Street newspaper

Street newspapers or magazines road ( sometimes referred to as " homeless newspapers " ) are local newspapers or magazines that are sold by people in social need and also helped shape editorial in rare cases. Most of them are homeless, but often remain asylum seekers or long-term unemployed who get such a low-threshold access to a work, in contact with the company and obtain a small income.

Principle

A fundamental principle in street papers is that sellers receive at least 50 percent of the sale price as income. Often the sellers come with buyers this week, some sellers have now reached such a thing as a " regular customers ". In part, the purchase is more suited to the purpose of donation as the newspaper acquisition, so as many bought newspapers remain unread.

All sellers are equipped with a so-called vendor ID. Depending on the newspaper is the sellers a sales space assigned or they can determine the selling square itself.

For the sellers, some mandatory rules apply: It is forbidden to sell the newspaper in a drunken state or to consume alcohol during the sale. The seller should not have to beg on the side.

History

As a precursor of the street newspapers, the magazine founded in 1927, the rover can be seen. Gustav Brügel, vagabonds and writers from Balingen near Stuttgart, published the first issue of the journal, the customer. Gregor Gog took over from the second number, and founded the " Fraternity of Vagabonds ".

The first street newspaper was founded in 1989 in New York and was called Street News. Two years later, John founded Bird inspired by New York's street newspaper, the first street newspaper in Europe - The Big Issue. He was supported by the company The Body Shop. The Big Issue is sold in London since 1991 and was the model for many other street newspapers in Europe. The concept has been exported to other continents. Thus, the established street newspapers The Big Issue Australia, The Big Issue South Africa, Namibia and The Big Issue The Big Issue Japan.

In the years 1987 and 1988, the first published by Hans Klunkelfuß Berber letters 8-12 pages on fotokopiertem paper with a circulation of 100 to 500 pieces appeared irregularly appearing about four times a year. Klunkelfuß and other homeless people take advantage of the sale of the newspaper produced by themselves in order to secure independent of government assistance to survive on the street. In 1992 appeared in Cologne with the Bank Express, later Bank Extra, today Draussenseiter, the first German street newspaper; in October 1993 were citizens in social difficulties - BISS in Munich and 14 days later, Dick and Kunzt from Hamburg to. In 2006, there were already about 30 street newspapers in Germany. 2010, the monthly total circulation of 250,000 copies in Germany.

Awareness of the street newspapers was further increased to 2003, the author Joanne K. Rowling allowed the street newspapers, nor reprint for free the first chapter of the latest Harry Potter book two weeks before the official release date, which is also a total of 18 German -language street newspapers did.

2004 paid tribute to the then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on the day of Poverty (17 October), the work of street newspapers. He wrote an exclusive article on the subject of poverty, which was published in the street newspapers.

Today, worldwide sell 200,000 street newspapers and reach six million readers.

Umbrella organizations

Many street papers have come together to form networks, such as the International Network of Street News Papers ( INSP ) and The North American Street Newspaper Association ( NASNA ). On these sites you will also find an extensive list of street newspapers from around the world. INSP street papers include 112 from 40 countries (as of 2011). Since 2003 is held under the auspices of the INSP the Homeless World Cup, compete in the homeless from around the world in a soccer tournament against each other.

On 1 April 2000, the Federal Association was founded social street newspapers as the umbrella organization of the German street newspapers in Germany. However, this federation broke up in the spring of 2008 again. Many German -language newspapers street from Austria, Switzerland and Germany are now part of INSP.

Awards

2010 Magazine Street BISS (Munich), Donaustrudl ( Regensburg ), crack ( Augsburg) and road cruiser (Nuremberg) were awarded by the Bavarian SPD parliamentary group with the "Wilhelm- Hoegner Prize". " The street newspapers have devoted his efforts to help people in need, social difficulties, people who live on the street, " said SPD parliamentary leader Markus Rinderspacher at the ceremony in the Bavarian Parliament to the award ceremony.

A special typographical ceremony was the end of 2011, the Bremen Street Journal newspaper of the road. The International Society of Typographic Designers ( ISTD ) from London, the international professional association of and for Typografenen and graphic artist, awarded an Award of Excellence, designed by students at the University of the Arts Bremen street magazine. In addition, in early 2012 the design of the Bremen Street magazine from the Type Directors Club (TDC ) in New York City has been awarded three times.

Examples

Germany

  • Offsides: ? Osnabrück, bi-monthly, circulation 7,000 ( Christmas 9000 ), also subscription, first edition on July 29, 1995
  • Asphalt Magazine: Hanover, monthly, circulation 25,000, including subscription to the waiting room, founded in 1994,
  • BISS: Munich, monthly ( except August), circulation 35,000, including subscription, founded in October 1993
  • Bodo - The Road Magazine: Bochum and Dortmund
  • Bridge: Erfurt edition 4000-4500, also possible subscription
  • The Jerusalëmmer: Neumünster
  • The Ruhr city newspaper ( DRZ, formerly homeless ): Food, bi-monthly, circulation 9,000
  • The rest: Berlin, edition 12,000
  • The Street: Wuppertal - Solingen - Remscheid, monthly
  • Donaustrudl: Regensburg, monthly, edition 5000, first published April 1998
  • Out there! (also: " there! " ): Münster, monthly, circulation 8000-10000, also subscription founding in 1994, the fourth oldest street newspaper in Germany
  • Draussenseiter (formerly Bank -Extra): Cologne, monthly, circulation 3,000 (as of May 2011), also subscription, founded in June 1992 as a bank - Express, Germany's oldest homeless people
  • Drobs: Dresden, monthly, first issue in January 1998
  • Fiftyfifty: Dusseldorf ( 39,000 copies); also in Bonn, Duisburg, Essen, Frankfurt / Main, Mönchengladbach, monthly, circulation 60,000
  • Free ( e) citizens (own spelling: Free citizens ): Freiburg, monthly ( except September ), 7000 edition, also available as PDF files loaded, first edition June 1998
  • Guddzje: Saarbrücken
  • Hempel (own spelling: Hempel ): Kiel and Schleswig -Holstein, monthly, circulation 13,000
  • Hinz and Kunzt: Hamburg, monthly, circulation 57,000, including subscription outside of Hamburg, founded November 1993
  • Motz: Berlin, biweekly, circulation 12,000, including subscription, founded in 1995
  • Emergency exit Jena: Jena
  • Park Bench newspaper: Braunschweig, monthly, support at least 3,000
  • Paving: Halle an der Saale
  • Crosshead: Berlin, Cologne, monthly
  • Crack: Augsburg, every 2 months, edition 4000
  • Social World: Frankfurt / Main
  • Street Corner: Gifhorn, every 2 months, edition 1000
  • Roads Forum: Karlsruhe
  • Street Sweeper: Berlin, fortnightly circulation of 15,000 copies
  • Straßenkreuzer: Nuremberg -Erlangen -Fürth, monthly (double number in August ) edition 12-18000, also known as loadable PDFs, founded in 1994,
  • Street Journal: Berlin, first edition in January 2011, monthly, print issue up to 10,000 copies, free of charge as an online edition
  • Straw: 6- week, Rostock, 7000 edition
  • Daily rate (own spelling: daily rate ): monthly, except January and August. In January and August there is one seller issue, Kassel ( 1994 ), Göttingen (since 1996), edition of 3000-3500 (as of Sept. 2004), also known as loadable PDFs, first edition on September 23, 1994
  • Trott was: Stuttgart, monthly, circulation 27,000, first edition on 17 November 1994
  • Housing Looser: Michel City
  • Journal of the road: Bremen and Bremerhaven, currently (2012 ) every two months, starting circulation 14,000, current edition (2012 ) 13000, First Edition 2 February 2011

Austria

  • 20: Innsbruck, Monthly ( July / August and December / January each have a double number) circulation of 15,000 copies
  • Speaking of Salzburg, monthly, circulation 10,000
  • Augustin: Vienna, 14 - daily, circulation 45,000
  • The Global Player ( formerly The Colorful newspaper ): Vienna, Salzburg, Graz, Linz, Klagenfurt, every 4 to 8 weeks
  • Eibischzuckerl: Wiener Neustadt, bi-monthly, circulation 6,000
  • Kupfermuckn: Linz, Wels, Steyr, monthly, circulation 16000-26000
  • Megaphone: Graz, monthly circulation of 15,000 copies
  • MO Magazine for Human Rights (Association SOS fellow human ): Vienna, 4 times a year, circulation 35,000 ( 30,000 supplement in a daily newspaper, 5,000 colportage ) since Dec. 2003, 48 pages
  • Uhudla: Vienna, a 3 - to 4 - times a year, circulation 10,000

Switzerland

  • Surprise: Zurich, Basel, Bern, St. Gallen, circulation 23,000
  • GasseZiitig Lozärn, Lucerne, edition 8000-14000

Internationally

The Big Issue is an internationally renowned and successful London street newspaper that is written by professional journalists and sold by homeless people mostly. Five different local editions are sold in the UK, further newspaper projects were initiated in four other countries: Australia ( four issues), South Africa, Namibia and Japan.

In Europe, street papers are widely used, they are found in almost all major cities. Known street papers are, inter alia, The Big Issue ( UK), Fedel nélkül (Budapest), Terre di Mezzo (Milan), Z Magazine ( Amsterdam), Situation STHLM (Stockholm).

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