Goodbye from Salon

Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.

今天，在走过 31 年历程后，我们怀着沉重的心情宣布，Salon 即将停止出版。

It’s difficult to find the right words for the end of something that has meant so much to so many people. Salon was never just a website. It was an idea about what journalism could be, born at a moment when the internet was still a largely unexplored frontier.

对于一个对许多人意义重大的事物走向终结，很难找到合适的言语来形容。Salon 从来不仅仅是一个网站。它是一个关于新闻业可能性的理念，诞生于互联网仍是一片未被充分探索的疆域之时。

When Salon launched in November 1995, the web was a very different place. A small group of journalists set out to create something original: a publication with a strong voice, a curiosity about the world and a belief that the internet could bring journalism and readers together in new ways. They helped pioneer a form of journalism that would come to define an entirely new era of publishing.

1995 年 11 月 Salon 创办时，网络世界与今日大不相同。一群记者着手创造一些原创内容：一份拥有鲜明立场、对世界充满好奇，并坚信互联网能以全新方式将新闻与读者联系起来的刊物。他们帮助开创了一种新闻形式，这种形式后来定义了一个全新的出版时代。

Over three decades, Salon has brought together politics, culture, criticism and ideas in a way that was distinctly our own. Our journalism examined power and politics, questioned assumptions, surfaced stories that deserved attention and made room for perspectives that were too often overlooked. Our writers and editors helped shape conversations about the forces changing our lives. The work was never simply about keeping up with the news. It was about making sense of it.

三十多年来，Salon 以一种独特的方式将政治、文化、评论和思想融为一体。我们的新闻报道审视权力与政治，质疑既定假设，挖掘值得关注的故事，并为那些常被忽视的观点留出空间。我们的作者和编辑帮助塑造了关于改变我们生活之力量的讨论。我们的工作从来不仅仅是为了跟进新闻，而是为了解读新闻。

The history of Salon is also the history of the people who made it. We are profoundly grateful to the journalists, editors, photographers, producers, designers, business teams and countless other colleagues who brought this publication to life across its many chapters. To the founders who imagined it, the staff members who built it, the contributors who gave it their voices and the alumni who carried its spirit into the world: Thank you. Salon’s legacy belongs to all of you.

Salon 的历史也是创造它的人们的历史。我们衷心感谢那些在不同时期为这份刊物注入活力的记者、编辑、摄影师、制作人、设计师、商务团队以及无数其他同事。感谢构想出它的创始人、建立它的员工、赋予它声音的撰稿人，以及将它的精神带向世界的校友们：谢谢你们。Salon 的遗产属于你们所有人。

We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.

我们还要感谢我们的读者。你们来到 Salon 是为了新闻、对话、文章、评论、意想不到的发现，以及那种“互联网上有一个思想至上的地方”的感觉。你们阅读、分享、质疑、订阅、写信给我们并不断回归。你们的参与使 Salon 成为了一份刊物和一个社区，也赋予了我们的工作意义。我们非常感谢你们与我们共度的时光。

The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.

多年来，独立数字新闻业的商业现实发生了深刻变化。经过慎重考虑，我们做出了一个艰难的决定：我们的出版模式已不再可持续。我们知道这个消息会让许多人深感失望，我们也分担着这份悲伤。

Thirty-one years is a remarkable run, but what matters most is what happened during those years: the journalism, the ideas, the voices, the conversations and the community that grew around them. Salon helped demonstrate what digital journalism could be and could become. We hope that legacy will continue to matter long after today.

三十一年是一段非凡的旅程，但最重要的是这些年里发生的一切：新闻报道、思想、声音、对话以及围绕它们成长起来的社区。Salon 帮助展示了数字新闻业可能是什么样子，以及它能够成为什么样子。我们希望这份遗产在今天之后依然具有意义。

Thank you for being part of our story. It has been an extraordinary privilege.

感谢你们成为我们故事的一部分。这是一种非凡的荣幸。