Monika Bauerlein,
CEO
Dear MoJo Reader,
Have you been following the news less? A lot of people have, and that can be good, but it can also spell trouble for those of us in the news business. We're about to find out, because Mother Jones has a $350,000 fundraising goal right now. In "Slow News Is Good News," I try to reset after several chaotic years and make a longer-lasting case for why our nonprofit journalism matters. I hope you'll read it and that you'll pitch in if you can.
Have you been following the news less? A lot of people have, and that can be good and bad. It's unnerving, because Mother Jones has a $350,000 fundraising goal right now. In "Slow News Is Good News," we try to reset after several chaotic years and make a longer-lasting case for why our journalism matters. Please read it—and please pitch in!
The Holy Fire—which sounds a bit too much like punishment from God for my taste—is on the other side of the foothills from me, so I’m fine and nowhere near anyplace dangerous. However, here’s what the sky looked like around here at about 4 pm today.
(I don’t know how they name fires. The Holy Fire started in Holy Jim Canyon, but maybe fires are limited to single-word descriptors?)
