We hope they will work with us to secure funding to continue the unit after the initial six months." Drew Rose, formerly director of operations, became editor-in-chief, replacing Bex Sumner. We believe this unit will be of value to our existing readers and attract new readers. In a statement, it said: "A reader-funded investigative unit that is responsive to the requests and demands of The Canary readership is something people have asked us for since our inception. In September 2020, The Canary announced it would fund a new investigative unit staffed by two journalists for six months. Following the 2017 United Kingdom general election, the BBC reported that websites "such as The Canary, The Skwawkbox, and Another Angry Voice are making a huge impact and earning a massive following", and such sites were considered to have contributed to sensationalist reporting of the election. In his first address as Labour leader, he attacked pundits for not understanding the discontent among many ordinary British voters, and talked about the "power of social media". According to Mendoza, a major factor motivating The Canary 's founders was scepticism of the mainstream media, a scepticism that was shared by Jeremy Corbyn, the-then leader of the Labour Party. It published 9,000 articles in its first two years. The website was funded by advertising and monthly contributions from around 1,500 supporters in August 2016.
According to editor-in-chief Kerry-Anne Mendoza, The Canary was created in October 2015 with five founding members in an attempt to "diversify the media".
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