June 17, 2020 Issue, Page 9 of 9

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OUrT URI Page 3 The Elk Ci News, Elk Ci , Oklahoma Wednesday, June 17, 2020 LOGAL NEWS SUBSCRIBE. DONATE. ADVERTISE. During times of crisis, crucial information about your community Access to high quality information is essential. Especially local information. And especially now. What's happening comes from local reporters. But due to COVID-19, most local news publications are losing money, fast. Advertising has plummeted during the information they need to stay informed. That's why the Local Media Association and the Local Media Consortium are Please consider supporting the local news organizations you rely on. Subscribe to them. Donate to in our communities? What's the crisis and readers aren't subscribing working with local news providers to them. And if you have a business impact? How are our local leaders fast enough to fill the void. This has build a strong future for local journalism. that's able to, advertise with them. responding? For answers to these led to thousands of local reporters And that's why our long-time partner Your support is critical to sustaining questions, we rely on the hard work being laid off. Just as our society faces Google is purchasing ads like this in the dedicated journalists serving of our local reporters. As a result, numerous, urgent challenges. local publications across the country, as your communities. readership of local news outlets has well as providing a Relief Fund to help reached record highs. Millions of people are in danger of struggling local news outlets. But those Our local news outlets help keep us losing access to the authoritative local actions alone aren't enough. safer. Let's help keep them open. This message supported by local media consortium Media association Googl SupportLocalNewsNow.com