As we celebrate our fiftieth issue we are proud that what goes into the Messenger is still under direct community control. Instead of employing an editor we run an ‘editorial group’ which is open to anyone from Burngreave and is a great place to meet Messengerstaff and volunteers.
We think this gives the Messenger its unique community flavour, stops the pages getting filled with hype and means we reflect the issues that matter to Burngreave residents. When so many leaflets go in the bin we know the Messengergets read from cover to cover.
We hold editorial meetings at 6.30pm on Wednesdays at Abbeyfield Park House. Everyone is welcome, especially to the first meeting each month (6th April for the May issue) when we plan what should go into the issue. Come along on the 6th if you want to help make a difference, the next fifty issues are up to you!
The Burngreave Messenger is a community newspaper, funded by New Deal, with editorial independence.We aim to increase and encourage communication in Burngreave. Each edition is put together by an editorial team who write articles not otherwise credited.This month’s team: Farzana Ahmed, Kate Atkinson,Annie Blindell, Clare Burnell, Martin Currie, Andrew Green, Mark Lankshear, Jamie Marriott,Tim Neal, Carl Rose, Rob Smith, Gaby Spinks, Lisa Swift and Paul Taylor. All content is copyright Burngreave Messenger Ltd or its voluntary contributors, not to be reproduced without permission.