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Portsmouth People

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Portsmouth People

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  1. Portsmouth People • Portsmouth People is the diocesan publication for the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. It is distributed free of charge to parishes and other groups in the Diocese which covers Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Isles and parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Oxfordshire. The Portsmouth Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust is a registered charity (number 246871). Diocesan Office, St Edmund House, Bishop Crispian Way, Portsmouth PO1 3QA www.PortsmouthDiocese.org.uk

  2. Portsmouth People Development • Founded ’96: Barry Hudd > Kathryn Turner • November 2008: Relaunch bi-monthly • Free 24pp magazine x 10,000 • Forest-sustainable paper • January 2009 > 32pp + Ads • May 2009 > 15,000 (Readership 45/50k) • 100 drop-offs & e-subscription • Website > online: greyscales + supplements • December 2010 > stitched inserts • (Production+Distribution)-Revenue: £0.32 unit

  3. Portsmouth People Vision, Aims, Rationale: • Bond • Communicate • Develop • Encourage • Entertain • Inform • Promote • Support • Teach … Formation, Communion, Mission

  4. Portsmouth People Readership & Readability Points to Address: Ages; Interests; Educational backgrounds; Nationalities; Abilities in English; Gender; Cerebration; Concentration Spans; Lay and Religious; Families; Individuals; Political Alignment; Sensitivities … Breadth and Depth

  5. Portsmouth People Contents: Front cover illustration; Policy Statement; Editorial; Bishop’s Bulletin; Bishop’s Engagements; Priest’s Profile; What’s in a word? (Terminology); Personality Profile; Fascinating Facts & Figures; Teens & 20s; IT; Parsons Pointers; Behind The Scenes; Calendar; Prie-Dieu; Movers & Shakers; Pastoral Area Profiles; Live Issues; Quotable Quotes; A Broader View; Letters; Crossword; News & Announcements; Just for Juniors; Bookmark/Reviews; Just A Click Away; Foreign Connections; Recipes; Hints & Wrinkles; Open to Debate; Fr Corley’s Column; Church in Focus plus assorted features, news & views, reports, ‘hooks’, ads & announcements and other miscellaneous items > some 3 dozen basic ingredients Rich Diet

  6. Portsmouth People The Team • Editor (1 p/t: one day p.w. expenses paid) • Advisory Panel (4/5) • Regular Writers (8 incl. +Crispian and Ed.) • Area Contacts (3) • Distribution (1) • Print & Design (3+) • Others (50-60 per issue)

  7. Portsmouth People Reaction to date +/- • Overwhelmingly pro i/s & o/s diocese • ‘Lack of gender balance’ (1 comment) • Presumed cost (2 negs) • ‘Professional!’ (many pro’s, 2 neg’s) • ‘Prefer newspaper format’ (2) • Distribution/Allocation (‘More, please!’) • ‘Mistaken for candles and locked away’

  8. Portsmouth People HELP! PP has a constant, voracious appetite and continues to evolve Ideas, suggestions, copy, leads, angles, area contacts, contributors, ads (No loose inserts), articles, snippets, photograph(er)s, reports, comments, calendar items … and sponsorship … Spread the Word All contributions to PP are of a voluntary nature

  9. Portsmouth People Dr Jeremy L Kettle-Williams Editor Portsmouth People Department for Pastoral Formation Park Place Pastoral Centre, Winchester Road WICKHAM PO17 5HA e: editor@PortsmouthPeople.org.uk t: +44(0)23 9283 3121 f: +44(0)23 9287 2172 www.PortsmouthPeople.org.uk

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