Thanksgiving is previous, and a lot of the leftovers have been eaten.
Black Friday’s a reminiscence, and Cyber Monday has come and gone. Now, it is
#GivingTuesday: a nationwide annual occasion to exhibit vacation spirit
by giving to worthy nonprofit teams.
It is also #GivingNewsDay, a particular effort to assist nonprofit journalism organizations, organized by NewsMatch — which may match your present to assist TucsonSentinel.com’s fearless, award-winning native reporting, dollar-for-dollar —and your funding in authentically native information might be TRIPLED due to beneficiant matching donations.
Give to actual native journalism that issues — your donation TRIPLED earlier than Dec. 31! Help the watchdog reporters of the
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The Tucson Sentinel’s award-winning, in-depth reporting gives particulars and context — Assist us convey Tucson much more fearless impartial journalism.
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On Giving Tuesday, be part of together with your fellow readers and assist our work.
If you donate anytime in November & December, your present to assist native nonprofit information is eligible to be
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Sentinel. PLUS, your present shall be backed by contributions from beneficiant native donors to the Sentinel’s Group Matching Fund!
With this 2-1 match, each greenback you give means one other $2 to assist native watchdog information. And the $3 out of your donation can have the influence of $6, due to Report for America’s assist for our native journalists who’re members of that program.
However, as they used to say on late-night TV, wait: there’s extra.
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With the challenges we face as a group, and the heated partisan
rhetoric about which set of “info” to consider, there’s by no means been a
extra pressing want for impartial, clear and vigilant native
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Since our founding practically 15 years in the past, you’ve got come to depend on our reporting. A number of Southern Arizonans have. No
one covers native politics, public coverage and border and immigration
points with the identical ability, integrity and understanding as we do.
Native
nonprofit impartial media retailers like ours face vital
challenges. We frankly wrestle with assets and will definitely use
one other couple of succesful reporters digging into what goes on on this
city. Tucson wants that.
It takes plenty of power and scrappiness to uphold the prime quality of our reporting.
And it takes cash. Our employees are gifted professionals, some with a long time of expertise
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To make issues work, we depend on donations from readers such as you.
A better Tucson is a greater Tucson
Preserving Tucson nicely knowledgeable is a vital issue within the total well-being of our group.
The Sentinel’s accountability journalism and celebration of Tucson’s distinctive tradition has gained respect
not simply regionally, however throughout the nation — that is why we’re among the many
leaders within the rising motion to rebuild native journalism from the
floor up (Dylan’s one of many founders of Native Unbiased On-line Information Publishers,
a nationwide academic nonprofit). The Sentinel was one of many very first native nonprofit information retailers in all the United States — we have pioneered the way forward for the information enterprise proper right here in Tucson, together with your assist!
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We depend on Tucsonans such as you
As we rejoice the vacation season, we’ve a lot to be grateful for —
together with the great outpouring of group assist for tenacious and significant watchdog journalism.
And whether or not you donate on #GivingTuesday #GivingNewsDay or anytime
throughout December, your present to assist native nonprofit information shall be
matched, dollar-for-dollar, by the particular NewsMatch program — and once more by our Group Problem Fund supporters.
And if you happen to’re already a WATCHDOG CLUB member, NewsMatch will nonetheless match any improve you make in your month-to-month present, or your complete one-time present, by way of December.
With the challenges we face as a
group, and the heated partisan rhetoric about which set of “info”
to consider, there’s by no means been a extra pressing want for impartial, clear and vigilant native reporting.
And sadly, chain media retailers run by corporations headquartered 1000’s
of miles away have demonstrated that they are not going to speculate extra
in our city. They’re simply going to proceed to chop.
You could not know that there are a whole bunch of journalists who’re now not reporting, excellent right here in Tucson,
in comparison with simply greater than a decade in the past. There are solely about half as
many newspaper journalists on this nation than a decade in the past. Layoffs
and shutdowns at chain newspapers and TV stations imply there are a lot of
fewer watchdogs searching for us than a decade in the past. Throughout the
nation, there are tens of 1000’s of reporters who’ve been laid off —
many simply this previous yr alone. Whilst our group is rising, our press
is shrinking dramatically.
That is why it is much more essential to have journalism right here that is invested within the success and way forward for this group.
I
know an knowledgeable group is essential to you, and that you just perceive
the results when watchdogs lose their enamel and are muzzled. We
cannot make sensible choices as a group with out having stable, related
info. That requires a wholesome press — and that requires readers
who acknowledge the worth we ship in making everybody on this city a
little bit smarter.
We’re dedicated to creating high quality information accessible; we’ll by no means arrange a paywall or cost for our web site. However we depend on your assist to convey you, your neighbors and everybody else in Southern Arizona impartial information with out the spin.
Thanks for studying, and on your assist of high quality, nonprofit, nonpartisan native reporting.
cheers,
Dylan Smith & Maria Coxon-Smith
Editor & Writer | Co-Writer
TucsonSentinel.com
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P.S.
Journalism
is an important public service in a democracy. Investigative reporting
uncovers injustice, exposes corruption and holds officers accountable.
Group reporting celebrates the distinctive nature of Tucson’s folks,
reflecting our sense of place by way of a figuring out lens.
We intention to
present each: to level out the issues all of us love about Southern
Arizona, and level to doable options for what wants altering. We
consider that simply as an unexamined life just isn’t value residing, an
unexamined metropolis just isn’t value residing in. A better Tucson is a greater Tucson.
However insightful reporting does not come free. Make your present in the present day — it’s possible you’ll make a one-time contribution, or join a month-to-month subscription that helps nonpartisan reporting year-round.
Only one thing more:
Do
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telling your family and friends about us, and why you consider actually
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