Kent & Surrey Bylines is a not-for-profit regional online newspaper that supports citizen journalism. Our aim is to publish well-written, fact-based articles and opinion pieces on subjects that are of interest to people in Kent & Surrey and beyond. In doing so, we seek to demonstrate democracy in action by giving a voice to local people and holding our elected representatives to account.
This is made possible by our independence – both from government control and from the influence of corporate interests. Our political stance is progressive and internationalist. Our objective is to be part of the debate at a regional and national level.
Kent & Surrey Bylines is a trading brand of Bylines Network Limited, which is a partner organisation to Byline Times. Although both organisations fully support each other and collaborate where possible, it’s important to note that the companies are separate entities – financially, legally and editorially. The Bylines Network is funded entirely from reader donations, subscriptions to the Bylines Gazette and a very small amount of advertising income on some of our sites. If you would also like to support Byline Times, please visit their website.
We encourage our authors, all of whom are volunteers, to write about the things that energise them. New writers are welcome and we invite contributions from those with specific areas of expertise. We also welcome contributions from those with differing views and perspectives in order to encourage debate. Our author profiles can be viewed by clicking on the name of the author in each article. This will also take you to a list of their other pieces so you can explore further.
Our content is always relevant to Kent & Surrey, whether from a regional, national or international perspective. We cover special interest stories from our region to retain a strong local connection, but we include content of potential interest to readers from further afield to widen our audience.
Opinion pieces that reflect a progressive and internationalist perspective are balanced by other news, lifestyle and interest articles. We aim to ensure all articles are of a high standard and contributions are subject to review by our editorial team.
Extra vigilance will be needed to hold this government to account. We intend to take up that task for Kent & Surrey. Kent & Surrey Bylines will be steadfast in reminding our representatives of what they said and what they were elected to do.
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If you would like to write an article for Kent & Surrey Bylines, please refer to these guidelines before you start writing.
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We aim to bring in more people who want to help us ensure that Britain’s direction of travel is positive and as inclusive as possible in the coming years. If you’d like to be part of that, there’s plenty to do!
The Editorial team of Kent & Surrey Bylines is Charlotte Mbali, Magdalena Williams, Chris Hammond and Nico Kerr. We are now looking for more articles from people who have studied, lived or worked in other European countries. We are also looking for more book reviewers.
The Bylines Network’s Zero Tolerance Policy
It is the policy of Bylines Network that discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. We are committed to ensuring all contributors are safe and free from harassment and discrimination and do not act in a discriminatory way towards others. Bigotry of any kind is against our core values and it undermines performance, success and productivity of the organisation. All contributors will be held accountable for maintaining an environment free from discrimination of this nature. We do not accept or condone discriminatory comments about or towards people within Bylines articles or social media posts based on their age, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, sex, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, or disability. Any incident in breach of these standards should be reported to the Bylines Network coordinator: [email protected].
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