Whats Up Magazine

Whats Up Magazine is a street newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the South End. Whats Up is a subsidiary of Haley House, a non profit organization in Boston.

Whats Up Magazine integrates community, diversity, and discussion by supporting artistic expression and social change. It is rooted in the voices of youth culture and humanitarian concern. Its purpose is two-fold:

Serve as a community-based alternative media source. The content combines the arts with social awareness in a way that encourages the entire population of Greater Boston to be socially conscious as well as being a human service provider, aiding low-income individuals by offering transitional employment to official magazine vendors. Vendors both Contribute to and distribute the magazine.

History

The first issue was published in April of 1997 by original founders Aaron Goldstein and Laurel Kirtz. The magazine's first debut was in black & white for 75 cents. By the next issue, the magazine was sold for $1.00 and have continued to be so. Today, copies of Whats Up are sold in color.

AbOUT The Paper

Each paper is sold monthly for $1 by a vendor. As a result, he or she receives a 75-cent profit for each issue sold. Whats Up currently has four paid staff, but the majority of articles written are by volunteers.

Vendors sell the most current issues of the magazine throughout the Boston and Greater Boston area.

External links

• Official website
• Whats Up Magazine at MySpace