Hello Tor,

In September, comms:

* continued to support Sarah with the EOY fundraising campaign, and we are now finalizing some final pieces before the launch * worked with several teams to write copy for and promote the TBA alpha launch * started working with The Berkeley Group on a brand perception study, the results of which could help us shape our future messaging * started collecting stories on how using Tor has helped people to include in upcoming campaigns and materials * promoted events including the Open Hack Days, Toronto Public Library Digital Privacy Expo, and others * planned for 2019 campaigns

September comms in links and stats:

New blog posts https://blog.torproject.org/how-has-tor-helped-you-we-need-your-stories https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-android https://blog.torproject.org/hack-us-mexico-city-hackea-con-tor-en-mexico

Twitter avg 3 tweets/day New followers: 3,829 Top tweets: https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1043210153384919046 https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1037397236257366017 https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1042805068507086850

Facebook at least 1 post/weekday New followers: 233

Mastodon at least 1 post/week New followers: 420

Instagram at least 1 post/month New followers: 42

LinkedIn at least 1 post/week New followers: 55

Newsletter 1/month https://newsletter.torproject.org/archive/2018-09-27-tor-browser-android-we-...

Thanks to anto and hiro for the fresh look of newsletter.torproject.org!

Notable press https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/07/tor-project-launches-official-mobile-brows... https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/09/what-is-the-tor-browser/ https://www.popsci.com/alternative-phone-browsers

-comms