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The LINC is a quarterly youth magazine with a focus on news and information for young people in Wigan Borough.
As a public-fundedThe magazine's main aim is to provide information on activities, events and services relevent to its audience. However, it also features a range of celebrity interviews and lighthearted pieces.
In previous editions, notable interviews have featured, amongst many others, the likes of BBC broadcaster, author and former music journalist, Stuart Maconie,Hollyoak's actresses Carley Stenson and Leah Hackett, Bolton born boxer, Amir Kahn and current Everton F.C. footballer, Leighton Baines, who spoke to the magazine following Wigan Athletic's much-publicised promotion to the English Premier League.
In 2007, The LINC attracted media attention after running an investigative journalism piece entitled 'Facecrook: The Susan Chieltiltt Experiment'. In this 'experiment', staff at the magazine set up a fake Facebook profile under the guise of 'Susan Chieltiltt' (supposedly an anagram of 'It's us at The LINC') and invited young people to become a friend of 'Susan'.
The aim was to raise awareness of the dangers young people put themselves in by posting personal information such as telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and full postal addresses on the popular social-networking site, naming and shaming those who The LINC had found to be the most vunerable.
Several news outlets picked up on the 'experiment', and many of the 'victims' agreed that they had thought twice about publicising personal information online after reading the feature. [1].
In 2008, the magazine came under scrutiny from British newspaper, The Sunday Telegraph, after the magazine's editor position became vacant. Picking up on a recruitment advertisement to find a replacement, The Sunday Telegraph lampooned the role in their regular 'Waste Watchers' feature.