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{{Short description|British magazine (2006 - 2021)}}
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The '''''Salford Star''''' was a free local news, culture and campaigning magazine based in [[Salford]], Greater Manchester, England.<ref name="parliament">{{cite web |title=Future for local and regional media Fourth Report of Session 2009–10 |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmcumeds/43/43ii.pdf |website=parliament.uk |publisher=[[House of Commons]] Culture, Media and Sport Committee |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> First published in 2006, it moved to online-only publication in 2009, although returned briefly to print in 2015-2016.<ref name="civic">{{cite web |title=West Leeds Dispatch community newspaper wins £112,000 Lottery 3-year support grant |url=https://www.civic-revival.org.uk/we...newspaper-wins-112-000-lottery-support-grant/ |website=Civic Revival |access-date=4 May 2024 |language=en |date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stop press: The tale of a fallen 'Star' |url=http://www.independent.co.uk:80/news/media/press/stop-press-the-tale-of-a-fallen-star-1671288.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=20 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2009042...-press-the-tale-of-a-fallen-star-1671288.html |archive-date=2009-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ponsford |first1=Dominic |title=Community-run Salford Star relaunches in print three months after closure of town's weekly newspaper |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishe...-months-after-closure-towns-weekly-newspaper/ |website=Press Gazette |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=26 May 2015}}</ref> It stopped publishing in 2021 for financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=SALFORD STAR CLOSES AFTER 15 YEARS WITH ATTITUDE AND LOVE XXX - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=6355 |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=www.salfordstar.com |date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
==Establishment==
The magazine was co-founded in May 2006 by journalists Steven Speed and Stephen Kingston, who had worked together re-launching a small community magazine, the ''Old Trafford News.<ref name="ragging">{{cite news |last1=Conn |first1=David |date=15 November 2006 |title=Local ragging |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/nov/15/regeneration.pressandpublishing |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="bjr">{{cite journal |last1=Kingston |first1=Stephen |date=December 2006 |title=Voices of the people: Community journalism |journal=[[British Journalism Review]] |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=58–64 |doi=10.1177/0956474806074953}}</ref>'' Kingston had previously worked freelance for mainstream publications, including the [[Manchester Evening News]], [[Elle (magazine)|Elle]], and [[The Times]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Kingston {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephen-kingston |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=www.theguardian.com |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> He became frustrated that community articles were rarely accepted by publications, especially when critical of their sponsors; he experienced this particularly when attempting write about potential negative impacts of the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] on its host city of Manchester.<ref name="bjr" /> Speed had previously photographed for community media, and was approached by Graham Cooper, a youth worker in a residential [[Urban renewal|regeneration]] area, to help set up a local paper written by and for Salford people. They decided it would be a not-for-profit publication, and advertised a public meeting at a local pub. The initial meeting was attended by 40 people.<ref name="ragging"/> The magazine received funding before its launch from [[UnLtd]], Awards for All, and [[Salford City Council]] via the East Salford Community Committee.<ref name="parliament"/><ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Bunke |first1=Christian |title=Murdochs Medienimperium wankt |url=https://www.telepolis.de/features/Murdochs-Medienimperium-wankt-3390622.html |website=Telepolis |access-date=4 May 2024 |language=de |date=23 July 2011}}</ref>
==Features==
The ''Salford Star'' covered local news and culture in Salford. It also featured local history pieces and ran interviews with celebrities from the area, including [[Christopher Eccleston]], [[Shaun Ryder]],{{cn}} and [[John Cooper Clarke]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Cooper Clarke On Life In Higher Broughton. - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=106 |website=www.salfordstar.com |publisher=[[Salford Star]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> The "What’s On" section contained previews and reviews of local events and performances.<ref name="bjr"/> The magazine was vocal on local issues and sometimes took an active role in campaigning.
===Campaigns and investigations===
From its inception, it reported critically on local regeneration schemes and published investigations into the property development company [[Urban Splash]], which at the time was responsible for many such schemes in the area.<ref name="ragging"/> In its first issue it reported on the [[Lowry Centre]], a publicly-funded arts venue which had opened six years earlier, promising to ensure it was welcoming to the community.<ref name="ragging"/> It published a [[photo comic]] of an experiment in which a reporter photographed a group of young people as they entered the building, capturing how they were quickly ejected.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sunday Afternoon at the Lowry... |journal=Salford Star |date=Spring 2006 |issue=1 |pages=16-17 |url=https://issuu.com/maryburnspublishing/docs/salford_star_issue-1web_f95b33add3600f |language=en}}</ref><ref>The Guardian also published the story with audio recordings taken during the event: {{Cite news |title=Sunday afternoon at the Lowry: slideshow with audio |url=https://www.theguardian.com/slideshow/page/0,,1946775,00.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> According to Kingston, Salford City Council said they were “very angry” about the action, but did meet community contributors to talk about the issues.<ref name="bjr"/>
In August 2009 it campaigned alongside the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS) and local residents to save the [[The Tree of Knowledge (mural)|''The Tree of Knowledge'']], an [[Alan Boyson]] mural at [[Salford University]] that was to be demolished, resulting in the work being protected with a grade II listed status.<ref name="bbclocal">{{cite web |title=Salford's Tree of Knowledge saved |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manches...s/arts_and_culture/newsid_8211000/8211755.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=20 August 2009}}</ref>
===Recurring features===
The ''Salford Star'' issued a satirical series of awards called the Mary Burns Awards (named after the local historical figure, [[Mary Burns]]). The "awards" were announced every January to organisations and public figures for "stupid statements, dodgy dealings and iffy activities" in the previous year, and often featured critiques related to spending, transparency and unfulfilled promises by local public bodies and their private-sector partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=SALFORD STAR MARY BURNS AWARD WINNERS 2009 |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=445 |website=www.salfordstar.com |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=15 January 2010}}</ref> It also issued genuine awards for music and the arts, voted for by the readership.
==Distribution and participation==
12,000 copies of the first edition were hand-delivered by local volunteers to houses in East Salford, and 3,000 more were left at community and social premises to be given out. Not enough copies of the second edition were available to meet demand, and by the third issue the print run was increased to 20,000.<ref name="bjr"/> Over 100 volunteers worked for the magazine, including photographers, graphic designers and distributors.<ref name="parliament"/>
===Community projects===
The ''Salford Star'' ran a summer spin-off youth magazines, in which children aged eight to 14 participated in journalistic activities such as holding their own press conferences.<ref name="bjr"/> These included community relations work with local young people and children of asylum seekers. The magazine also provided training courses in journalism, photography and graphics.<ref name="parliament"/>
==Recognition==
The publication was shortlisted for a [[Paul Foot Award]] in 2007 and was awarded as a runner-up.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Paul Foot Award For Campaigning Journalism2007 Short List |url=http://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/paul_foot/2007_PF_Shortlist.pdf |publisher=[[Private Eye]] |access-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007102...o.uk/pictures/paul_foot/2007_PF_Shortlist.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Press Gazette - National and regional journalists share Paul Foot Award |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112104004/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=39118 |website=web.archive.org |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=12 November 2007}}</ref> It had been longlisted for the same award in 2006 for its investigation into Urban Splash.<ref name="ragging"/> In 2008 it won the [[Plain English Campaign]]'s Plain English Award for Best Regional Newspaper<ref>{{cite web |title=Plain English Campaign Awards 2008|url=https://plainenglish.co.uk/files/awards programme 2008.pdf|date=9 December 2008 |publisher=[[Plain English Campaign]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Laura |title=Independent.co.uk: Why the award-winning Salford Star went online-only |url=https://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009...-award-winning-salford-star-went-online-only/ |website=Editors Blog {{!}} Journalism.co.uk |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=20 April 2009}}</ref> and a How-Do award for North West Magazine of the Year.<ref name="civic"/>
==Closure==
Facing a lack of funding, the publication campaigned publicly to raise money to keep running. Since its launch, it had been unable to access public funds, with Salford Council revising the criteria for Community Committees' funding of publications.<ref name="parliament" /><ref name=":0" /> In 2018 it raised £3,000 through various means including an auction of "Salford relics". [[Nigel Pivaro]], a regular writer for the ''Salford Star'', auctioned a brick from recently-demolished housing in [[Higher Broughton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SALFORD STAR SAVED AS £3,000 RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=4857 |website=www.salfordstar.com |publisher=[[Salford Star]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> Also for sale was a bolt from a Salford [[gasometer]], advertised as having been made famous by [[Ewan MacColl]] in the song ''[[Dirty Old Town]]'', but this was gifted to the singer’s family in thanks for a donation made by his estate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Hyperlocal title lives on after community raises £3,000 in 10 days |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/...es-on-after-community-raises-3000-in-10-days/ |publisher=HoldtheFrontPage |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SALFORD RELICS UP FOR SALE TO SAVE THE STAR - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=4852 |website=www.salfordstar.com |publisher=[[Salford Star]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> However, the publication was only temporarily saved, and closed in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Simone |title=Celebrities pay tribute to 'Salford Star' editor after website closure |url=https://www.salfordnow.co.uk/2021/0...to-salford-star-editor-after-website-closure/ |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=Salford Now |date=19 May 2021}}</ref> Plans were made for the ''Salford Star'' to be archived by the [[British Library]] and the [[Working Class Movement Library]].<ref name="civic" />
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.salfordstar.com/}}
[[Category:Mass media in Salford]]
[[Category:Free magazines]]
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{{Short description|British magazine (2006 - 2021)}}
{{Italic title}}
The '''''Salford Star''''' was a free local news, culture and campaigning magazine based in [[Salford]], Greater Manchester, England.<ref name="parliament">{{cite web |title=Future for local and regional media Fourth Report of Session 2009–10 |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmcumeds/43/43ii.pdf |website=parliament.uk |publisher=[[House of Commons]] Culture, Media and Sport Committee |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> First published in 2006, it moved to online-only publication in 2009, although returned briefly to print in 2015-2016.<ref name="civic">{{cite web |title=West Leeds Dispatch community newspaper wins £112,000 Lottery 3-year support grant |url=https://www.civic-revival.org.uk/we...newspaper-wins-112-000-lottery-support-grant/ |website=Civic Revival |access-date=4 May 2024 |language=en |date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stop press: The tale of a fallen 'Star' |url=http://www.independent.co.uk:80/news/media/press/stop-press-the-tale-of-a-fallen-star-1671288.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=20 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2009042...-press-the-tale-of-a-fallen-star-1671288.html |archive-date=2009-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ponsford |first1=Dominic |title=Community-run Salford Star relaunches in print three months after closure of town's weekly newspaper |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishe...-months-after-closure-towns-weekly-newspaper/ |website=Press Gazette |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=26 May 2015}}</ref> It stopped publishing in 2021 for financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news |title=SALFORD STAR CLOSES AFTER 15 YEARS WITH ATTITUDE AND LOVE XXX - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=6355 |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=www.salfordstar.com |date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
==Establishment==
The magazine was co-founded in May 2006 by journalists Steven Speed and Stephen Kingston, who had worked together re-launching a small community magazine, the ''Old Trafford News.<ref name="ragging">{{cite news |last1=Conn |first1=David |date=15 November 2006 |title=Local ragging |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/nov/15/regeneration.pressandpublishing |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="bjr">{{cite journal |last1=Kingston |first1=Stephen |date=December 2006 |title=Voices of the people: Community journalism |journal=[[British Journalism Review]] |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=58–64 |doi=10.1177/0956474806074953}}</ref>'' Kingston had previously worked freelance for mainstream publications, including the [[Manchester Evening News]], [[Elle (magazine)|Elle]], and [[The Times]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Kingston {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephen-kingston |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=www.theguardian.com |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> He became frustrated that community articles were rarely accepted by publications, especially when critical of their sponsors; he experienced this particularly when attempting write about potential negative impacts of the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] on its host city of Manchester.<ref name="bjr" /> Speed had previously photographed for community media, and was approached by Graham Cooper, a youth worker in a residential [[Urban renewal|regeneration]] area, to help set up a local paper written by and for Salford people. They decided it would be a not-for-profit publication, and advertised a public meeting at a local pub. The initial meeting was attended by 40 people.<ref name="ragging"/> The magazine received funding before its launch from [[UnLtd]], Awards for All, and [[Salford City Council]] via the East Salford Community Committee.<ref name="parliament"/><ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Bunke |first1=Christian |title=Murdochs Medienimperium wankt |url=https://www.telepolis.de/features/Murdochs-Medienimperium-wankt-3390622.html |website=Telepolis |access-date=4 May 2024 |language=de |date=23 July 2011}}</ref>
==Features==
The ''Salford Star'' covered local news and culture in Salford. It also featured local history pieces and ran interviews with celebrities from the area, including [[Christopher Eccleston]], [[Shaun Ryder]],{{cn}} and [[John Cooper Clarke]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Cooper Clarke On Life In Higher Broughton. - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=106 |website=www.salfordstar.com |publisher=[[Salford Star]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> The "What’s On" section contained previews and reviews of local events and performances.<ref name="bjr"/> The magazine was vocal on local issues and sometimes took an active role in campaigning.
===Campaigns and investigations===
From its inception, it reported critically on local regeneration schemes and published investigations into the property development company [[Urban Splash]], which at the time was responsible for many such schemes in the area.<ref name="ragging"/> In its first issue it reported on the [[Lowry Centre]], a publicly-funded arts venue which had opened six years earlier, promising to ensure it was welcoming to the community.<ref name="ragging"/> It published a [[photo comic]] of an experiment in which a reporter photographed a group of young people as they entered the building, capturing how they were quickly ejected.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sunday Afternoon at the Lowry... |journal=Salford Star |date=Spring 2006 |issue=1 |pages=16-17 |url=https://issuu.com/maryburnspublishing/docs/salford_star_issue-1web_f95b33add3600f |language=en}}</ref><ref>The Guardian also published the story with audio recordings taken during the event: {{Cite news |title=Sunday afternoon at the Lowry: slideshow with audio |url=https://www.theguardian.com/slideshow/page/0,,1946775,00.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> According to Kingston, Salford City Council said they were “very angry” about the action, but did meet community contributors to talk about the issues.<ref name="bjr"/>
In August 2009 it campaigned alongside the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society (TACS) and local residents to save the [[The Tree of Knowledge (mural)|''The Tree of Knowledge'']], an [[Alan Boyson]] mural at [[Salford University]] that was to be demolished, resulting in the work being protected with a grade II listed status.<ref name="bbclocal">{{cite web |title=Salford's Tree of Knowledge saved |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manches...s/arts_and_culture/newsid_8211000/8211755.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=20 August 2009}}</ref>
===Recurring features===
The ''Salford Star'' issued a satirical series of awards called the Mary Burns Awards (named after the local historical figure, [[Mary Burns]]). The "awards" were announced every January to organisations and public figures for "stupid statements, dodgy dealings and iffy activities" in the previous year, and often featured critiques related to spending, transparency and unfulfilled promises by local public bodies and their private-sector partners.<ref>{{cite web |title=SALFORD STAR MARY BURNS AWARD WINNERS 2009 |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=445 |website=www.salfordstar.com |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=15 January 2010}}</ref> It also issued genuine awards for music and the arts, voted for by the readership.
==Distribution and participation==
12,000 copies of the first edition were hand-delivered by local volunteers to houses in East Salford, and 3,000 more were left at community and social premises to be given out. Not enough copies of the second edition were available to meet demand, and by the third issue the print run was increased to 20,000.<ref name="bjr"/> Over 100 volunteers worked for the magazine, including photographers, graphic designers and distributors.<ref name="parliament"/>
===Community projects===
The ''Salford Star'' ran a summer spin-off youth magazines, in which children aged eight to 14 participated in journalistic activities such as holding their own press conferences.<ref name="bjr"/> These included community relations work with local young people and children of asylum seekers. The magazine also provided training courses in journalism, photography and graphics.<ref name="parliament"/>
==Recognition==
The publication was shortlisted for a [[Paul Foot Award]] in 2007 and was awarded as a runner-up.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Paul Foot Award For Campaigning Journalism2007 Short List |url=http://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/paul_foot/2007_PF_Shortlist.pdf |publisher=[[Private Eye]] |access-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007102...o.uk/pictures/paul_foot/2007_PF_Shortlist.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Press Gazette - National and regional journalists share Paul Foot Award |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112104004/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=39118 |website=web.archive.org |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=12 November 2007}}</ref> It had been longlisted for the same award in 2006 for its investigation into Urban Splash.<ref name="ragging"/> In 2008 it won the [[Plain English Campaign]]'s Plain English Award for Best Regional Newspaper<ref>{{cite web |title=Plain English Campaign Awards 2008|url=https://plainenglish.co.uk/files/awards programme 2008.pdf|date=9 December 2008 |publisher=[[Plain English Campaign]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Laura |title=Independent.co.uk: Why the award-winning Salford Star went online-only |url=https://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2009...-award-winning-salford-star-went-online-only/ |website=Editors Blog {{!}} Journalism.co.uk |access-date=4 May 2024 |date=20 April 2009}}</ref> and a How-Do award for North West Magazine of the Year.<ref name="civic"/>
==Closure==
Facing a lack of funding, the publication campaigned publicly to raise money to keep running. Since its launch, it had been unable to access public funds, with Salford Council revising the criteria for Community Committees' funding of publications.<ref name="parliament" /><ref name=":0" /> In 2018 it raised £3,000 through various means including an auction of "Salford relics". [[Nigel Pivaro]], a regular writer for the ''Salford Star'', auctioned a brick from recently-demolished housing in [[Higher Broughton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SALFORD STAR SAVED AS £3,000 RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=4857 |website=www.salfordstar.com |publisher=[[Salford Star]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> Also for sale was a bolt from a Salford [[gasometer]], advertised as having been made famous by [[Ewan MacColl]] in the song ''[[Dirty Old Town]]'', but this was gifted to the singer’s family in thanks for a donation made by his estate.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Hyperlocal title lives on after community raises £3,000 in 10 days |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/...es-on-after-community-raises-3000-in-10-days/ |publisher=HoldtheFrontPage |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SALFORD RELICS UP FOR SALE TO SAVE THE STAR - Salford Star - with attitude & love xxx |url=https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=4852 |website=www.salfordstar.com |publisher=[[Salford Star]] |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> However, the publication was only temporarily saved, and closed in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Simone |title=Celebrities pay tribute to 'Salford Star' editor after website closure |url=https://www.salfordnow.co.uk/2021/0...to-salford-star-editor-after-website-closure/ |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=Salford Now |date=19 May 2021}}</ref> Plans were made for the ''Salford Star'' to be archived by the [[British Library]] and the [[Working Class Movement Library]].<ref name="civic" />
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.salfordstar.com/}}
[[Category:Mass media in Salford]]
[[Category:Free magazines]]
Okumaya devam et...