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Please Support EHRP Today.

Illustration by Stacy Innerst/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dear Friend,
These are extreme times, so extreme that when we write about them we can feel as if we have reached the limits of journalism. But at EHRP we specialize in telling stories that cut through so-called compassion fatigue. We do so by supporting unexpected genres of nonfiction and also by discovering independent journalists who have themselves experienced financial struggle.
For instance, one of our most successful pieces in 2019 came about when we sent a local poet and photographer to document daily life in one of West Virginia’s poorest counties. The result appeared in The Guardian and Poetry magazine and then was covered in The New York Times and Poets & Writers. We also commissioned several illustrators to represent contemporary American struggle; The above is an example. New partnerships with TV affiliates formed in 2019 will get EHRP stories on the small screen in 2020. Finally, we supported nonfiction authors and memoirists writing about economic struggle, a new initiative that Publishers Weekly has just highlighted. So far, EHRP-funded stories have spawned at least 14 acclaimed titles, including several best sellers.
As always, we also nurtured and edited journalists who have experienced today’s extreme news firsthand, like Karie Fugett, the widow of a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, or the formerly homeless reporter Lori Yearwood. We also placed articles and photo essays in major outlets like Teen Vogue, The Washington Post and CNBC.com, totaling more than 200 stories this year, up from 132 in 2018. As always, our contributors also received awards for their work this year.
Throughout, our contributors, funders and readers have enabled us to offer this support and to present the truth in ever-more inventive ways. If you haven’t made a tax-deductible donation to us, please consider doing so today.

And onward, to a hopefully better new year!
All the best,
Alissa and David
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