Since Autonomy News launched in early June, our worker-owned newsroom has done fearless reporting covering anti-abortion activists and the disinformation they spread, as well as how a major reproductive rights organization considered drastic change in response to federal attacks. We scooped the New York Times and our reporting has been cited by The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Crooked Media’s Hysteria podcast, and more.

Autonomy News believes that information about bodily autonomy should never be behind a paywall. We also chose to launch with deeply reported stories as a proof of concept rather than announcing a fundraiser and kicking things off a few months later. These felt like the right things to do given the urgency of the moment, though it means we worked for free in our pre-launch phase and we’ve been publishing part-time while finding other ways to pay our bills.

We now have hundreds of subscribers, with nearly 20% of them sustaining us with yearly or monthly paid subscriptions. We’ve been so grateful for this support, and for the enthusiasm for independent journalism. While paid subscriptions remain a core part of our model, we’re now asking for more substantial support to help us do this work full-time.

The goal of this fundraising campaign is to pay each of us a living wage. Your support will allow us to chase down all the tips we get and continue covering bodily autonomy news like no one else can. We have so many more stories and investigations we want to share with the world, and we need your help to make that happen.

Help us make our work sustainable by making a tax-deductible gift to Tiny News Collective—our fiscal sponsor—on behalf of Autonomy News.

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