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Road newspapers or road magazines (sometimes also called "homeless person newspapers") are local newspapers for (and often also of) humans in social emergency to be written. Usually there is homeless people, often in addition, asylum solicitors or long-term unemployed person so down smoldering leagues the entrance to a work gotten.
The principle, described by the example that Hamburg newspaper Hinz & Kunzt, looks in such a way:
For at present 0.75 euro the salesmen acquire the newspapers and continue to sell them for 1,60 euro plus tip. Often the salesmen come here also with the buyers into the discussion. Some the salesman have meanwhile even already such a thing like "regular customers". Until today more than ten million newspapers were sold.
All salesmen are equipped with a so-called salesman document of identification. A point of sale is assigned to them. To the salesmen apply here some rules, which must keep her. Like that it is for example forbidden to them to sell or consume during the sales alcohol the newspaper in the slightly drunk person condition. Also the salesmen may not besides still beg.
All road newspapers it is common that they are sold by humans in social emergency directly on the road. Depending upon newspaper at least 50% of the selling price remain for the salesmen as profit. Often they cooperate also in the editorial organization. The medium road newspaper becomes in such a way the language pipe for the situation and request of these humans at the edge of the society. For it such road newspapers one of the few possibilities an activity are to be exercised and be remained in such a way in contact with the society and to be obtained a small income. The direct contact to the population makes so the step from the isolation and for sharings possible at the social life.
The first road newspaper was created 1989 in New York and was called Streetnews. Later John Bird, inspired from the New Yorker road newspaper, created two years the first road newspaper of Europe - The Big Issue. It was supported thereby by the company The Body Shop. The Big Issue is sold since 1991 in London and was model for many further road newspapers in Europe. The concept was exported also into other continents. Thus the road newspapers The Big Issue Australia, The Big Issue South Africa, The Big Issue Namibia and The Big Issue Japan were established.
The Bekanntheitsgrad of the road newspapers was continued to increase, than 2003 the authoress Joanne K permitted. to Rowling the road newspapers to print the first chapter of the newest Harry Potter of volume free of charge still 2 weeks before that official Erscheinungstermin. Which however not all road newspapers accepted, for example the Viennese homeless person newspaper did not refuse "Augustin" taking the preprint into the newspaper with the reason, them wanted a economical PR-platform to be. The editorship did not see a chance for the newspaper in a uniquely very high edition, which is sold to a public additional, which mostly little begin with the remainder of the sheet line would have can.
2004 appreciated UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the day of the poverty (17,10.) the work of the road newspapers. It wrote an exclusive article about poverty, which in the road newspapers one printed.
In the meantime there are more than 150 road newspapers in the whole world. Many united to networks such as INSP (international network OF Street new PAPER) or NASNA (The North American Street new PAPER Association). On this Websites one finds also an extensive list of road newspapers from all world.
Since 2003 also the Homeless World Cup takes place under the patronage of INSP - a road football tournament where teams of homeless people from all world against each other begin. The tournament takes place each year in another country. Past delivering countries were: 2003 - Austria (Graz), 2004 Sweden (Gothenburg), 2005 - Scotland (Edinburgh). The Homeless World Cup 2006 takes place in South Africa (Cape Town).
The Big Issue is an internationally very well-known and successful Londoner road newspaper, which is written by professional journalists and sold usually by homeless person humans. 5 different local expenditures sold in England, further gives it in 4 further countries of the same company Zeitungsprojekte: Australia (4 different expenditures), South Africa, Namibia, Japan.
Homelessness, poverty, solidarity
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A» Augustin (road newspaper) | D» Department | K» Kupfermuckn |
M» Megaphone (road newspaper) | R» Road newspaper | T» The Big Issue |
U» Uhudla (road newspaper) |
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