What missing our fundraising goal means - to you.

Mary Bruno

Mary Bruno Jul 4, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>What missing our fundraising goal means - to you.</h1>
                <h2><p>Each month, some 150,000 of you read Crosscut. More than 5,000 of you get our eNewsletters. We counted on you, our readers, to support the production of all those in-depth articles and analysis on the issues that affect our region. We need you now.

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               <p>By <a href="/author/mary-bruno-crosscut-com/">Mary Bruno</a></p> 
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/newsletter-thermometer1.png" class="kg-image" alt="Newsletter Thermometer(1)" loading="lazy" width="300" height="150"></figure><p>Each month, some 150,000 of you read Crosscut. More than 5,000 of you get our eNewsletters. We counted on you, our readers, to <a href="https://co.clickandpledge.com/?wid=91519&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">support</a> the production of all those in-depth articles and analysis on the issues that affect our region. We need you now.</p><p>Many of you have contributed — mightily — during the past two weeks, but our shortened (two-week) member drive fell short of its goal. We pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of our current coverage, and the only way we can keep delivering it is with your support. So please . . .</p><p>If every single Crosscut reader gave just $4, if every single eNewsletter subscriber <a href="https://co.clickandpledge.com/?wid=91519&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">gave just $120</a>, we could fund our entire not-for-profit for a whole year. Will you <a href="https://co.clickandpledge.com/?wid=91519&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">make a gift today</a> to support quality, independent, in-depth news?</p>
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Each month, some 150,000 of you read Crosscut. More than 5,000 of you get our eNewsletters. We counted on you, our readers, to support the production of all those in-depth articles and analysis on the issues that affect our region. We need you now.

Many of you have contributed — mightily — during the past two weeks, but our shortened (two-week) member drive fell short of its goal. We pride ourselves on the depth and breadth of our current coverage, and the only way we can keep delivering it is with your support. So please . . .

If every single Crosscut reader gave just $4, if every single eNewsletter subscriber gave just $120, we could fund our entire not-for-profit for a whole year. Will you make a gift today to support quality, independent, in-depth news?

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By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,