Right now, you have a unique chance to support something that directly impacts Murray, KY - your local news source.
We have launched our $25k for ’25 Campaign. The goal is to raise $25,000 by the end of the year to ensure The Sentinel can continue to bring you award-winning local news that matters throughout 2025 and keep you informed for years to come.
The timing is critical, not just to keep The Sentinel operations running but because we have secured $15,000 in matching funds. There's one catch - we can only access the matching funds for a short time.
Through our partnership with NewsMatch, your donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar (up to $1,000/donor*), doubling the impact of your generosity! Even recurring donations will be matched at their 12-month value!
Like you, NewsMatch sees value in nonprofit news outlets like The Sentinel. You may not know this, but the traditional local news ecosystem is extraordinarily challenged. Two newspapers close each week and the number of counties without a single news source continues to grow.
Your gift will help fund:
- Local investigative reporting that holds our community accountable.
- Voices from all corners of Murray, ensuring diverse perspectives are heard.
- Free access to quality news for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
In a time when local journalism is more crucial than ever, your support ensures we can continue telling the stories that matter most to you and your neighbors. Every dollar counts, and with NewsMatch, your donation goes twice as far.
Suggested Giving Levels:
- $50 – Supports the production of a local news story.
- $100 – Helps fund investigative reporting that keeps us all informed.
- $250 – Enables us to keep our content free and accessible for everyone in the community.
Please consider making a gift today to help us reach our goal, and let's keep telling the stories that matter together!
Thank you for your continued support!
*Donations from most businesses are not eligible for NewsMatch. If you’d like to donate on behalf of a business, email Jessica at jpaine@themurraysentinel.org.
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We are committed to transparency in every aspect of funding our organization and subscribe to the standards of editorial independence adopted by the Institute for Nonprofit News.
Our news judgments are made independently – not based on or influenced by donors or any other revenue source. We will not accept funding from any source whom our Board of Directors deems to present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our editorial independence. Read the full Editorial Independence Policy here.
We publicly disclose all sources of revenue, including charitable donations, contributing $5,000 or more per year. We are committed to restricting anonymous donations to less than 15% of our revenue. Read the full Donor Transparency Policy here.
The goals of these guidelines are to ensure that our journalism remains editorially independent and that the public can trust the news we produce, knowing the Sentinel is not dependent on or shaped by high levels of anonymous funding.