The ''Street Sheet'' is a
street newspaper
Street newspapers (or street papers) 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 and poverty-related iss ...
published and sold in
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
, 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
''Street News'' was a street newspaper sold by homeless individuals in New York City. It was founded in 1989 by Hutchinson Persons and Wendy Oxenhorn, marking the beginning of the American street newspaper movement. The publication provided a m ...
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 ''The Street Sheet'' 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 homelessnes ...
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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