Earlier this month, we approached you, our readers, and rattled the tin cup asking for financial support.
You came through with new monthly payments and with one-time checks.
Those often came with messages as appreciated as the money:
“Thank you for covering local news and events – you are doing a wonderful job.”
“We appreciate your timeliness and thoroughness.”
“Keep up the good work! More important than ever.”
“My favorite news source.”
“We sincerely appreciate reading BG Independent News, and we’ll continue to support you (our apologies for not doing so sooner.)”
Whether a new supporter or one of those who has been contributing since we launched this effort. Whether you are neighbors who rely on us for hometown news or old friends who have moved away and use BG Independent to keep in touch with a former hometown. We deeply appreciate your help.
The revenue we generated in the past month will help us not only in maintaining BG Independent but will help us to achieve long-term sustainability.
Make no mistake, this is just a start. As we noted we have not been very good about asking for help – but we remain committed to covering the community without putting up a paywall for readers. Your continued support will be essential to our sustainability.
Having started in January 2016 on a shoestring, we now feel confident with proper planning, judicious changes, and continued support, we can continue to serve our community. You keep reading. We’ll keep writing.
David Dupont, Jan McLaughlin, and the BG Independent team
To support visit: http://bgindependentmedia.org/support/
