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GUESTS: Brian Dominick, Jessica Azulay, members of the New Standard Collective

As my producer and I opened one of our favorite online news sites yesterday, we were faced with the words, “TNS Slated to Disappear.” TNS is the The New Standard, a news service managed by a collective of journalists and published by a reader-funded nonprofit organization. In their own words:

TNS is committed to bold, hard-hitting daily news coverage, providing a vetted forum for the voices and issues often ignored in the establishment news arena. Unlike its corporate counterparts, which typically prioritize profits, TNS exists solely to fulfill its public mission, to support the livelihood of media workers who share its passion, and to sustain an innovative egalitarian, participatory workplace structure. To ensure that content remains free of outside financial or political agendas, TNS is funded entirely by readers and accepts no advertisements or foundation grants.

In the past three years, The New Standard has published nearly 3000 hard hitting news stories on issues ranging from prison labor to corporate malfeasance and everything in between. Like Pacifica is supported by listeners, The New Standard is supported by readers. Now, it’s in danger of disappearing.

For more information, visit www.newstandardnews.com.