The support from the people of Salem for the work of Salem Reporter is amazing.
Subscriptions, vital to our local operation, are soaring.
Contributions to our Local News Fund to help get us through this economic strain continue to flow.
Thanks to each and every one of you.
I hope you have found us faithful to our promise to the community to keep at it with reporters and now photographers covering every aspect. We have not cut staff. We have not cut pay. We have not cut the amount of news you get about Salem. Indeed, you’re getting more than ever from us.
You are our partners in this time of crisis. And if you have been hesitant to subscribe or donate, consider what your fellow Salemites have said as they donated to our Local News Fund:
Your reporting is essential to keeping Salem citizens informed about the local issues that really matter. Keep it up!
Thank you for keeping us informed!!
During a crisis, it is even more important that citizens get a clear, concise and truthful picture of what is going on close to home and the world. The Salem Reporter rocks!!
Thanks, all of you, for your in-depth coverage of local issues that matter.
We love your reporting and count on it now more than ever. Keep up the good work.
I want to thank you so much for the local focus that you have provided and hope that you will be able to continue long after the current crisis has been resolved.
Keep up your great work. Appreciate not only Salem Reporter’s reporting via stories but also visuals by Ron Cooper and other photographers.
Keep up the good work! We need you!
Appreciate the level-headed, local, no-nonsense reporting.
Salem desperately needs solid, informative, fearless coverage of local news. Thank You.
I believe in the importance of local, boots-on-the-ground, media. A critical leg in a true democracy. Keep on rocking!
Trust me. Such comments make us work even harder because we know you are counting us on to deliver the accurate news, without bias, without sensationalism. We’re not only reporting on the essential news about schools, the local economy, and health care. We’re documenting how life is now in Salem, including the selfless acts of those trying to make matters a little better.
So, I again ask you to help us if you have the means and the interest.
SUBSCRIBE. Get around-the-clock access to our stories and email alerts and digests.
DONATE. This is tax deductible. Every dollar goes to one purpose: Pursuing the facts.
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From the entire team at Salem Reporter, I thank you for spending a few moments to consider our request. We wouldn’t ask if we didn’t need to.
Les Zaitz, editor, Salem Reporter
READERS FUNDED WORK LIKE THIS BY SALEM REPORTER PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Flowers, masks and health warnings were just part of the scene April 4 at Salem’s Saturday Market. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Noble Wave general manager Jon Hausler brings out a pick-up order for customer Brandon Peterson, of Salem, in downtown Salem on Thursday, April 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Cherriots employee Ryan Miller marks down tape a six feet intervals where stickers will be placed to allow for line formation unders social distancing at the Downtown Transit Center on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Daniel Phillips showing his support for staff at Salem Hospital on April 7, 2020 (Diane Beals/Salem Reporter)
William Salinas sits on a picnic table in front of other stacked picnic tables at Wallace Marine Park on Monday, April 6. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
