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‘Street papers’ are part of the media landscape worldwide - providing the unhoused vendors who sell them an income, and the audiences that read them stories surrounding homelessness.

Producer Johanna Hoes looks into ‘Street Roots’, a paper based in Portland, Oregon telling the word on the street, from the ground up.

Contributors:
Israel Bayer - Director, International Network of Street Papers North America
Dumpsta D - Vendor & Poet, Street Roots
Karen Flemming - Vendor, Street Roots
Chris Herring - Professor of Sociology, UCLA
Nettie Johnson - Vendor & Writer, Street Roots
DeVon Pouncey - Vendor Program Director, Street Roots
Kaia Sand - Executive Director, Street Roots

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