South Manchester Reporter

South Manchester Reporter

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Manchester Evening News
Editor	Lawrence Matheson
Founded	c.1950
Political alignment	Centre-right, Populist
Headquarters	Didsbury, Manchester
Circulation	52,603 (Jul-Dec 2006) (Weekly)
Official website	http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk

The South Manchester Reporter is an English weekly newspaper published every Thursday. Distributed in South Manchester, it sells around 6,000–6,200 copies per week and is read by an estimated 57,000 people, making it one of the most widely read subsidiaries of the Manchester Evening News^{[citation needed]}. The paper has also merged with another of South Manchester's newspapers, the local version of the Manchester Metro News.

It began life on 10 November 1978 as the Withington Reporter. In March 1980, the name was changed to The Reporter and again to the South Manchester Reporter in November 1988.

The most popular section in the paper is a rather quirky column written by James Chapman-Kelly. He never fails to entertain and has a good rapport with the readers as is evidenced by the number of letters and emails received. James Chapmn-Kelly also has a weekly column in the Manchester Evening News every Saturday entitled 'Rewind'. A look back at what made the news 100 years ago on a day by day basis. He has been writing the column for over six years and it is the most popular section in the Saturday paper.

The South Manchester Reporter covers the following areas:

• Burnage
• Chorlton
• Didsbury
• Fallowfield
• Ladybarn
• Levenshulme
• Northenden
• Old Moat
• Withington
• Whalley Range