International Network of Street Papers
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The International Network of Street Papers (INSP) is an organization of street papers that provide employment opportunities, community, and a voice to homeless and other economically vulnerable people. It spans 94 papers from 36 countries, in total selling about 32 million copies each year. INSP was founded in July 1994 and the network was initially managed by The Big Issue
. INSP's headquarters are in Glasgow
, Scotland
. The network organizes a yearly conference. It also supports new street papers in the developing world and runs the Street News Service
(SNS). In 2008 it began giving annual awards for top street newspaper journalism in several categories. INSP cofounder Mel Young also organizes the annual Homeless World Cup
.
The Big Issue
The Big Issue is a street newspaper published in eight countries; it is written by professional journalists and sold by homeless individuals. It was founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991...
. INSP's headquarters are in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The network organizes a yearly conference. It also supports new street papers in the developing world and runs the Street News Service
Street News Service
Street News Service is a news agency for street newspapers run by the International Network of Street Papers . It carries articles, essays and news from newspapers sold and sometimes written by homeless and poor people. It helps street papers worldwide to share stories with each other with other...
(SNS). In 2008 it began giving annual awards for top street newspaper journalism in several categories. INSP cofounder Mel Young also organizes the annual Homeless World Cup
Homeless World Cup
-The Cause:There are one billion homeless people in our world today. This is a global issue that affects every nation.Homelessness can force people into isolation, which affects their ability to share, communicate their thoughts and work with others...
.
Africa
- Catapult - Lagos, Nigeria
- Homeless Talk - Johannesburg, South Africa
- Journal Clin d’œil - Bujumbura, Burundi
- The Big Issue Ethiopia (currently not printing)
- The Big Issue Kenya - Nairobi, Kenya
- The Big Issue MalawiThe Big Issue MalawiThe Big Issue Malawi is a street paper in Malawi. It is a bimonthly magazine sold only by homeless individuals. The project's facilitator is a local charity known as the "Culture Awakening Society"...
- Blantyre, Malawi - The Big Issue Namibia - Windhoek, Namibia (currently not printing)
- The Big Issue South Africa - Cape Town, South Africa
- The Big Issue Zambia - Lusaka, Zambia
Asia
- The Big Issue Japan - Osaka, Japan
- The Jeepney MagazineThe Jeepney MagazineThe Jeepney Magazine is a street newspaper sold by poor and homeless in the Philippines. It was launched in March 2008 with two purposes: to write for and about the poor, and to provide them with jobs to make a living. It is sold for 100 pesos, half of which the seller keeps. Selling 10 copies per...
- Quezon City, Philippines - The Big Issue Korea - Seoul, Korea
Europe
- 20er - Innsbruck, Austria
- = Oslo - Oslo, Norway
- AlumaAluma (street paper)Aluma is a street newspaper sold by the homeless in Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg, Sweden.In 2006 it was awarded the grand prize of Publicistklubben together with its sister papers Situation Sthlm and Faktum....
- Malmö, Sweden - Apropos - Salzburg, Austria
- Asphalt - Hannover, Germany
- Augustin - Vienna, Austria
- BISS - München, Germany
- CaisCAISCAIS may refer to:* Canadian Association for Information Science * Canadian Association of Independent Schools* Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies* Chemical Agent Identification Set* Christian Alliance International School...
- Lisbon, Portugal - Die Jerusalemmer - Neumunster, Germany
- Die Stütze - Berlin, Germany
- Die strasse - Schwerin , Germany (Associate Member)
- Donaustrudl - Regensburg, Germany
- FaktumFaktumFaktum is a street newspaper sold by homeless in Gothenburg , Sweden started in 2001. It will also be sold in Karlstad. In 2006 is was awarded the grand prize of the Swedish Publicists' Association together with sister papers Situation Sthlm and Aluma....
- Göteborg, Sweden - Fedél Nélkül - Budapest, Hungary
- Fiftyfifty - Düsseldorf, Germany
- Flaszter - Budapest, Hungary
- FREIeBÜRGER - Freiburg , Germany (Associate Member)
- Gatemagasinet Klar - Kristiansand, Norway
- Gazeta Uliczna - Poznan, Poland
- Haags Straatnieuws - Den Haag, Netherlands
- Hempels strassenmagazin - Kiel, Germany
- Hinz & Kunzt - Hamburg, Germany
- Hus Forbi - Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ireland's Issues Magazine - Dublin, Ireland
- Kralji Ulice - Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Kupfermuckn - Linz, Austria
- Macadam - Lyon, France
- Megafon - Bergen, Norway
- Megaphon - Graz, Austria
- Nota Bene - Bratislava, Slovakia
- Novy Prostor - Prague, Czech Republic
- Parkbank - Braunschweig, Germany (Associate Member)
- Put DomoiPut DomoiPut Domoi is a Russian street newspaper sold by the homeless in St. Petersburg, published twice monthly. The sellers receive half of the price. It was started in 1994 as Na Dne by Nochlezhka , an organization for the homeless. It was renamed to its current name in 2003...
- St Petersburg, Russian Federation - Situation SthlmSituation SthlmSituation Sthlm is a street newspaper sold by homeless in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1995, and was Sweden's only street newspaper until Faktum and Aluma were founded early in the 21st century....
- Stockholm, Sweden (Associate Member) - Sorgenfri - Trondheim, Norway
- Soziale Welt - Frankfurt, Germany
- Straat Magazine - Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Straatnieuws - Utrecht, Netherlands
- Strassenkreuzer - Nürnberg , Germany (Associate Member)
- Surprise - Basel , Switzerland
- Tagessatz - Göttingen, Germany
- Terre Di Mezzo - Milano, Italy
- The Big IssueThe Big IssueThe Big Issue is a street newspaper published in eight countries; it is written by professional journalists and sold by homeless individuals. It was founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991...
- London, United Kingdom - The Big Issue Cymru - Cardiff, United Kingdom
- The Big Issue in Scotland - Glasgow, United Kingdom
- The Big Issue in The North - Liverpool, United Kingdom
- The Way Home - Odessa, Ukraine
- Trott-war - Stuttgart, Germany
- Ulica(street paper) - Bitola, Macedonia
- Vilni Visiti - Kiev, Ukraine
- Virkileg - Tromsø, Norway
- Z Magazine - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Latin America
- Al Margen - Bariloche Rio Negro, Argentina
- Boca de Rua - Porto Alegre, Brazil
- La Callejera (formerly Factor S) - Montevideo, Uruguay
- Hecho en Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina
- La Calle - Bogota, Colombia
- La Luciernaga - Cordoba, Argentina
- OCAS - São Paulo, Brazil
North America
- Change of HeartChange of Heart (street paper)Change of Heart is a quarterly street newspaper produced and sold in Lawrence, Kansas. It was founded by Craig Sweets in late 1996, who says the idea of starting a street newspaper was given to him by Michael Stoops, the director of the National Coalition for the Homeless...
- Lawrence, Kansas, United States - Community Connection - Los Angeles, California, United States
- Denver Voice - Denver, Colorado, United States
- Edmonton Street NewsEdmonton Street NewsEdmonton Street News, also known by its abbreviated letters ESN is a street newspaper based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was established in 2002 and is distributed on the streets of Edmonton by the homeless, handicapped and underemployed in exchange for a donation.-See also:*International...
- Edmonton, AB, Canada - Forgotten Voice - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (Associate member)
- Homeward Street Journal - Sacramento, California, United States
- L'Itinéraire - Montréal, QC, Canada
- Making Change - Venice, California, United States
- Megaphone Magazine - Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Our Voice - Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Real ChangeReal ChangeReal Change is a weekly street newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is sold by the poor, many of whom are homeless, providing them an alternative to panhandling. It is written and produced, however, by professional staff, and covers mainstream news as well as homelessness issues...
- Seattle, Washington, United States - Spare Change News - Cambridge, Massachusetts , United States
- Street Pulse - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Street RootsStreet RootsStreet Roots is a biweekly street newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, United States. The paper is sold by members of the local homeless community. The paper is published every two weeks on Fridays. Vendors receive 75 cents for every $1 paper they sell...
- Portland, Oregon, United States - Street SenseStreet Sense (newspaper)Street Sense is a Washington, D.C.-based 16-page bi-weekly street newspaper that was founded in 2003. Its mission is to raise public awareness on the issues of homelessness and poverty in the city and to create economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness...
- Washington, DC, United States - Street SheetStreet SheetThe Street Sheet is a street newspaper published and sold in San Francisco, California which focuses on the problems of homeless people in the city, and on issues of poverty and housing...
- San Francisco, California, United States - Street Sheet (Canada) - Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Street Sights - Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Associate member)
- Street Speech - Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Street Zine - Dallas, Texas, United States
- Streetvibes - Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- StreetWiseStreetWiseStreetWise is a street newspaper sold by people without homes or those at-risk for homelessness in Chicago. Topics covered in the paper vary depending on what is happening in Chicago at the time...
- Chicago, Illinois, United States - The ContributorThe Contributor (street paper)The Contributor is a monthly street newspaper published in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The paper is published the final Wednesday of every month. The Contributor is sold on public property by homeless and formerly homeless people who purchase papers for 25¢ each and resell them on the...
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States - Toronto Street NewsToronto Street NewsToronto Street News is a conspiracy-theory type tabloid newspaper based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is distributed on the streets of Toronto by the homeless, handicapped and underemployed in exchange for a donation...
- Toronto Canada - Victoria Street Newz - Victoria, BC, Canada
- Whats Up Magazine - St Louis, Missouri, United States