“Journalism is important and not profitable”

Dear Friend,

You rely on and value quality local journalism, like Callie Ferguson’s recent scoop on a Bangor restaurant being cited for more than 1,700 labor law violations, Bill Trotter’s surprising exploration of how Bucksport has avoided the fate of many former mill towns, and Zara Norman’s persistence in covering Maine’s statewide housing affordability crisis, most recently by exploring how places like Stonington, Bangor and Old Orchard Beach are looking to mobile home parks to make housing more affordable.
We prioritize keeping our subscription prices affordable, and a few times a year ask for those who have the ability to do so to support our local journalism mission. When Steve, a subscriber in Little Falls, NJ donated last week, he said he wanted to do what he could because “journalism is important and not profitable."

Will you consider a year-end gift to help us inch closer to our campaign goal of $100,000 to support reporting costs in 2025?
When you support the BDN, you help keep people in Maine communities informed, fight misinformation, and improve the quality of civic life. If you are able to contribute toward our mission, we need your support today.

Donations from supporters are becoming an increasingly important part of how we can afford for BDN journalists to have the resources they need to conduct investigative, feature and beat reporting, and bring you stories that celebrate our common human experience.

All contributions from BDN readers go into a fund for Bangor Daily News journalism managed by EMDC that helps to cover the costs of reporting, such as journalist salaries, document request fees and travel costs to report stories.

We appreciate you!

Jo Easton
Director of Development, Bangor Daily News