The New Internationalist magazine will come in a new format from September, as a bimonthly publication of 84 pages.
Based in Oxford, the New Internationalist was set up 44 years ago as a worker co-operative. Last year it changed its legal structure from a worker co-op registered as a company to a co-operative society.
During the conversion, the New Internationalist received financial support from the Hive and the Community Shares Company, while around 3,400 readers bought £700,000 worth of shares, becoming co-owners in the New Internationalist Co-operative. It is now the UK’s largest media co-op with members including employees, investors and supporters.
The funding helped to support investment in the design, launch and marketing the new-look publication as well as increased multimedia content and development of the company’s ethical shop social enterprise.
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The new-look New Internationalist includes more in-depth features and investigative articles as well as under-reported stories from the Global South. The September edition is themed around peace and looks at the struggle against Boko Haram in Nigeria, Colombia’s fragile transition from conflict, the role of traditional diplomacy in the age of Twitter, and potential routes to peace.
“This is a great time to relaunch New Internationalist,” said co-editor Hazel Healy. “People want a progressive, trusted publication to help make sense of the world. With more space and a sharper design, we can go further in-depth and appeal to new audiences who might not have heard of us.”
Co-editor Dinyar Godrej added: “In the last few years, we have been focusing more than ever on the kind of coverage that our readers hold dear – out-of-the-box thinking, providing a platform for vital but often marginalised voices and grappling with the issues that matter rather than what’s currently ‘trending’.
“Now, we feel, we have a form that fits.”
