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The Bristol Cable is created and owned by over 2,500 people in the city. With in-depth reporting, free events and a free quarterly print edition, The Bristol Cable is redefining local journalism through groundbreaking investigations, campaigning for change and amplifying marginalised voices. Online, in print and on the street.
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Edition 10

You need the Cable and the Cable needs you!

The Bristol Cable

Cable Community News

Advertising job: got what it takes?

The Bristol Cable is seeking a freelance advertising representative within Bristol

The Bristol Cable

Cable Community News

This month: issues and stories we focus on

Got any leads? Wonder what Cable content is being researched behind the scenes? Check out our media Coordinators’ areas of focus… This month Alec (@alecsaelens)...

The Bristol Cable

Edition 10

Chasing hard facts in a post-truth world

Depending on your political slant, the year just ended was a time of incredulous horror or a breath of fresh air. A globally turbulent 2016 saw Western societal foundations trembling and – on the surface at least – perceived elites showing cracks.

The Bristol Cable

Reports

The Cable will not decide on press regulation without full co-op consultation

The Cable will not settle a position on press regulation without thorough consultation with members and advisors.

The Bristol Cable

Reports

Children’s mental health spending amongst worst in the country

Politicians speak of the need for ‘parity of investment’ in mental health services but this is not the reality for children or young people in...

Sarah Dylan and The Bristol Cable

Ideas and Action

Interactive: Our voices – young people with cancer

People don’t often ask us about it. Often I can tell by someone’s face that they want to broach the subject.

The Bristol Cable

Edition 9

Opinions: If it ain’t broke don’t demolish it

Members of the newly formed Sorting Office Revisioning Team group (SORT) argue that the development of the Temple Meads site should truly reflect the needs of Bristol residents and the environment

The Bristol Cable

Cable Community News

A night with Poetic Pilgrimage; The Hip Hop Hijabis. 25.11.16

Conversation and music with Bristol born and bred Muslim Hip Hop and Spoken Word duo, expressing the world as they see it through the art...

The Bristol Cable

Cable Community News

In the interests of transparency: a window into the Cable

What is the ‘public interest’? If we were to judge it by the metrics of YouTube views or Facebook page likes, Psy’s Gangnam Style and Shakira would tick the box. Should the Cable publish predictable music videos or vacuous clickbait columns? The Cable media coordinators don't think so.

The Bristol Cable

Cable Community News

The Cable stands with migrants

Many of our readers and 1,200 members in Bristol are from migrant and refugee backgrounds. This statement has been directly prompted by such individuals.

The Bristol Cable

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