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Iâll miss you, but only for a bit. [Mother Jones]( MoJo Reader, Theyâthey being my boss and our COO, [Jahna Berry](âsaid I shouldnât write this email. But you probably arenât surprised that MoJoâs staff, like our journalismâand Iâd bet many of you, our readersâdonât always let a âshouldnâtâ stop them from doing something that feels right. For 10 years now, Iâve been responsible for [bringing in the online donations]( that fuel our reportingâworking with the team to plan and execute our campaigns, working closely with Monika to connect with you all. Last Monday, we kicked off a short, two-week, campaign to [raise the $163,000 we need]( to stay at break-even as the month ends. Itâs crunch time, and the stakes feel higher than ever. I also had a doctorâs appointment that day. And how quickly things can change: Iâm typing this just a few hours before I officially begin a medical leave and will be prohibited from working until at least early October. Itâs nothing too major! A fixable eye issue that I can (kind of) work through for writing something like this, but not much else. And when Marla, our VP of culture and people, says shouldnât and canât, you damn well better listen. We knew this scenario was possible, but Iâm being sidelined quicker than I expected (or wanted). Iâm writing this note so that the team has an email to send out today as planned, and then then they take things over from here. If you respond and [donate](, like so many did to [my personal note]( when visiting my mom a few weeks ago, it would mean the world to meâand really help keep things chugging along. Connecting with people as people is a big part of our strategy. And a lot of making the case for [donations]( comes down to differentiating our work from others. You know the journalism is different. And you know that journalism faces some big challenges. What feels right to me, in this frankly uncomfortable moment before I go offline for a long while, is to make sure you also know how different and remarkable the people of Mother Jones are. Itâs actually something I told Monika I might write about eventually. I think it was during last spring and winterâs huge wave of news industry layoffs and closures, reading about the shitty ways a lot of media executives handle things. How so many Men with Grand Ideas in media whom she and Clara have encountered (and been told by other men with deep pockets to be more like) over the years seem to care about their egos and prestige a helluva lot more than the journalism or peopleâwhether staff or audience. There was a particular story we ended up not sharing far and wide that I recall saying, âYou canât write this one, Monika, but one day Iâm going to write about why being led by good people matters so much right now.â Reader, it does. Of course [your donations make our journalism possible](. Of course theyâre needed like never before given our budgets AND THE ELECTION that I hope to be back for. But whatâs on my mind right now more than anything else, is how [your support]( and our organizationâs future is stewarded by fierce, but deeply compassionate individuals who care so very much about two things: Not egos or prestige, but journalism and people. That counts for something. Because it informs everything. And as you decide which news organizations to hitch your wagon to this fall, I want you all to knowâbecause I sure as hell know it and appreciate it as I shut this laptop down. Take care, [donate often](, and know that Iâll be back soon. And Marla, I promise, no checking ANYTHING until you say Iâm good to go. Brian Hiatt Online Membership Director
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