Over the past several weeks, a number of you have asked about being able to donate to Heat City. Well, today you get your wish. (Happy holidays and thanks in advance.)
Over the past several weeks, a number of you have asked about being able to donate to Heat City. Well, today you get your wish. (Happy holidays and thanks in advance.)It has been almost a year since this website was launched. In that time, readers have given generously to help pay for the cost of the original reporting. Quality journalism costs money, and in 2009, a few dozen readers have given an average of about $20 each to allow that to continue.
The year has been a pretty good one, too. Your generosity helped Heat City cover the gavel-to-gavel in the trials of Serial Shooter Dale Hausner and his accomplice, Sam Dieteman. You helped reveal a criminal investigation into Gilbert’s then-Mayor Steve Berman. You helped break news that two white supremacists had been arrested on suspicion of bombing Scottsdale government offices in 2004. You helped Heat City be the first to report that a California company wanted to close the Pulitzer Prize-winning East Valley Tribune, and then later that the same company had been giving its executives millions of dollars in bonuses in the process. And you helped me cover ongoing legal problems that some believe threaten the basic rule of law in Maricopa County.
Heat City doesn’t ask for much. The site doesn’t make a profit. But I like to cover the costs of reporting on these important issues. Please consider giving as little as $1 to help pay for public records, basic travel and other expenses. To donate, click the “Give Now” button in this post above or the one in the right-hand column of every page on the site. (You may need to have Flash installed to see it.) It won’t stay up forever.
Starting in January, the site enters its second year. I hope it’s as good as the first. Thank you for being there along way.