What FYIVT Is Built To Do
For the last year and a half, FYIVT has operated on a simple premise: deliver clear, fact-driven information Vermonters can actually use — without the filters, narratives, or incentives that dominate most modern media. No spin. No clickbait. No nationalized framing. Just straightforward coverage of what is happening in this state, why it matters, and how it affects the people who live here.
That mission has taken roughly 2,000 hours of work — the equivalent of a full-time job for more than a year without a salary, staff, or institutional backing. Every article, dataset, meeting summary, legislative breakdown, and weekly news scan has been the product of one person reading, verifying, writing, maintaining, researching, and publishing day after day.
What That Work Actually Looks Like
The scope is easy to underestimate. FYIVT monitors legislation, meeting agendas, budgets, state filings, demographic reports, economic indicators, federal rule changes, and hundreds of data points each week. It distills materials most people will never see — or never have time to dig through — into concise, usable summaries so Vermonters can make informed decisions without intermediaries steering the narrative.
It remains one of the only outlets in the state providing consistent, independent scrutiny without institutional ties or advocacy funding.
Why FYIVT Has No Ads
Everything published here is provided without ads, sponsors, underwriting, or commercial influence. That choice is deliberate. Advertising brings clutter, outside incentives, and pressures that inevitably pull coverage toward engagement metrics instead of clarity.
There is another reason. Given the current political climate and the subject matter FYIVT covers, accepting ads could place local businesses directly in the line of fire. Independent outlets increasingly see their advertisers targeted by boycotts or pressure campaigns simply for being associated with coverage someone dislikes. That environment is hostile and unpredictable. FYIVT is designed to avoid putting any Vermont business in that position.
Serving ads also requires a sales operation — outreach, billing, client management, fulfillment, tracking — none of which is compatible with a one-person reporting model. Time spent selling ads is time not spent reporting. Staying ad-free protects the work, the readers, and any would-be advertisers from political fallout.
Privacy First: No Ads Means No Trackers
Remaining ad-free has another direct benefit: no trackers, no surveillance scripts, and no third-party data harvesting. Ad networks automatically bring tracking cookies, behavioral profiling, and retargeting. FYIVT avoids all of it.
FYIVT does not monetize attention, collect personal data, or sell user behavior. What you read here stays here. That kind of privacy-first publishing is rare — and only possible because readers voluntarily support it.
A Thank-You to the Early Supporters
Some Vermonters have already stepped up. Early supporters subscribed before there was any guarantee this project would sustain itself. They backed it because they believed independent reporting has value. Their support has kept the lights on, covered basic costs, and allowed the work to continue without compromise. They deserve real thanks. They are formidable, and they are appreciated.
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The Reality: FYIVT Needs a Broader Base
But the work now needs a broader base to remain viable. One person can power a publication for a while, but not indefinitely. The level of coverage FYIVT provides — the volume, consistency, and depth — requires time, tools, and stability.
As readership grows, so does the workload. More legislation, more filings, more analysis, more monitoring. Demand increases, not decreases.
Why Subscriptions Matter
The economics are straightforward. If FYIVT is to remain ad-free, tracker-free, independently operated, and dedicated to clarity rather than engagement manipulation, it must be supported by the people who value that work.
Subscriptions don’t fund luxuries; they fund time. They fund the verification that makes the reporting accurate. They fund the document pulls no one else is doing. They fund the privacy-first model that refuses to monetize readers behind their backs.
If You Value the Work, Please Support It
If you read FYIVT regularly, find it useful, or rely on it to stay informed about what’s happening in Vermont, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Even a small contribution helps stabilize the platform and keeps the work going at the level readers expect.
The more people who step in, the less the publication depends on long hours and unsustainable workloads.
Keep FYIVT Independent, Clean, and Reader-Funded
FYIVT will continue delivering fact-driven information for as long as it can. But doing that at the current pace requires support from more than a handful of early adopters.
If you believe Vermont deserves independent reporting untethered from advertising, political funding, or institutional incentives, join the great people who have already chosen to support it!
Independent journalism survives only when enough people agree it should. If FYIVT matters to you, help keep it alive — clean, clear, ad-free, and accountable only to its readers.
Dave Soulia | FYIVT
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