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While many other newsrooms are shrinking, weve grown our team of journalists in the past few years. And weve been able to do it because of a few thousand people who are signed up to Tyee Builders.<\/p>\n
Fewer than 1 in 100 of our average monthly readers are signed up to contribute on a monthly basis. If we reach 1% of our readers signing up to be Tyee Builders, we can continue to grow and do even more.<\/p>\n
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