The Corona outbreak forced us to stop printing the monthly magazine and shift all our resources to digital. Since mid-March, our small team has been working extra hard on keeping the EXB flame burning, providing our growing readership with local news, features and culture tips on exberliner.com. Our online traffic has exploded, but our advertising revenue has almost disappeared.
And we miss the intoxicating smell and spell of the printed page. We'll return with a great new Exberliner issue, a Special Solidarity Edition and our big comeback to print after three months. Some of the money raised through this special issue will go towards our team of freelancers. Like many media outlets, we've been able to keep on our core roster of staff, but were forced to freeze contributions from our freelance journalists, many of whom rely on their freelance incomes to survive.
The special edition will be a one-off issue, filled with long-form interviews with and by inspiring people reflecting on the very strange times we're going through.
Our readers are Berliners of all types, young and old. We believe we're a vital voice in Berlin's media landscape, as a key news source for the city's growing international community. We have a large audience of born-and-raised Berliners. We're the international voice of Berlin and write for all English speakers, native or not.