List of street newspapers explained

This is a list of notable street newspapers. A street newspaper is a newspaper or magazine sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations. Most such newspapers primarily provide coverage about homelessness and poverty-related issues, and seek to strengthen social networks within homeless communities. Street papers aim to give these individuals both employment opportunities and a voice in their community. In addition to being sold by homeless individuals, many of these papers are partially produced and written by them.

Street newspapers

Africa

• The Big Issue Malawi

Asia

• The Jeepney Magazine
• The Big Issue (Australia)

Europe

• Aluma, Sweden
• Arts of the Working Class ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• The Big Issue, United Kingdom
• The Big Issue in Scotland
• Cais, Portugal
• Dik Manusch, Sweden
• Faktum, Sweden
• Fedél Nélkül, Hungary
• Hinz&Kunzt (Hamburg), Germany
• Hus Forbi, Denmark
• Iso Numero (fi)
• Kralji ulice Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Megaphon Austria
• Nota Bene (magazine) ^[4]
• Nový prostor Czech Republic
• Put Domoi St. Petersburg & Ukraine
• Scarp de' tenis Italy
• Shedia (Σχεδία)
• Situation Sthlm Sweden
• Surprise^[5] Switzerland

North America

• The Bridge
• The Challenger Newspaper, Austin, Texas^[6]
• Change of Heart, Lawrence, Kansas
• The Cleveland Street Chronicle^[7]
• The Contributor, Nashville, Tennessee
• The Denver Voice, Denver Colorado
• The Dominion
  • Edmonton Street News, Edmonton Groundcover News, Ann Arbor, Michigan^{[8] [9]}
• The Homeless Voice, Florida
• Hobo News, St. Louis and Cincinnati^[10]
• Homeless Grapevine, Cleveland
• The Journey (street newspaper), Fort Worth, Texas
• The Ottawa Wrench^{[11] [12]}
• Real Change, Seattle, Washington
• Spare Change News, Greater Boston
• Streetvibes, Cincinnati^[13]
• Street News, New York City
• Street Roots, Portland, Oregon
• Street Sense, Washington, D.C.
• Street Sheet, San Francisco
• Street Sheet (Wilmington), Wilmington, North Carolina^{[14] [15] [16]}
• Street Sheet Canada, founded by Rodney Graham in Winnipeg, Manitoba^{[17] [18] [19]}
• Street Sights, Providence, Rhode Island^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}
• Street Speech, Columbus, Ohio
• Street Spirit, Oakland, California^[24]
• StreetWise, Chicago, Illinois^[25]
• Toronto Street News, Toronto
• Word on the Street, Baltimore

See also

• International Network of Street Papers
  • Street News Service
• North American Street Newspaper Association

Further reading

• Discourse and Society . 12 . 3 . Voices of Homeless People in Street Newspapers: A Cross-Cultural Exploration . Torck . Danièle . 2001 . 271–392 . 10.1177/0957926501012003005 . 145648624 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arts of the Working Class Special Edition: Worlds of Homelessness.
2. Web site: Arts of the Working Class - #1.
3. Web site: María Inés Plaza Lazo.
4. NotaBene.sk . July 2021 . Nota Bene Magazine official website, Slovak Republic, published since 2001 . 10 July 2021.
5. Web site: Zekry . Natasha . 2023-05-24 . Surprise – Vom Arbeitslosenprojekt bis zur professionellen Redaktion . 2024-03-22 . Baseljetzt Nachrichten für Basel und Region . de.
6. https://www.challengernewspaper.org/
7. Web site: Michael K. McIntyre . The Plain Dealer . 2019-11-24 . Buying the Cleveland Street Chronicle is a gift in more ways than one — Michael K. McIntyre . 2022-08-01 . cleveland . en.
8. Web site: Planting Groundcover News - A homeless newspaper takes root.
9. Web site: Groundcover News Suspends Printing Newspaper, Goes to On-line Publishing; Needs community support. 31 March 2020 .
10. Words on the Street: Homeless People's Newspapers . Dodge . Chris . August 1999 . . 60–62. https://web.archive.org/web/20090729214222/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/7423/streetpapers.html. dead . 2009-07-29.
11. News: Hemens. Aaron. The Wrench newspaper lets Ottawa's homeless tell their own stories. 21 March 2017. Metro News. 9 November 2016.
12. Web site: http://ottawawrench.ca/. The Wrench Ottawa. 21 March 2017.
13. Book: Winternitz. Felix. Bellman. Sacha DeVroomen. Insiders' Guide to Cincinnati. 18 November 2008. Globe Pequot Press. 978-0-7627-4865-5. 360.
14. https://brunswickfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Street-Sheet-brochure-R7-8-16-1.pdf
15. Web site: Yes to Charities-No to Panhandling . www.wilmingtondowntown.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180215040841/https://www.wilmingtondowntown.com/MSD/Have-a-Heart-Give-Smart-Wilmington . 15 February 2018 . dead.
16. Web site: Archived copy . 2021-09-17 . 2021-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210917224836/https://capefearcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Street-Sheet-brochure.R4.8.30.21.pdf . dead .
17. Web site: Train Hopping Across Canada - part 1.
18. Web site: Articles | Fred's Website.
19. Web site: The Wanderers.
20. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Street-Sights/125507650812965
21. https://streetsights.wordpress.com/
22. Web site: Pro Bono Collaborative Newsletter.
23. Web site: Street Sights.
24. https://www.thestreetspirit.org
25. Web site: Cabrera. Carlos. Chicago homeless magazine wises up. Chicago Journal. March 30, 2011. 23 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140317074612/http://www.chicagojournal.com/news/03-30-2011/Chicago_homeless_magazine_wises_up. 17 March 2014.