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Inkstick Readers,
Patrick Strickland here, reaching out again from Inkstick. It’s Black Friday, and I’m writing to send our best wishes to all our readers. We hope you all have a restful and recuperative few days off work during this holiday period. We are beyond grateful to everyone that reads and shares the journalism we put out into the world.
Speaking of the holidays, this is supposed to be the season for giving [ [link removed] ], is it not? The end of the year is coming fast, and that means that the end of the annual NewsMatch fundraising campaign will be done before we know it. So, if you haven’t donated [ [link removed] ] to Inkstick’s nonprofit newsroom already, now would be a great time.
We’re counting on you, our readers, to help support [ [link removed] ] our work. Like every nonprofit outlet, we are feeling the pinch as the economy worsens and bad actors pile the pressure on journalists everywhere. Funding for nonprofit journalism is shrinking by the day, and your support matters now more than ever.
NewsMatch is a special time of the year for us. The fundraising campaign is indispensable for outlets like ours. It actually matches your donations [ [link removed] ], meaning Inkstick gets double what you donate without you having to pay anything else. That means if you send $150 today, NewsMatch will pitch in another $150 — and $300 will go directly toward our investigative journalism and long-form reporting.
Last year, Inkstick was lucky enough to raise $6,000 during our NewsMatch campaign. But funders are tightening their purse strings, and we need to reach $15,000 [ [link removed] ] this year to make up for it.
This year alone, Inkstick has published investigations into the increasingly worrying role of [ [link removed] ]artificial intelligence [ [link removed] ] in immigration enforcement; the human toll inside the military as the Trump administration ratchets up a [ [link removed] ]campaign of dehumanization [ [link removed] ]; and the fallout of relentless war and conflict in some of the hardest-hit places on Earth: [ [link removed] ]Gaza [ [link removed] ], [ [link removed] ]Sudan [ [link removed] ], and [ [link removed] ]Lebanon [ [link removed] ], to name just a few.
I have been working in journalism for a long time now, and believe me: I wouldn’t have joined Inkstick two years ago if I didn’t believe in its editorial mandate. That mandate is to tell the stories of the people — everyday folks like you and me — whose experiences deserve to not be forgotten. Every time you open an Inkstick story, you will find those people, no matter what the article is about: war, authoritarianism, the military industrial complex, or humanitarian crises. Why? Because we are committed to journalism from the ground up.
Work like this matters, and when I tell you we don’t do it for the money, I mean it. Just take a quick look around [ [link removed] ]Inkstick’s site [ [link removed] ] — nothing is behind a paywall. Not one article. Not a single newsletter. After all, we believe in an informed public.
But we still need your help. This Black Friday, will you support [ [link removed] ] our nonprofit journalism?
With Gratitude,
Patrick Strickland, managing editor
Inkstick relies on donations, and fundraisers like this one, to exist. We appreciate your patience with extra emails during these times. If you’d rather not hear so much from us, you can opt out of our end-of-year campaign by clicking here [ [link removed] ] and adjusting your Substack preferences. Thanks for being in Inkstick’s community.

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