The ''Street Sheet'' is a
street newspaper published and sold in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
, California which focuses on the problems of
homeless people in the city, and on issues of poverty and housing. Founded in 1989, the Street Sheet is second only to the
Street News as the oldest extant street newspaper in the United States and currently has the largest circulation of a street newspaper with 32,000 papers distributed monthly.
The
Coalition on Homelessness publishes the newspaper, and vendors distribute the paper on the streets of San Francisco, usually in exchange for a two-dollar donation.
The millionth issue was sold in 1993.
Reception
When juxtaposed with other street newspapers, Daniele Torck recognized ''Street Sheets'' as being the only one to "give a wide platform to homeless person's protests and criticisms". Distribution of the paper as a means of empowering the homeless is not embraced by everyone. Critics claim that the language used in the paper overly relies on emotional appeal and the act of vending forces vendors to conform to stereotypes of homelessness.
[Kurt Lindemann (2006) A Tough Sell: Stigma as Souvenir in the Contested Performances of San Francisco's Homeless ''Street Sheet'' Vendors, Text and Performance Quarterly, 27:1, 41-57, DOI: 10.1080/10462930601046012]
See also
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List of street newspapers
This is a list of notable street newspapers. A street newspaper is a newspaper or magazine sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations. Most such newspapers primarily provide coverage about homeless ...
References
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External links
Street Sheet Website
Newspapers established in 1989
Newspapers published in the San Francisco Bay Area
Street newspapers
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