Street Sheet is an American street newspaper , founded in 1989 and published in San Francisco. The newspaper focuses on solving the problems of homeless people in the city, and on issues of poverty and housing. Along with Street News, Street Sheet is the oldest existing street newspaper in the United States and currently has the largest circulation for a street newspaper, publishing 32,000 copies monthly [1] .
| Street sheet | |
|---|---|
 Woman selling a newspaper in San Francisco . | |
| Specialization | Tabloid |
| Periodicity | 2 times a month |
| Tongue | English |
| Editorial address | San Francisco, United States |
| Chief Editor | Matthew Gerring |
| A country |  USA |
| Edition History | since 1989 |
| Founding date | |
| Circulation | 32,000 (2010) |
| Web site | streetsheet.org |
Coalition on Homelessness publishes a newspaper that vendors sell on the streets of San Francisco, usually in exchange for a donation of one dollar [2] .
History
Street Sheet has been announced by its publisher Coalition on Homelessness as the longest continuously published newspaper covering the problems of homeless people in the world, although Street News in New York was published at the same time. Together, they laid the foundation for similar newspapers in more than 30 countries, including the British “ Big Issue ”, the “ Spare Change News ” in Boston, and the “ Real Change ” in Seattle [3] .
The publisher of Street Sheet, Coalition on Homelessness, was founded in 1987 to fight for the rights of the homeless. In the fall of 1989, employees of the organization decided that they needed a newsletter. The first newsletter was released in December 1989 and mailed to a handful of lawyers, shelter workers and health care providers who worked with the coalition [4] .
In 1993, the millionth copy was sold. The newspaper prints 17,000 copies every two weeks, each poor newspaper and homeless people sell for $ 1. Street Sheet has 240 sellers who use the newspaper as a source of income.
Notes
- ↑ Ask The Appeal: How Does “Street Sheet” Work? Katie Baker . sfappeal.com. The appeal date is November 12, 2014.
- 25 After 25 years, homeless newspaper newspaper . Joshua Sabatini . sfexaminer.com. The appeal date is November 12, 2014.
- ↑ Street Sheet (inaccessible link) . Coalition on homelessness . cohsf. The date of circulation is November 12, 2014. Archived June 14, 2015.
- She Street Sheet hits 25th anniversary with celebration at SOMArts Neopr . Heather Knight . sfgate.com. The appeal date is November 12, 2014.
Literature
- Torck, Danièle. Cross-Cultural Exploration Voices of Homeless People in Street Newspapers (Eng.) // Discourse and Society : journal. - 2001. - Vol. 12 , no. 3 - P. 271-392 . - DOI : 10.1177 / 0957926501012003005 .