The Bristol Cable

The Bristol Cable
Typewebsite and quarterly print edition
Owner(s)cooperative society
Staff writersApprox 9[1]
Founded2014
HeadquartersSilver Street, Bristol
WebsiteOfficial website

The Bristol Cable is an independent media company in Bristol, UK, founded in 2014.[2] It provides local news through independent investigative journalism,[3] in a quarterly print publication and website, both free.[4][5] The Bristol Cable is a cooperative, owned by its members, who pay a monthly fee.[5] The publication has a print run of 30,000 copies,[4] distributed throughout the city.[6]

The Bristol Cable was founded by Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram.[5][6] It is part of the Global Investigative Journalism Network.

  1. ^ "Team". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The Bristol Cable: A community-run newspaper holding power to account". Huck Magazine. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ Harris, John (5 November 2015). "The Bristol conundrum: 'Gentrification is a danger – and if you're poor, you're really, really stretched'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 December 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ^ a b "Journalism in the digital era: New thinking about communities and business". BBC. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Bristol Cable: the local investigative journalism co-op training citizens to hold power to account". The Independent. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b Harris, John (24 January 2016). "Bristol Cable founders: 'We're holding people to account for their actions'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 December 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.