This was done to give St. Helenians, and indeed, Tristanians, who resided in the Falklands, a touch of home.  Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and personal information was faxed to everyone with a machine.  In return, Teaberry Express got the news to put in the newspaper.

Thanks to a generous gift in 1997 from the late Lester W. Brock Jnr., a website was created under SARTMA's name.  Using the ever expanding e-mail system, it was easier and cheaper to send the news around the South Atlantic.  The benefit to all the remote territories by clubbing together to get nternet exposure has been tremendous.

SARTMA funded the initial internet exposure of St. Helena News, now the St. Helena Herald.  It also quickly linked up with the Islander Newspaper, on Ascension Island, and helped to increase the new internet newspaper's exposure and circulation.

Another aspect of what SARTMA does deals with the grant of equipment to struggling newspapers.  Starting with the grant of a fax machine to the Islander Newspsper in late 1993, SARTMA has continued to give Computers and other IT equipment to supporting papers.

Membership in SARTMA is free.  The only requirements are that the newspaper or other publication originates in or is about the Remote Territories in the South Atlantic.  The other is a willing to share that news amongst the South Atlantic territories, which stretch from Ascension Island in the North to South Georgia and parts of Antarctica in the South.

It is necessary to note here that each newspaper associated with SARTMA retains its own ownership, style and editorial policy. 

In July 2002, SARTMA moved its headquarters to Ascension Island where it intends to expand its services to include transcriptions and a hard copy of SAFIN Magazine.