At a time when independent journalism faces increasing financial and algorithmic pressure, your direct support makes a real difference. By becoming a paid Facebook subscriber to Texas Reporter and Big Bend Times, you are helping ensure that strong, community-focused reporting remains visible, credible, and sustainable.
Paid subscriptions send a clear message to Meta that readers value our work. This helps protect our pages from being unfairly limited or suppressed due to coordinated false reports from people who simply disagree with our reporting.
How Subscribing Helps
When you subscribe through Facebook, you are doing more than supporting us financially. You are:
- ✅ Strengthening our visibility in news feeds
- ✅ Protecting our pages from bad-faith reporting
- ✅ Supporting local, independent journalism
- ✅ Helping us stay accountable to the communities we serve
- ✅ Ensuring important stories continue to be told
Each subscription costs $9.95 per month per page, and it goes directly toward keeping our reporting active and accessible.
Subscribe here:
- Texas Reporter: https://www.facebook.com/texreporter/subscribe/
- Big Bend Times: https://www.facebook.com/BigBendTimes/subscribe/
Subscribing to one or both pages is the most effective way to support our work.
About Big Bend Times: Community Journalism That Matters
Big Bend Times is a community news project dedicated to serving West Texas and the border region with depth, accuracy, and integrity. We cover Ojinaga, Mexico, along with:
- Brewster County
- Culberson County
- Presidio County
- Jeff Davis County
- Reeves County
- Pecos County
- Terrell County
Our reporting connects people to their neighbors, local businesses, schools, governments, and shared challenges.
We regularly cover the places and institutions that define the region, including:
- Big Bend National Park
- Davis Mountains State Park
- Fort Davis National Historic Site
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Balmorhea State Park
- Big Bend Ranch State Park
From Alpine to Presidio, Fort Davis to Pecos, and across rural communities that are often overlooked, Big Bend Times works to ensure that local voices are heard and local issues are taken seriously.
Our goal is simple: to make the communities we serve stronger, more informed, and more connected.
About Texas Reporter: Statewide and Global News with a Texas Perspective
Texas Reporter publishes news from across the state and around the world, grounded in a Texas-centered perspective. We focus on:
- Government accountability
- Civil rights and community impact
- Business and economic development
- Public safety and justice
- Culture, history, and social issues
We aim to provide context-driven reporting that goes beyond headlines and helps readers understand how decisions affect real people.
Can’t Subscribe? You Can Still Support Our Work
If you are unable to subscribe through Facebook—or simply prefer another way to help—you can still support our journalism through donations.
Your contributions help fund reporting, public records requests, travel, technical infrastructure, and legal protections for independent journalism.
👉 Donate here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-texas-reporter-big-bend-times
Every contribution, large or small, helps keep our work going.
Why Your Support Matters More Than Ever
Independent local journalism is under constant pressure—from declining ad revenue, platform algorithms, and organized efforts to silence critical reporting.
When you subscribe or donate, you help us:
- Stay independent
- Resist political and financial pressure
- Serve readers instead of special interests
- Continue reporting without fear or favor
You are investing in transparency, accountability, and community knowledge.
Join Us in Protecting Local Journalism
Each site has its own Facebook page and subscription. Supporting one—or both—is the best way to help us stay visible and resilient.
✔️ $9.95/month per page
✔️ Directly supports our reporting
✔️ Helps protect against false reports
✔️ Keeps community journalism alive
If you believe in informed communities, ethical reporting, and independent voices, we invite you to stand with us.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for sharing.
And thank you for supporting Texas Reporter and Big Bend Times.
