The ''Głos – Tygodnik Nowohucki'' is a weekly magazine published in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

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, focused on regional news concerning the largest and most populous city district of

Nowa Huta Nowa Huta (, literally "The New Ironworks") is the easternmost district of Kraków, Poland. With more than 200,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous areas of the city. Until 1990, the neighbouring districts were considered expansions o ...

. It features weekly editorials about politics, economy, culture, history of the city and the arts. ''Głos'' (The Voice) is published in color by Graf-Press media group in a tabloid format and sold each Wednesday with the local distribution of 18,000 copies. It can be purchased in kiosks and other commercial outlets for 1.5 zloty. Its main source of revenue is advertising. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of ''Głos'' is Jan Franczyk.

History

Between 1957 and 1991, the ''Głos'' magazine – established in 1957 – was owned by the Lenin Steelworks (since renamed to

Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks () is a steel plant in Poland in the district Nowa Huta. It is owned by ArcelorMittal Poland S.A. Oddział Kraków, a division of ArcelorMittal. History The plant, then named Vladimir Lenin Steelworks, opened on July ...

), now owned by

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. In 1991 the Głos weekly was privatized, and its name changed from ''Głos Nowej Huty'' to ''Głos – Tygodnik Nowohucki''. Currently the magazine is no longer subsidized, although the steelworks and the district authorities often purchase up to several pages in order to present their own information and advertise new employment opportunities for thousands of prospective factory workers. Following the

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the weekly ''Głos'' begun publishing articles on religion for the first time. It produced a series of stories on the local

Mogiła Abbey Mogiła Abbey (; ) is a Cistercian monastery in the Nowa Huta District of Kraków, Poland. The abbey was founded in 1222 by the Bishop of Kraków, Iwo Odrowąż. The religious complex was built for religious reasons as well as for prestige. It w ...

, a Gothic monastery of the

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erected in the 13th century in Nowa Huta (formerly, village of Mogiła),Jerzy Aleksander Karnasiewicz, '' Nowa Huta. Okruchy życia i meandry historii'' (), photo anthology; Wydawnictwo Towarzystwo Slowaków w Polsce,

, 2003; which appeared in the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. Since 2006 the Głos includes a supplement published for the youth, and co-edited by students from the local high-schools under the direction of Agnieszka Żuchowicz and Tomasz Korczynski. The initiative is part of a program called Equal, connecting 16 secondary schools within the city district, and run by Partnerstwo Inicjatyw Nowohuckich society. , reprint fro
Życie Krakowa

Notes and references

External links

Official website
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