Sixth Sense
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| description | Weekly newspaper by and for the British military |
| language | English |
| Frequency of publication | Weekly (Thursdays) |
| Sold edition | 9,000 - 12,000 copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Philip Welsh |
| editor | Ministry of Defense UK |
| ZDB | 631240-8 |
Sixth Sense - the Forces' own newspaper in Germany was a weekly newspaper published in Germany from 1970 to the end of 2017 in English for members of the British Armed Forces in Germany and their families.
The weekly newspaper with a volume of almost 80 pages and a circulation between 9,000 and 12,000 copies in tabloid format was assigned to the British Ministry of Defense. It financed itself exclusively through advertisements; Any surpluses went to charitable organizations within the British Armed Forces.
The editorial office was based in the Rochdale barracks in Bielefeld. The editorial team consisted of 16 permanent editors. Some of them were civilians and some were military personnel. Reporters from the Paderborn, Münster, Gütersloh, Herford, Elmpt and Bergen-Hohne locations also report.
The newspaper got its name from the Sixth Army Brigade in Soest , which had initially taken over the brigade newspaper "The Beaver" published by the Canadian armed forces and changed the name for their purposes. Since the beginning of the 1980s the newspaper has appeared for British military personnel all over Germany. At the beginning of the 1990s the editorial team moved to the Caterick barracks in Bielefeld, in 1998 to the Rochdale barracks and in 2009 (after a fire in the publishing house) temporarily to Sennestadt on the company premises of Küster Pressedruck. Since 2012 the seat of the newspaper was again the Rochdale barracks.
Sixth Sense reported on the life of the British armed forces in Germany, but also published reports and experience reports from Afghanistan and Iraq. Topics were new technical military equipment and military exercises, there were also entertainment topics, categories about cars, reports from school and sporting events and concerts. The program was printed by BFBS in Germany and by satellite television programs. German topics were also taken up, for example in the “What's on in Germany” section.
The presentation was reminiscent of tabloid newspapers , but the editors made it a point not to publish a tabloid. About a quarter of the scope consisted of ads.
Sixth Sense was sold through the 50 NAAFI shopping centers in Germany and the Red Shield shops. Around 300 readers received the weekly newspaper by subscription.
Web links
- Website of Sixth Sense (Engl.)
- Report from Bielefeld Marketing on the "daily newspaper routine in the barracks"
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sixth Sense News (@SixthSenseNews) | Twitter. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '44.4 " N , 8 ° 33' 37.2" E