&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:TheContributorJune2010.jpg) The June 2010 front page of The Contributor | |
| Type | Twice-monthly street publication |
|---|---|
| Format | Newspaper |
| Founder(s) | Steven Samara, Tasha French, Tom Wills, and Will Connelly |
| Editor | Amanda Haggard, Linda Bailey |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Political alignment | Homeless advocacy |
| Circulation | 20,000 monthly |
| Website | |
The Contributor is a bi-weekly street newspaper published in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The publication's content focuses on primarily social justice issues as they are framed by politics, music, art, culture, sports, homelessness and poverty. It is written by local journalists as well as people experiencing homelessness or working within the homeless community. The magazine's editors are Amanda Haggard and Linda Bailey.
As an organization, The Contributor is a nonprofit social enterprise providing economic opportunity with dignity to people experiencing or who have experienced homelessness and poverty. Every two weeks, a new issue of The Contributor is published and sold by over 150 vendors in Middle Tennessee. By signing a contract and attending training, Contributor vendors become independent micro-business men and women who invest in their own micro-businesses by purchasing papers for $.50 and selling them for $2.00 plus tips to the public. They become Contributors to the economy, to their own quality of life, and to the community. The organization's executive director is Will Connelly.