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Every day, important stories are being pitched by freelance journalists around the world. They're thoughtful. They're deeply researched. They matter.
Yet, increasingly, they're not getting published.
Not because editors don't care. Not because the reporting isn't strong.
But because news organisations around the world are navigating shrinking editorial budgets, increasing financial pressures, global conflicts, rapidly evolving political landscapes, and the demands of an around-the-clock news cycle.As editors face increasingly difficult decisions about which stories they can commission, many important public-interest stories simply never reach the audiences they deserve.
At the same time, freelance journalists invest countless unpaid hours researching stories, building trusted relationships within communities, travelling, interviewing sources, and developing thoughtful pitches with no guarantee their work will ever be commissioned or published.
We cannot afford to let those stories remain untold.
If we want thoughtful, independent journalism to thrive, we need new ways to support it.
That's why we're building UNTOLD.
In the kitchens of Santiago Atitlán, a cleaner way to cook is taking hold
By Steven Keehner & Stephanie Capper
Thick smoke hung in the air as Pop Queju Pop crouched over the three-stone fire, its flames licking the base of a soot-covered pot. The smell of burning wood clung to the walls of the smal dimly-lit kitchen as eventually, Pop started gasping for breath.
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