| | | | A word from our editor-in-chief... | | | | | | Three and a half years ago, when I took over as editor-in-chief, we were faced with the urgent challenge of how to make the Guardian sustainable.
The situation looked bleak across the media. News organisations everywhere were searching for answers to the challenge that they were being read more than ever before, but with fewer ways to cover costs. Month by month, more and more news outlets went behind a paywall.
When we asked for your support, we weren’t sure whether it would work, but you, our readers listened and responded. It was inspiring how many of you from more than 180 countries wanted to play a role in supporting the Guardian financially.
This support has meant so much, and helps protect our editorial independence, allowing our journalists the freedom to report and investigate important stories of our time, including exposing the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the unfolding climate crisis from the threat to public lands in the US to the drought in Australia and to fight for justice for the Windrush generation.
To be able to announce today that we have received financial support from more than one million readers around the world in the last three years is such a significant step. This means that the Guardian is on a path to being sustainable. But we still have a long way to go - we need more of our readers to take that step if they can. We continue to face financial challenges, but we are determined to find new ways to make meaningful journalism thrive - and with your help it will.
We are living in dangerous times when dark ideologies flourish, and it’s no surprise that people feel anxious and confused. I know it can sometimes be tempting to turn away from news coverage. But I'm sure you feel, as I do, that we have to understand the world if we're going to have a chance of making it better for everyone.
That is what Guardian journalism is trying to do: to give you the facts so that, through clarity, we can make sense of what is happening; and to inspire you, through ideas and imagination, to find an alternative. Thank you to those who have supported us financially so far. We hope that today many more of you will consider offering us your support with a contribution or a subscription.
Together, through clarity and imagination, we can make space for hope.
Katharine Viner,
Editor-in-chief | | | | |
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