The Overtake

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The Overtake
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Type of site
News and opinion website
Available inEnglish
Founded13 October 2017
Dissolved 4 February 2022
URL theovertake.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationNone
Current statusShut down

The Overtake was an independent British news and opinion website aimed at millennials. [1] The website was founded in October 2017 by Robyn Vinter and is based in Leeds. [1] Vinter was nominated for the Georgia Henry Award for Innovation at the 2017 Press Awards for her work on The Overtake. [2] [1]

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It shut down in 2021. [3] [4]

Content

The Overtake positioned itself as an alternative and independent media website aimed at a millennial audience. Its articles consisted of both investigative journalism pieces as well as opinion. Their investigative work was featured by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism [5] and their opinion work has been featured by Press Gazette [6] and The Guardian. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mulla, Ismail (7 March 2018). "Media start-up in the running for press award". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Shortlists for 2017 Press Awards". Press Awards. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Robyn Vinter, founder of The Overtake, on closing down the publication". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Thank you and goodbye at the Wayback Machine (archived 2021-02-04)
  5. ↑ McClenaghan, Maeve (19 October 2017). "Stories from around the country show a refuge system at breaking point". The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Vinter, Robyn (3 November 2017). "How to stop the ongoing sexual harassment of young female journalists in the workplace". Press Gazette. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Vinter, Robyn (27 April 2017). "Why the Women's Equality party may hand Philip Davies MP a win in Shipley". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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