Dear reader,
Yesterday we were informed that VTDigger has qualified for a bonus match from NewsMatch, a national fundraising campaign for local news organizations. If we can raise $5,000 today, we will unlock this match and that $5,000 will become $10,000. Will you help us double your donation?
Time is of the essence.
When local news organizations get hollowed out or disappear entirely, communities become more divided along partisan lines, have less competitive local elections and experience more financial waste and corruption. By investing in local journalism, VTDigger relentlessly protects Vermont’s democracy and serves the public interest. But we need your help to do this job.
Please consider donating today and helping us double the impact of your support. Your gift in any amount will count towards the match challenge, send 5 meals to the Vermont Foodbank and you’ll be entered into our winter member raffle.
In the age of AI and aggregation, there is still no replacement for a reporter picking up the phone or getting in the car. VTDigger does that work every single day and makes our stories freely accessible to all, including to more than a dozen community newspapers. But it does take resources to produce.
Thank you for helping sustain this public service for Vermont.
With gratitude,
Paul Heintz
Editor-in-Chief
