Street newspaper
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Street newspapers are newspapers or magazines sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations. Most such newspapers primarily provide coverage about homelessness
A street newspaper vendor, selling Street Sheet, in San Francisco
An early Hobo News front page
A vendor for Straatnieuws in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
A vendor for StreetWise in Chicago
The Big Issue
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The Big Issue is a British weekly street newspaper and social enterprise founded in September 1991 by John Bird and Gordon Roddick. It is sold by people experiencing homelessness or financial insecuri
Street newspaper
…what type of material should be covered and to what extent the homeless should participate in writing and production. One popular street newspaper, The Big Issue, has been a focus of this controversy because it concentrates on attracting a large readership through coverage of mainstream issues and popular culture…
The Big Issue
A seller of The Big Issue in London in 2005
The Big Issue for sale in Japan, 2017