A little peek behind the curtain of our peer newsroom, The Shift! Made up of 14 journalists from the Downtown Eastside, our monthly meetings are a space to pitch stories, share feedback, and support one another.

“These peer reporters bring a distinctive perspective to the table: by living and working in the DTES, and actively producing a monthly magazine at Megaphone, they are both reporters and the reported on.“ @megaphonemagazine.com

✍🏽 Shift Happens is our new ethics guide for journalists covering the Downtown Eastside. Built by The Shift peer newsroom, this living document brings together lived experience, journalism training + 18 months of workshops to reshape how stories about marginalized communities are told. 1/2

We’re hiring! Megaphone is looking for a contract Layout & Graphic Designer to design our monthly print magazine. ⏳ 15–20 hrs/month | 💵 $30/hr | 📍 Mostly remote Apply by sending your resume, cover letter and samples to [email protected] megaphonemagazine.com/about/our-te...

JOB ALERT 🚨 Megaphone is looking for a Layout & Graphic Designer. This is a 15-20 hours a month contract, see more details below! megaphonemagazine.com/about/our-te...

New year, new edition of Megaphone magazine! This issue contains an innovative media guide for journalists who cover the Downtown Eastside! Created by Megaphone's very-own peer newsroom, The Shift, this necessary tool is essential for reporters covering the Downtown Eastside.

We want to share some Megaphone wins with you from 2025! • Increased profit margins for vendors to help better reflect the hard-work and dedication they put into selling Megaphone magazine; • On-boarded 33 new vendors to our Vendor Program; • Welcomed 2 Vendor Directors to our governance board;

Your gift helps provide security and sustainable income for Megaphone vendors and storytellers through the coldest months of the year. It keeps community-driven journalism alive and ensures people with lived experience are supported, heard and valued. megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

You can help sustain meaningful income opportunities, community-driven storytelling, and dignity for over 150 vendors and storytellers with a donation to Megaphone. @megaphonemagazine.com #vancouver #nonprofit #DTES

(5/5) @megaphonemagazine.com amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. The mag is led by a peer newsroom in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and features important community journalism and local arts and culture.

When you give monthly, you show up for 150+ vendors and storytellers not just today, but all year long. Your steady support helps create self-determined income, more opportunities and sustainable community resources. 📣❤️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Looking for a little heart this holiday? Read Peter Thompson’s beautiful story on the old-fashioned Christmases he misses and the community that still brings him joy. 🎄✨ megaphonemagazine.com/2025/12/i-mi...

When you give monthly, you show up for 150+ vendors and storytellers not just today, but all year long. Your steady support helps create self-determined income, more opportunities and sustainable community resources. 📣❤️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Do you have your 2026 Hope in Shadows calendar?Purchase it from your local @megaphonemagazine.com vendor. It features some fantastic photography from the Downtown Eastside community.

Halfway there! 🚀 Help us reach our Winter Campaign goal so Megaphone vendors can thrive this season. Donate today and help change the story on poverty ❣️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

The December 2025 issue of Megaphone is out now! 🎄✨ This month’s cover story by newsroom reporters Julie Chapman and Nicolas Crier looks back at a year of storytelling to find out who’s been naughty and nice across our community.

We had an incredible time celebrating the launch of the Hope in Shadows calendar! 📸✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us — from vendors to our generous sponsors and community partners — for supporting this project that shines a light on the creativity and connection in the Downtown Eastside.

Give the gift of security & sustainability to our 150+ vendors and storytellers this holiday season. Amid public service cuts and demand on nonprofits, our vendors need your support. Your donation will ensure a stronger, more sustainable future for our vendors. 🎄✨ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Batmans say: Fight evil in Gotham City by supporting @megaphonemagazine.com vendors with a Hope In Shadows purchase! No tricks, just treats in this awesome product: just $20 for a year’s worth of uplifting #streetphotography! David will be selling at Commercial + Broadway till 6pm Oct. 31 🎃

Have you purchased your 2026 Hope in Shadows calendar yet? Find a vendor at the link in our bio ✨📆📸

Join us this Saturday, November 1st at Carnegie Community Centre to hear from writers in this year’s Voices of the Street anthology! 12:00-1:30 p.m. - free entry! 💥 ✨

Have you spotted the Hope in Shadows Calendar around town? @megaphonemagazine.com vendors now have this in stock and it's filled with some fantastic photography from the Downtown Eastside community. It's available from your local vendor for $20.

Join us on Saturday, November 1st as writers from this year's Voices of the Street read their work at the Heart of the City Festival! This is a free event ✨ 📍Carnegie Theatre - 401 Main St, Vancouver 📆 Saturday, November 1st ⏰ 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

At the @megaphonemagazine.com Fundraiser 🎉 Megaphone amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside Donate to support: megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Last minute tickets are AVAILABLE for our annual fundraiser 💫 see you at the Russian Hall @ 5pm tomorrow! Celebrated our Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year award recipient with us + keynote by @amjohal.bsky.social 🎤 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

The 2026 #HopeInShadows calendar is here!!! ❤️ Get 'em while they're hot + support our low-income photographers + vendors! Cover shot winner by vendor Martin Verna, who sells outside Bean Around the World @ Main + Broadway. Stop by + say hello and congrats! 🥳 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

The 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar from @megaphonemagazine.com has been revealed and it is now available from vendors on the streets of Vancouver featuring photography from the Downtown Eastside community.

THE 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR IS HERE 💥 This year's theme — Humour—is a collection of images that spark light and laughter! With over 115 participants and 1500+ submitted images, the top 13 images are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Coming up! Come stop by as we unveil the 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR 📆 ♥️

Read about our fundraiser! It’s an evening of love, celebration and community. Celebrate our wonderful vendors with us ❤️ www.straight.com/city-culture...

Inside this issue: 💊 Why is nasal spray naloxone — a safer, more user-friendly overdose reversal tool — so hard to access?

📰 Hot off the press! The latest edition of Megaphone is here. ✨ Our cover story dives into the upcoming Hope in Shadows calendar (launching October 9) 📸, sharing the stories behind some of this year’s top 30 powerful images + MORE ⬇️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Get your tickets for Megaphone’s fundraiser on October 16th 🎟️ Hear a keynote from Am Johal on non-profit sustainability during periods of incredible uncertainty 🎟️ Celebrate recipients of the Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year and Angel Gates Memorial Awards @megaphonemagazine.com

Just over 2 weeks until our annual fundraiser! We’ve added an exciting discounted ticket deal, which includes 2 drink vouchers, catered canapés AND a keynote by Am Johal on non-profit sustainability 💥 come celebrate our dedicated vendors! ✨ ❤️ www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

Join us on Thursday, October 9th as we unveil our 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR! 🥳✨📆 🗓️ Thursday, October 9th ⏰ 11am - 1pm 📍312 Main 🎟️ Free entry Join us in celebrating our top 13 photographers and subjects!

Early bird tickets for our annual fundraiser are available until this Friday! Tickets include an evening of inspiration with keynote speaker Am Johal, catered canapés, and 2 drink tickets ✨🥂🎈 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones... www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

Join me for an inspiring evening in support of @megaphonemagazine.com's mission to amplify marginalized voices and build stronger communities. 🎟 Early Bird tickets available now:

The September issue is here! This month’s cover story takes you inside the Downtown Eastside, with limited resources, residents — many living with disabilities — are reworking everyday items to meet their needs and make life a little easier.

Don't miss the CiTR Radio + Discorder Block Party fundraiser at Green Auto in Vancouver on Sunday in support of @megaphonemagazine.com 🎉 Entry by donation. Doors open at 3:00pm. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DNOlU-1S_W...

You’re Invited! We’re wrapping up summer with a night of live music and readings from this year’s Voices of the Street literary anthology at the CiTR/Discorder Block Party + a raffle! 📅 Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025 📍1822 Pandora St., Vancouver 💵By donation at the door.

colonial wounds scars of oppression desperately beg for healing but they get infected because this world has no medicine called justice — Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini #DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com Photographed with consent

Wanna find @megaphonemagazine.com’s awesome 🇨🇦 August mag? Hit up longtime vendor Peter Thompson today at West Fourth Avenue + Vine in #Kitsilano! Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️

Happy 14th anniversary at the Rickshaw, Mo! Here’s a cover story I did about the venue for @megaphonemagazine.com last year @rickshawtheatre.bsky.social @bifnaked.bsky.social ♥️ @backstagerider.bsky.social

The August edition of Megaphone magazine is OUT NOW! 📚🇨🇦 From Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories our cover story spotlights must-read Canadian authors. megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Your July Megaphone magazine is here! This edition features a story about the award-winning Climate Disaster Project and its play, the Eyes of the Beast, which spotlights British Columbians who lived through the deadly North American "heat dome" of 2021 –– including some of our vendors.

📸✨ VOTE NOW for the 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar! ✨📸 This year’s theme is HUMOUR -- joy, laughter, and the moments that make us smile through it all. The photos are in -- now YOU help choose the ones that will fill next year’s calendar with light and laughter. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Happy Birthday to Nardwuar! @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social 🥳 — ➡️ Watch Nardwuar in action youtube.com/@nardwuar?si... ➡️ Read our @megaphonemagazine.com interview

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported Megaphone’s participation in the 5K on June 22nd! 👟 🥇 Special congratulations and thanks to vendor and writer Yvonne Mark, who raised an incredible $4,884.65 towards our Spring Campaign! We had so much fun as a team crossing that finish line with her 🏃🏻‍♀️💗

📆🌸 Join us at these upcoming events ➡️ each event will have a vendor selling product!

🏃‍♀️ Just 2 DAYS left to support Yvonne Mark running the Vancouver Marathon 5K for Megaphone’s Spring Campaign! 🌸 Help us close the $3,800 gap and uplift women vendors. 💪 Donate today and be part of real change! 💜 raceroster.com/events/2025/...