AAN News

Webinar: Environmental Coverage in the News

The Project for Improved Environmental Coverage (PIEC) will be coordinating a webinar on environmental coverage in the news and looking at what role AAN members can play in advancing progress. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-27-2013  8:00 am  |  Association News

Webinar: Putting a Face on Polling Data

Learn how to use publicly available research as a launching point for reporting that puts a face on poll findings, a powerful tool in telling memorable stories that go far beyond the numbers. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-15-2013  2:38 pm  |  Association News

AAN Signs On to Letter Asking DOJ to Reverse Policy on Federal Mug Shots

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by AAN and 36 other media organizations, has written to U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., asking that a recently enacted Marshals Service policy to block the release of federal criminal booking photographs be rescinded. (FULL STORY)
rcfp.org  |  01-31-2013  3:00 pm  |  Association News

Call for Entries: 2013 AAN Awards Contest

The 2013 AAN Awards contest is now accepting entries. The deadline to submit entries is Friday, February 15, 2013, at 11 pm (EST). (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-17-2013  2:00 pm  |  Association News

AAN Names Kevin M. Goldberg as Legal Counsel

Kevin M. Goldberg of the law firm of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC has been named to serve as AAN's legal counsel and will also assume responsibility for the association's member legal hotline. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-14-2013  12:00 pm  |  Association News

2013 AAN Awards Entry Deadline is Feb. 15

AAN is introducing two new categories for its 2013 contest: Beat Reporting and Breaking News. The wild card topic is Election Coverage. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-04-2013  5:30 pm  |  Association News

A Year-End Note From AAN

AAN is asking for your help to support the next generation of writers, editors, web producers and business managers by making a tax-deductible charitable contribution to the AAN Foundation. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  12-21-2012  11:00 am  |  Association News

Las Vegas CityLife Editor Scott Dickensheets Takes Over as AAN Editorial Chair

The 10-year alt-weekly veteran will lead AAN's Editorial Committee, which oversees the annual AltWeekly Awards, the editorial programming for AAN conferences, and the organization's various story-sharing projects. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  11-26-2012  3:38 pm  |  Association News

Management Webinar: How To Increase The Return On Investment From Your People

Join us on November 29 for a webinar on how to measure the value of employee knowledge. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  11-20-2012  1:50 pm  |  Association News

AAN Joins Legal Effort to Uphold Judicial Scrutiny of Federal FOIA Denialsnew

AAN and 32 other media organizations have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to uphold the judiciary's authority to review federal agency classification decisions. when considering appeals to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) denials.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press  |  11-07-2012  12:11 pm  |  Association News

Learn to Make Beautiful Data Maps with MapBox's Webinar

Join data analyst Dave Johnson of MapBox Thursday at 2 p.m., Eastern time, for a 90 minute webinar that will walk you through common use cases for web maps, and how to make your data geographic. (FULL STORY)
AAN Staff  |  09-26-2012  2:35 pm  |  Association News

Save the Dates! AAN September Webinar Schedule

Mobile and tablet publishing; creating data-rich maps; and other cool shit. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  08-30-2012  4:30 pm  |  Association News

Webinar: ePublishing with Olive Software

Join us on Thursday, July 26 for a webinar with Olive Software, a leading provider of digital edition and digital archiving solutions for the publishing industry. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  07-17-2012  2:30 pm  |  Association News

Sorry We Can't Take Your Call Right Now

Phones at the AAN office will be down while we relocate. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  06-18-2012  10:10 am  |  Association News

AAN Conducts First-Ever Survey of Alt-Weekly Staff Demographics

AAN's Diversity Committee has released the findings of a survey on the demographic makeup of alt-weekly newsrooms. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  06-04-2012  11:50 am  |  Association News

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