced workforce cuts.
Common Dreams has an entirely different, people-powered model, but we are not immune to many of the same economic trends forcing newsroom layoffs, including inflation and shifting readerships.
In fact, while we never had a layoff at Common Dreams, our staff has shrunk because we needed to leave some positions unfilled after staff retired or moved on to other jobs.
We want to be completely transparent with you, our readers, because you are an essential part of our community. Without your support, we simply cannot exist.
So here’s the situation: In order to prevent layoffs, cutbacks, or further staff reductions, we need to meet our Winter Campaign goal of raising $80,000 and signing up 200 new monthly donors by March 1.
