Peanut Press

LUU has helped a small group of students to set up a new website called Peanut Press. Set to launch during the LUU Social Forum, the site aims to act as an open space for independent journalism and inclusive interaction in Leeds.

Designed along the lines of existing websites such as Indymedia, the Peanut Press will use open publishing to allow all its users to produce the news collectively, rather than it being the job of a small group. By doing this it is hoped that students at Leeds will learn more from each other and many issues and discussions that were previously suppressed will become visible and available.

The Peanut Press will embrace the same values of ethical inclusively, responsibility and action as its older sister the Peanut Gallery. This means that the collective of volunteers who run the site will act as editors to remove material that compromises these values by containing personalised abuse, discrimination or hate speech.

If you would like to get more involved in helping to run the Peanut Press or would like to post your stories on the site then please email rob@peanutpress.org

And remember, “We don’t have hate the media, we can be the media”