AAN News
CONVENTION: Guests Get Digital
Joy Howard |
06-16-2006 8:21 am |
Association News
Nine Candidates Running for Election to AAN Board of Directors
Erin Sullivan (pictured), managing editor of Baltimore City Paper, is running for the membership chair position being vacated by Seven Days' Paula Routly, one of several spots on the AAN board that are up for grabs this year. Voting will take place on Saturday, June 17, during the annual meeting on the final day of the convention in Little Rock. AAN News put together this voting guide to help members get acquainted with the candidates.
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AAN Staff |
06-13-2006 6:07 am |
Association News
Borrell: Alt-Weeklies Must Develop Online Models to Grow Real Estate
Alternative newspapers will continue to see modest growth in real-estate advertising over the next few years, but they will need to develop online business models to compete in the space over the long-term, says Borrell Associates Inc. in a report commissioned by AAN which was issued on Friday. The report includes a detailed analysis of current trends in real estate and rentals marketing, as well as recommendations for developing more targeted online products. Borrell's Peter Conti, Jr., will present the findings at this week's AAN convention in Little Rock.
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AAN Staff |
06-12-2006 2:02 pm |
Association News
2006 AltWeekly Award Finalists Announced
L.A. Weekly and Jackson Free Press won the most awards, with six, while The Coast, Philadelphia Weekly, Riverfront Times, Seattle Weekly and Seven Days each picked up five. The order of finish will be announced at a luncheon on Friday, June 16, at the AAN convention in Little Rock.
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06-05-2006 5:15 am |
Association News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Achievements and Innovations: Washington City Paper's 'Nosh Mobs'
In the first installment of AAN's new interview series, Amy Austin (pictured), Dave Nuttycombe and Tim Carman of Washington City Paper describe how reader-created restaurant reviews have forged a new relationship between the newspaper's print and Web products. They also explain the meaning of sporks. To suggest a topic for a future interview, contact Amy Gill at amyg@aan.org.
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Isaiah Thompson |
05-25-2006 7:23 am |
Association News
2006 Academy for Alternative Journalism Fellows Named
Ten aspiring journalists have been chosen to attend the seventh annual AAJ summer residency program at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. This year's class includes a former staff writer for Tampa's Weekly Planet and several other young writers who have experience freelancing for AAN papers. The ten fellows were selected from 420 applicants for the eight-week program, which is designed to train minority journalists in the fundamentals of long-form journalism.
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05-15-2006 9:59 am |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
Air America Radio to Present at AAN Convention
05-10-2006 6:12 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Award-Winning Journalist and Author Ted Conover Added to Edit Stream
05-09-2006 3:24 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
AAN Asks Governor to Restore Arkansas Times to Press List
It has been a week since Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee purged the alt-weekly from his official press notification list, but the governor (pictured) still has not provided a valid explanation for his decision. AAN sent a letter this morning on behalf of its member papers urging the governor to reverse his decision and put the Times back on the publicly financed list. The letter, signed by AAN President Kenneth Neill, reminds Huckabee that "as a public official," he is "legally forbidden from blackballing the paper based on its political content."
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05-04-2006 7:57 am |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Save the Date: Portland in 2007
The 2006 convention is still more than a month away, but plans are already being made for next year. Keep June 14-16, 2007 clear on your calendar -- host paper Willamette Week is promising sunshine, pinot noir, and "a vigorous
discussion about the future of independent journalism."
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Amy Gill |
05-02-2006 11:49 am |
Association News
AAN Hires Web-Publishing Experts to Help Organize Fall Conference
West Gold Editorial will help the association organize programming for its fall Web-publishing conference, which will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to the consulting work they handle for print publications and their Web sites, West Gold Editorial has experience in a similar, advisory role in connection with an annual Web-publishing workshop hosted by Stanford University. The firm's principals will also present two seminars at this year's annual convention in Little Rock.
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AAN Staff |
04-27-2006 7:47 am |
Association News
Alt-Weeklies Move Toward Free Online Classifieds
To compete with Craigslist and other Web sites, AAN members are turning to different models of free online classifieds, most developed specifically for alt-weeklies. But what seems like a revenue loss can also be an advantage, publishers and marketers say. Some revenue can be gained from upselling and from the new business that a classifieds Web site attracts, and alt-weeklies are in a unique position to build online loyalty because they take their cues from the local communities that they serve.
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Joy Howard |
04-18-2006 8:01 am |
Association News
Program Announced for 2006 Annual Convention [members only]
AAN Staff |
04-12-2006 9:58 am |
Association News
