"In an industry and an era where click-bait and sensationalism are often seen as the only way to engage with readers, you let us do something different: just inform you.”

Read engagement editor @ImogenChampagne's final newsletter to members: mailchi.mp/thecorresponde… "It's been an incredible privilege to wake up every morning, read in-depth, foundational, hopeful journalism, and then share it with you.

Unfortunately for me, that ends today. But for you, it doesn't have to."

🧵 Keep following your correspondents in the thread below: 👇

Today is the last day of publishing at The Correspondent. Thank you to all our members who made our journalism possible 🙏.

Before we go – here are our best stories from our year-and-a-bit of making journalism with you, and for you:
thecorrespondent.com/846/the-best-o… Here's how you can follow our team in their next adventure:

Othering correspondent @OhTimehin will continue writing her newsletter on power, belonging, and freedom.Subscribe to Power at the Margins here:

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ohtimehin.substack.com/p/coming-soon

"Some might say @The_Corres has failed, but I beg to differ. Because something that taught us so many lessons, foregrounded such a diverse range of voices, and resulted in friends for life can't be a failure, really."

Founder @robwijnberg's final message:
mailchi.mp/thecorresponde… "If you want some amazing people to follow (or if you have a job to offer and looking for some uniquely talented candidates): here are the heartwarming mission statements of our amazing The Correspondent team members. Well worth (re-)reading."
thecorrespondent.com/collection/mis…

"Copy editors make stories as readable and accurate as possible. We also always have an effortlessly fabulous sense of style. (Note: the odd factual error may have crept in to this particular piece of writing)."

@Shaunomaoil's final words at @The_Corres
mailchi.mp/thecorresponde… Here are the three top stories according to the copy editor:

1. "This powerful essay by @LynnBerger1984 is a timely reminder of how much we sacrifice in the punishing pressure to contribute to that economy."
thecorrespondent.com/297/how-we-tur…

🦠🧼 CORONAVIRUS THREAD🧼🦠

Here, we'll be collecting our journalism + recommended readings on #Covid19 in the one place so that you can read it, share it, and arm yourself with the most important context around the #coronavirus over the coming time. 1/
thecorrespondent.com/354/coronaviru… The coronavirus has grown into a pandemic with far-reaching and long-lasting consequences.

As an #unbreakingnews platform, what we can do best is to help you understand developments by providing context for the news in a carefully considered, factual and constructive way.

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THREAD🌿🦑🌾🦟

Along with the #ClimateCrisis, biodiversity loss is the most pressing problem we face today. But it’s hard to understand what this even means.

So here’s a crash-course by @tamarstelling!

This is what the Earth’s living layer actually consists of 1/: Last May, the @IPBES – like, the United Nations for biodiversity and ecosystems – stated: " a million species are threatened with extinction".

Crap! 💩 But… what is a species? How many do we have and how many have we lost? And how did we not notice this happening?! 2/

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Today's story of the day by Climate correspondent @EricHolthaus could become our collective story of the decade – if we decide here and now that we want it to be.

In 2030 we ended the climate emergency. Here's how: +

thecorrespondent.com/214/in-2030-we… Storytelling has the power to change the course of history. If there's one story that desperately needs a new ending, it's the #climateemergency.

Last year @EricHolthaus asked:

"What absolutely must change in the next 10 years?"

Here's your vision:

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https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1207416331743698944

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