Owner(s) | Multi-stakeholder co-operative |
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Founder(s) | Rhys Everquill, Emma Guy, Megan Lupton |
Editor | Emma Guy |
Founded | 3 January 2023 (registered), 31 March 2023 (launched, online) |
Language | English, translatable in 100 languages including Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, Polish and Arabic. |
City | Leicester |
Website | https://www.leicester.news |
The Leicester Gazette is local, independent newspaper in Leicester, UK.[1] It publishes feature articles and investigative journalism, and it runs media literacy workshops and training sessions.[2] The Leicester Gazette is a cooperative,[3] which means that its members are owners. Members pay a monthly or annual fee based on The Bristol Cable model.
The Gazette was founded by Rhys Everquill, Emma Guy and Megan Lupton. It is a member of Co-operatives UK, IMPRESS, Independent Media Association, the Local Democracy Reporting Service and Social Enterprise UK.[4]