<span fr-original-style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:#838489;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;color:rgb(131, 132, 137);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">You'll notice there's no paywall for TENNBEAT. That's because we believe information should be free. There aren't any ads on our site either, and we wouldn't dare soil our coverage with sponsored content. That's not journalism.  <span fr-original-style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:#838489;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;color:rgb(131, 132, 137);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">TENNBEAT operates on contributions from individuals and businesses like you. These contributions pay our talented reporters.  <span fr-original-style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Inter,sans-serif;color:#838489;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Inter, sans-serif;color:rgb(131, 132, 137);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">More Contributions = More Stories

<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name, You're a 10/TENN! Thank you for setting up monthly recurring contributions to <a href="https://www.tennbeat.com/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">TENNBEAT</a> and supporting local journalism.<p style="box-sizing:inherit;width:782px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> Your monthly contribution will allow us to tell more of the untold (a.k.a the stories mainstream media misses) — stories like <a href="https://www.tennbeat.com/p/from-hobby-to-whole-foods-how-this?utm_source=publication-search" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">Java Hemmat</a>, a Nashville immigrant who persevered against all odds and now has her hummus on the shelves of Whole Foods and 300 big box retailers, and stories like <a href="https://www.tennbeat.com/p/this-30-year-old-nashville-designer" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">Dustin Bowen</a>, the MTSU college dropout turned cowboy boot designer, whose kicks are sported by celebrities like Post Malone and the Jonas Brothers.<p style="box-sizing:inherit;width:782px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> At TENNBEAT, we focus on quality over quantity. We're not into clickbait. We publish well-researched, in-depth, unbiased articles. 9 times out of 10 those articles will fall into one of these three categories:<p style="box-sizing:inherit;width:782px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> 1.) BREAKING/SCOOP: We knew before anyone else did. 😉2.) EXCLUSIVE: You won't find these articles anywhere else. The subjects only trusted TENNBEAT to tell their story.❤️3.) FEATURES ON UNDISCOVERED: Stories on individuals and/or organizations that have never received coverage from mainstream media. 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Make sure you're <a href="http://www.tennbeat.com" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">subscribed</a>, so you can receive our articles straight to you inbox. It's free. ➡️ Share our articles: Sharing is caring. If you read an article that you find interesting, share it on social media or forward it to a friend. More eyeballs = More impact<p style="box-sizing:inherit;width:782px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(65, 65, 65);font-family:Roboto;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.25px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> 💡Submit a story idea: Stories are everywhere. You probably know a few. 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