Support The Rambler
Pricing Intro
Welcome to The Roanoke Rambler! We're thrilled that you are considering a sustaining membership to our free weekly newsletter, which brings you exclusive stories, including coverage of local government and politics, the environment and racial justice, as well as original fiction and poetry. We're free to read — you can sign up here for our weekly newsletter — but supporting members make our work possible.
Pricing List
- MEMBER | $10 | https://buy.stripe.com/fZedSK7bBgThegU8wH | $100 | https://buy.stripe.com/28o3e60NdcD13Cg7sE
- PATRON | $20 | https://buy.stripe.com/28o3e61Rh7iHfkY14e | $200 | https://buy.stripe.com/14k2a2gMb46v7Sw4gp
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Benefits List
- Access to all content | 3
- Your name on our website | 2
- Sponsor one newsletter per year | 1
- Our gratitude | 3
Who are we?
We are a local and investigative news site and weekly newsletter serving the people of Roanoke and the region. We are independent and journalist-owned. To learn more about our vision, please visit our About us page.
How does my membership support The Roanoke Rambler?
We're free to read, but it's readers who value hyper-local and accountability journalism who make our work possible. Readers like you make up the bulk of our support! Your membership, which renews automatically monthly or annually, provides us with a reliable and predictable source of revenue.
At least 70 percent of our expenses go directly to employees or to pay our freelance journalists. The remaining 30 percent of our costs go to spreading the word about The Rambler through marketing, paying for public records requests, and paying for the technology that makes this website and newsletter possible.
Do you take checks?
Yep! Please send to The Roanoke Rambler, P.O. Box 323, Vinton, VA 24179
Can I do a one-time donation in addition to, or in lieu of, a membership?
You sure can! Every dollar counts and goes straight back into providing local journalism. You can donate through this portal. Donations accepted through this form are tax-deductible!
I want to give a gift membership!
Great! Thanks for the support. Please fill out this form, and you're all set!
Is my membership tax-deductible?
While supporting memberships are not tax-deductible, you can make tax-deductible donations to our local news fund, thanks to a fiscal sponsorship with Report for America (dba The GroundTruth Project — EIN: 46-0908502).
For more information about making large gifts, please contact Jeff Sturgeon at jeff@roanokerambler.com
Can my business sponsor or advertise in The Rambler?
You sure can. You can find more information about our advertising and sponsorship opportunities at this page.
Why are some stories behind a paywall?
From our launch in September 2021 through March 2023, all of our journalism required a subscription. So some of our archived stories may still be behind that paywall. Since March 2023, all our journalism has been freely accessible.
Who is giving you money?
We believe strongly that you should know how your journalism is being funded, and by whom. To that end, we publicly post the names and contribution ranges for memberships or gifts of $200 or more. We are grateful to all of our members for supporting local, independent journalism. For the sake of transparency, and to honor those who have joined The Rambler at the patron level and above, we publish their names. You can find our list of our current supporters at this link.
Where is your money going?
As a mark of transparency, from our founding in September 2021 through August 2024, we published "thirdly" financial reports, which gave a four-month snapshot of where our money went and came from. Because the breakdown changed little — most money comes from reader members and goes toward journalism-producing employees — and because we publicly announce any grant money, we have ceased publishing these thirdly reports. If you ever have any questions or concerns about our operations, please reach out to founder@roanokerambler.com.
Here are the thirdly reports from our first three years: