What kinds of non-political solicitations do you respond to?

[LAS14]

I just gave $5 to The Guardian in response to a popup when I finished reading a story. It's the 3rd time. I never click on a Washington Post link because they won't let me read without giving. We subscribe to the NYT, so I don't know if I'd otherwise get charged. Do they have a paywall? I'm concerned for the health and survival of newspapers. What kind of solicitations work for you?

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[soothsayer]

1. Nyt has a paywall but offers free COVID-19 stories

[LAS14]

2. Oops! That was a thinko. It now says "paywall." :-)

[Mike 03]

3. Mostly animal and environmental causes

also a local food bank and a Zen monastery.

I do subscribe to the NYT. The Guardian is exceptional, and I probably should donate to them too. (and the Washington Post, for that matter).

You are so right that without our news organizations we would be in an even more severe calamity.

[Sherman A1]

4. None

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. I give directly to people who need it, or from whose labor I've learned something.

[brooklynite]

6. "I never click on a Washington Post link because they won't let me read without giving."

Why can't the reporters and editor just work for FREE?

nb - I pay for subscriptions to the New York Times, New York Daily News, Washington Post and the Guardian.

[smirkymonkey]

9. I pay for the Washington Post, The Boston Globe a few content websites

like Aeon and Medium, and make contributions to the Guardian.

[crickets]

7. WaPo is still providing some Coronavirus coverage for free.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/03/coronavirus-update-us/

I get your frustration about the number of links to WaPo that are behind a paywall. I finally just subscribed and have found it worth it. It would be way too much to subscribe to all of them, so I just picked one and it's the one I ended up with. I kinda feel the same way about NYT as you do about WaPo.

Non political stuff: I give a little bit every year to Planned Parenthood, America's Second Harvest, Doctors Without Borders, and my local food bank. How much depends on how I'm doing that year, but I do send something. In general, solicitations don't work for me. I have to care enough to just do it.

eta - for example, I donated to Chef Andres' World Central Kitchen this year because he has been a hero doing such good work to feed people in need. I may try to figure out how to put him in the regular rotation. He's amazing.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I give to over 100 organizations. Mainly environmental and animals and

foreign refugees. Some that support women around the world and antipoverty groups. Lots to Doctors Without Borders and UNHCR.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Other than the papers and other online media I subscribe to, I also contribute

to the Boston Food Bank, Planned Parenthood & The American Red Cross.

[marie999]

11. Local DAV, local American Legion, local VFW, local Baptist Children's Home. n/t