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Hello there!

I hope that this finds you well and thank you for supporting Orb Media's work! 

I don't know about you, but 2018 went out with a whiz-bang here at Orb.  We had a great and busy year successfully producing and publishing six major stories that were seen by hundreds of millions of people in over 100 countries and 30+ languages. 

Our uniquely global and collaborative journalism revealed new information that connected big issues to the daily lives of people everywhere.

Since our last update to you Orb published two stories: "Fighting Blind: Struggling to close the terrorist pipeline" and "The Plastic Question: Making the right choices is harder than it looks".

Our collaborations and partnerships grew rapidly:

• 20 publishers participating in the Orb Media Network;
• Deep work with 6 academic organizations who contributed data and expertise to our projects;
• Dozens of other organizations and individuals who informed and amplified our findings.

By collaborating across countries, cultures and capabilities we achieved real impact and showed how your every day actions shape the world we share.

We tested our business model and processes while demonstrating that our stories can achieve viral scale, success and impact.  And, importantly, we learned about the resources and skill sets we require to generate global, data fueled and collaborative journalism that engages and incorporates people!

We're taking all that we learned in 2018 and for the next few months we'll focus on retooling and recalibrating the organization to ensure we build on our successes and deliver even greater impact in the coming year.

Your generous support and engagement with our team has brought us this far and we are grateful for what we've accomplished together.

I'm wishing you and yours a healthy, happy 2019 and look forward to being in touch this spring!

Until then, it's "Lights! Camera! Action!" as we get on with our work here at Orb - and my daughter and I kill it at charades! :)