By KIT SLACK
In an age of misinformation, polarization and digital distraction, your monthly newspaper,The Laurel Independent, brings you news you can trust about what’s happening in your city.
Please give today to keep the hyperlocal news coming.
Now and through the end of the year, your single gift or new monthly contribution will be matched, up to $1,000, by NewsMatch, a collaborative fundraising movement to support independent, public service journalism.
Donate at streetcarsuburbs.news/donate, or send a check made out to Streetcar Suburbs Publishing to P.O. Box 132, Hyattsville, MD 20781.
We also welcome editorials on topics of local interest, your tips, volunteer reporting and feedback.
Before I was on staff, I assumed that if I wanted to find hard news about local government, there were larger news organizations with full-time reporters providing it. Turns out there aren’t. To give the county context on a city issue, we have to do original reporting and research.
The Washington Post closed its local paper, the Prince George’s Gazette, in 2015, and only sporadically covers our area. Other historical county outlets have dwindled into online aggregators.
When we surveyed our readers in September, we learned you want more from us — more in-depth city reporting, more county news and more curated listings of local events. We want to bring you all of that in 2025: What we can do will depend, as it always has, on the generosity of our community.
Please join the community of donors whose support connects and informs Laurel residents.
Thank you!
Kit Slack is the executive director of Streetcar Suburbs Publishing, which publishes the The Laurel Independent.