Grounds for Support: Is the Reader Worth a Latte?

If every Reader pledges just $5 a month--the cost of a latte-- we'll reach our 2026 goals.

Is the Cloudcroft Reader worth a cup of coffee?

Dear Reader,

Strong communities start with strong local news. Help us strengthen this service.

Here’s the deal: if every email subscriber pledged just $5 a month—the price of a coffee—we could reach our bottom line and keep the Cloudcroft Reader sustainable.

Five dollars. That’s enough to keep quality local news coming to your inbox. A ‘latte’ of it.

The Reader is part of a NewsMatch grant that ends on December 31. Every dollar you give this month will have double the impact.

We pledge to keep the news free for everyone to read—but it’s not free to create. We’ve never put up a paywall because everyone deserves access to local news. But we’re asking those who can to step up and help sustain what we’ve built together.

If the Cloudcroft Reader has informed you or connected you to your community, will you pledge $5 a month?

Individual donors like you power Cloudcroft’s essential reporting. Thank you for reading—and for believing in our work.

With gratitude,

Chris Hearne and Hannah Dean

The Cloudcroft Reader Team

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Thanks for helping us reach our bottom line.

All joking aside, thank you to the underwriters like you who fund local news.