The last few days have been seismic and historic for Britain, the greatest political crisis since the second world war with reverberations felt around the world. We’ve been working non-stop to try to make sure that the journalism you find in the Guardian and the Observer properly reflects these extraordinary and complicated times.
Whichever side of the Brexit debate you were on, we are entering a period of great political and economic uncertainty, and the Guardian’s role in producing fast, well-sourced, calm, accessible and intelligent journalism is more important than ever.
Which is why I want to ask you, our readers, to help fund that journalism – through a monthly payment – so we can continue interrogating exactly what has happened, and why, and what needs to happen next.
I want to make sure that the Guardian’s excellent journalists – from our political team and other reporters to Europe experts, opinion editors, commentators, leader writers, news editors, picture editors, subeditors, audience, video and visuals staff – along with our support and technology teams, continue to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, across the world, to provide the answers that people desperately need at this time of anxiety and confusion.
Readers are turning to the Guardian in greater numbers than ever before. On Friday alone, more than 17 million people visited the Guardian’s website for our coverage of the referendum, viewing 77m pages, and smashing all records. Readers posted 131,000 comments – double the usual number. In the UK on Saturday, we sold more than 70,000 additional copies of the newspaper compared with usual sales, and we’re hugely grateful to our print readers and subscribers for their ongoing support.
The Guardian – like the rest of the media – is operating in an incredibly challenging commercial environment. Producing in-depth, thoughtful, well-reported journalism is difficult and expensive. But supporting us isn’t. You can do so through a monthly contribution. If everyone chipped in, our future would be more secure.
These are perilous times for progressive politics – and at moments like these the world needs the Guardian more than ever.
Thank you.
Katharine Viner
Editor-in-chief
Guardian News and Media
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