About Sheffield Politics

Sheffield Politics was launched in 2010, shortly after the general election. With the elevation of Nick Clegg to deputy prime minister, it became clear that Sheffield was to play a key role in the politics of the new Coalition. At the time, political coverage in the city's media was woeful* and there was an opportunity to explore how the national story was being played out at a local level.

Since then, Sheffield Politics has been used as a source for a number of national news outlets including the Independent and BBC Daily Politics. Our stories have been picked up by The Daily Telegraph, Yorkshire Post, Sheffield Star, Political Scrapbook and Private Eye.​

* To be fair, it's got a lot better since then.​

About the Editor

Mikey Smith is a freelance multimedia and digital reporter based in Sheffield. He studied Journalism, then Politics at the University of Sheffield, and currently works as Student Media Coordinator at Sheffield Students' Union. He is a regular contributor to Political Scrapbook, and has had his work featured or followed up by The Observer, Telegraph, FT, Private Eye, Time, The Atlantic and The Village Voice, among others. He was shortlisted for Reporter of the Year in the 2011 Guardian Student Media Awards.

You can follow Mikey on Twitter here​ or visit his personal website and portfolio here