Talking Points Memo

This week — as ICE continues arresting Democrats, Trump and his inexperienced band of minions contemplate joining Israel's war on Iran, and Senate Republicans scheme up ways to gut Medicaid — TPM welcomed another editor and another reporter to its ranks. 
 

We will need them.

Our executive editor wrote about the recent hires, editor Allegra Kirkland and reporter Layla A. Jones, earlier this month. I encourage you to check out John's post. But I'd like to draw your attention to a couple more meta points. 
 

First, TPM is a news organization that is hiring as many are downsizing or closing altogether. While we at TPM are proud of sustainability, we don't think of our industry as a zero-sum game with winners and losers. We'd prefer there to be many more organizations doing journalism, at all levels. 
 

Second, we're able to add journalists because of reader support. We now have over 35,000 members. The more members we have, the more journalists we can add. It's a very simple calculation. We are a lean business without a lot of overheard. It makes our investment decisions pretty straightforward. This is why we're open about our finances. Transparency is one of our strengths, both editorially and business-wise.
 

Supporting TPM means supporting journalism and journalists. We hope you'll consider joining our ranks as well.