Last month, we won a Pulitzer Prize for our compassionate coverage of a deadly school shooting. Today, we helped our friends pack up their desks as the Minnesota Star Tribune lays off 15% of its staff. We’ve launched a fundraiser to help our colleagues figure out what’s next:

Minnesota journalists reported on the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign with compassion for our neighbors and a dogged determination to expose the truth. Many of the editors who made that work possible are now losing their jobs. Please consider donating to support them.

Editors, fact-checkers, designers and news assistants at the Minnesota Star Tribune are losing their jobs today. Anything you can donate to help our laid-off journalists is greatly appreciated. Can’t donate? Share this post to boost our efforts.

Union journalists at the Minnesota Star Tribune are losing their jobs. Donate to our layoff fund to help them navigate what comes next. Can’t afford to donate? Share this post to boost our fundraiser.

Star Tribune Guild members wore our union merch to work today after management's announcement of 15% layoffs across the company, including within the newsroom.

Statement from the Star Tribune Guild in response to management’s plans to lay off 15% of staff, including union members in the newsroom: