What makes a newspaper?
Big news stories? Sport? Topical features,
letters, reviews, TV listings, crosswords?
All of those things.
But what makes a good newspaper?
The answer to that, lies in the closeness of its relationship with the readers.
One test of any paper’s success is how intimately it engages with them; how much of its content matters in their lives and addresses their concerns.
That’s one reason why the Barnsley Chronicle is unique, for a paper of its size, in publishing seven editions each week. We pride ourselves on grassroots coverage of local news. And local to us means not simply a town, but a district or a street.
It is this relationship that confers authority on our coverage because it concerns –  and it often generated by – those we write about. Our reports can, and have, changed lives.
This newspaper began 150 years ago as a champion of the people.

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