WHAV’s Most Important Drive for Local News Starts Today

How to keep local communities informed has become one of the greatest challenges of our times as newsrooms continue to close or shrink nationwide.

The formula showing the most promise nationally is nonprofit-owned media, such as WHAV. WHAV—on-air, online, in the daily Wavelengths eNewspaper, everywhere—delivers more local news, more news that matters and more often to the largest local audience ever assembled.

This year, for the first time, WHAV is receiving help from NewsMatch, the largest grassroots fundraising campaign to support nonprofit news in the U.S., and benefitting members of the Institute for Nonprofit News. The only way to ensure WHAV’s sustainability is to broaden its base of support.

Any contribution you make, up to $1,000, from Nov. 1 until Dec. 31, will be doubled. With the support of listeners and readers like you, WHAV hopes to earn $30,000 throughout the NewsMatch campaign, enabling continuing and expanded delivery of local news.

New recurring monthly donations receive are matched 12x up to the same amount. If you’re an existing WHAV monthly donor, any extra you give will also be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000.

Why is this important?

Research confirms when local news goes away, so does a community’s soul. Fewer people vote in elections, fewer candidates run for office, corruption increases, misinformation is amplified, among other ill effects.

Since 2017, NewsMatch has helped raise $330 million to jumpstart emerging newsrooms and support independent media outlets that produce fact-based, nonpartisan news and information.

NewsMatch is possible by generous donors to the Fund for Nonprofit News including Democracy Fund, Heising-Simons Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, Independence Public Media Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Joyce Foundation, Kaphan Foundation, Loud Hound, Maida Lynn, Present Progressive Fund at Schwab Charitable, Vere Initiatives, Walton Family Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation, along with supporting partners across the U.S.

Support Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service with your donation or new recurring subscription.

Public Media of New England, Inc. d/b/a WHAV is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) educational organization.

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