Street News offers a firsthand look into the Athens homeless community

WUGA | By Havivah Saltz

Published September 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT

A woman wearing headphones smiles while holding up a copy of Street News. — Amy Paul, co-editor and writer for Street News.

Street News is a local newspaper facilitated by the Athens Homeless Coalition. The paper seeks to amplify the voices of people experiencing homelessness, and articles are written almost entirely by members of the local homeless community. WUGA’s Havivah Saltz sat down with Street News co-editor Amy Paul to discuss the project.

Street News started publication last year, and its third issue came out in April. You can read all three issues online at athenshc.org.

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Havivah Saltz

Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also worked as an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. She is currently the interim producer of Athens News Matters. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.

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