Afrigather Earlier at the moment we hit the $350,000 milestone within the TPM Journalism Fund drive.
You might marvel how we take into consideration this kind of factor internally. How will we speak about the truth that so many individuals are prepared to contribute (typically talking) over and above their membership charges to a small journalism outfit doing what it may well to not simply survive, however thrive in unsure and unprecedented occasions?
Effectively it’s quite simple: That’s 350,000 votes of confidence in our work. That’s 350,000 votes of confidence in our reporting, our evaluation, and our commentary. That’s 350,000 votes of confidence in our enterprise mannequin, which has stored us going even whereas numerous different publications have, lately, failed or made important cuts. It’s 350,000 votes of confidence in our perception that journalism can’t be hierarchical, so publications ought to supply free memberships to those that want them. In brief, it’s 350,000 votes of confidence in us.
Look, let me be clear: We all know not everybody can contribute over and above the membership charges. We’re grateful and appreciative of every member we’ve no matter whether or not you ever contribute to the Journalism Fund. Memberships are the engine that sustains TPM. We thanks. Interval.
One of many guiding ideas at TPM is preparedness within the face of surprising change. Change within the information surroundings or change within the enterprise local weather. We don’t at all times know what the modifications will likely be or how they’ll have an effect on us, however we all know they’re coming. They at all times do. That’s why the theme of this yr’s Journalism Fund drive is “to assist us put together for what comes subsequent.”
In case you have not but contributed however are capable of, please take into account doing so. The income will assist us develop and develop our journalism. It can assist us distribute that journalism to extra folks. And, simply as necessary, it’s a bit of confidence enhance that every one the work we put in day in and time out makes a distinction in folks’s lives. As a result of the distinction between a company like TPM and plenty of different firms purporting to do journalism is that we care about greater than our revenue — we care about our impression on the world, and particularly our impression on those that assist us do what we like to do.
One very last thing: Final yr, greater than 5,000 folks contributed. I’m completely constructive that if we hit that marker once more, we’ll hit $500,000. Any quantity you’ll be able to contribute, regardless of how small, makes a distinction.
