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Natalie Delgadillo, Christina Sturdivant Sani and Martin Austermuhle deliver remarks at Friday's happy hour and launch of this fundraising campaign (Henry Kan)

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Help us hire Martin Austermuhle!

The 51st is growing — but we can’t do it without you.

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We would never waste $50 million on a wedding

Here's what we could do with 2% of Bezos’ wedding budget.

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We received our 501c3 Status!

A welcome piece of good news and an important time to support our work

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Tooting our own horn

You've helped us do a lot in less than a year. Here's how we can do even more.

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Building the 51st: A note from Martin

Sometimes reporting can feel like nailing Jell-o to a wall.

Community Connections

An update from our Ward 7 Community Connector

While we have a snapshot of what residents want from local news, we have so much more to learn.

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Your support helps The 51st show up for federal workers

...and the city. It's going to take everyone doing what they can.

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It's been one year since DCist was shut down

Here's what we've grown thanks to you, and what's needed to keep going.

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Local News Shouldn’t Rely on Algorithms—That’s Where You Come In

The 51st is powered by community in all sorts of ways.

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Two days in and some things we know for sure

I can’t shake the image of the president being sworn in, flanked by some of the richest men in the world. The tech billionaires surrounding Donald Trump on Monday have all had a hand – some more than others – in degrading the local and national media landscape, resulting in fewer

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3 Months, 81,000 Readers and 60 Stories. Here's What's Next.

We're only 68 members away from our goal of 2000 needed by 2025!

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A New Chapter, Two Decades in the Making

Back in 2005, only a few years into what I assumed would be a brief residence in D.C., I started writing for what was then a small blog. DCist had no full-time or paid writers; we all did it as a labor of love when our day jobs were