Help us celebrate five years of Watershed Voice this month
Please consider starting a monthly donation of $5 or more as we celebrate our fifth anniversary. And if you get a chance, join our staff and board of directors at Useless Creatures this Saturday, April 5 from 4-6 p.m. in downtown Three Rivers to commemorate this important milestone.
Watershed Voice is celebrating five years of community supported, solutions oriented journalism this month. Since launching on April 8, 2020, Watershed has been nominated for three nationals awards, winning two in 2022, has published over 3,000 articles, and provided a reliable source of local news to residents of St. Joseph, Cass, and Kalamazoo counties.
Last year we removed our paywall in an effort to make the news accessible to everyone, no longer requiring a subscription to access our work. While we no longer require a contribution from our readers, the work we do is valuable, and costs money to produce.
So if you appreciate our efforts, please consider starting a monthly donation of $5 or more as we celebrate our fifth anniversary. And if you get a chance, join our staff and board of directors at Useless Creatures this Saturday, April 5 from 4-6 p.m. in downtown Three Rivers to commemorate this important milestone.
Alek Haak-Frost is executive editor and publisher of Watershed Voice.
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