AAN News
Three Alt-Weeklies Among Bert Greene Award Finalistsnew
The International Association of Culinary Professionals has announced the finalists for this year's Bert Greene Awards, which honor "one of the most sophisticated and dynamic genres in contemporary journalism" -- food writing. This year, both the Houston Press and SF Weekly are finalists in the brand-new Blog category, and the Village Voice's Sarah Digregorio is a finalist in the Culinary Writing without Recipes category for her February 2009 piece on foie gras. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Portland on April 22.
International Association of Culinary Professionals |
03-04-2010 9:00 am |
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Oklahoma Gazette Picks Up Dozens of Awards in Three Contestsnew
The Oklahoma Gazette received 18 honors at the 2009 Oklahoma Pro Chapter's Society of Professional Journalists awards, including five first-place wins. The Gazette also picked up 10 awards (including four firsts) at the 2009 Oklahoma Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, and received seven honors at the Oklahoma City Ad Club's 44th annual ADDY Awards.
Oklahoma Gazette |
03-03-2010 11:47 am |
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Riverfront Times Founder Elected to Local 'Print Hall of Fame'new
The St. Louis chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has elected RFT founder Ray Hartmann as one of seven people it will induct into the St. Louis Print Hall of Fame next month.
Riverfront Times |
02-11-2010 8:58 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Riverfront Times
Alt-Weeklies Nab Dozens of New England Press Association Awardsnew
Three AAN members took home plenty of awards in this year's New England Newspaper and Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Boston Phoenix staff writer Mike Miliard was named Weekly Journalist of the Year (judges said he was "obviously a very versatile and talented journalist") as part of the Phoenix's haul of 18 total awards, including 11 first-place wins. Worcester Mag took home nine awards, with five first-place finishes, while Burlington's Seven Days finished first in three categories and won seven total awards.
New England Newspaper and Press Association (PDF) |
02-09-2010 9:24 am |
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VVM Fellow Wins 2nd Place in College Journalism Awardsnew
City Pages |
02-09-2010 2:31 pm |
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Alt-Weeklies Pick Up Some Wins at the 2009 'Sexies' Awardsnew
The Sex-Positive Journalism Awards have announced the winners of the 2009 Sexies, the annual awards that go to stories that "improve the quality of dialogue around sex and create a more well-informed reading public." Seven Days' Judith Levine took home a first-place win in the Opinion category, where she also tied for second place with a Village Voice piece by Tristan Taormino. Amanda Hess of Washington City Paper picked up a third-place win in the Columns category for "The Sexist," while in the News/Features (Alt-Weeklies, Monthlies) category the Alibi's Marisa Demarco placed third and Rich Kane (OC Weekly) and Michael J. Mooney (New Times Broward-Palm Beach) both were named runners-up.
The Sex-Positive Journalism Awards |
01-22-2010 9:23 am |
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Local Nonprofit Honors Colorado Springs Independent Publishernew
John Weiss has been named the recipient of the Citizens Project's 2010 Divine Award, which is given each year to someone who "create[s] a vibrant democracy in which equal rights are protected and differences are respected." Weiss' "leadership has created a more diverse, progressive and green Colorado Springs over the last 27 years," the Project says.
Citizens Project |
01-11-2010 8:22 am |
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Baltimore City Paper Cover Lands on Best Christmas Covers Listnew
The 1999 City Paper cover by the then-relatively-unknown Shepard Fairey had made Mediate's list of the "Top 20 Christmas Magazine Covers of All Time."
Mediaite |
12-31-2009 1:20 pm |
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San Antonio Current Series Makes 'Best Environmental Journalism' Listnew
Greg Harman's three-part Nukes of Hazard series has made On Earth magazine's "Best Environmental Journalism of 2009" list, along with several books, a series from the New York Times and pieces from prominent national magazines like The New Yorker, Mother Jones and Vanity Fair. "Harman shows readers what's at stake in the current industry campaign to create a 'nuclear renaissance' in Texas," Osha Gray Davidson writes. "Nukes of Hazard is exactly what alternative weeklies are supposed to provide but frequently don't: a powerfully written, in-depth piece about an issue that is most important to readers -- now that they've found out about it." On Earth is published by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
On Earth |
12-30-2009 12:01 pm |
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Alt-Weekly Food Writer's Book Makes TIME's Year-End Top 10 Listnew
Jason Sheehan's Cooking Dirty has been named one of TIME's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2009. "It's a paradox of the post-Bourdain era: chef memoirs are trendy, but none of the chefs writing them have the freakish combination of cooking and writing talent that made Anthony Bourdain a star," Lev Grossman writes. "But Jason Sheehan comes damn close, and he gives the genre his own distinctive seasoning." Sheehan recently made the move from Westword to the Seattle Weekly.
TIME |
12-29-2009 9:10 am |
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Ex-Political Editor Gets Local ACLU Award for Work at Creative Loafingnew
The Pinellas County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union recently gave the Irene Miller Vigilance in Journalism award to Wayne Garcia for his work as political editor at Creative Loafing (Tampa). The chapter's board members unanimously chose Garcia, who left CL to teach at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications this summer, for his "clear objective reporting of the actions of government," chapter president Thom Foley says. "As soon as the name was mentioned, it was like a ripple of 'Oh, that's perfect!' It was an instantaneous unanimous decision."
University of Florida Press Release |
12-28-2009 9:07 am |
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Memphis Flyer Celebrates 20th Annivesarynew
"Memphis magazine publisher Kenneth Neill somehow managed to convince the company's board members to invest in an idea he had: a free weekly tabloid that would be called the Memphis Flyer," editor Bruce VanWyngarden writes in an introduction to the paper's 20th anniversary issue. "The first issue hit the streets in February 1989." In another column, Neill explains why the paper didn't celebrate the actual anniversary back in February. "February 2009 did not seem a particularly good time for a 20-year celebration," he writes. "The economy was in the toilet, and our spirits weren't far behind."
The Memphis Flyer |
11-12-2009 8:19 am |
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Willamette Week Celebrates 35th Anniversarynew
"In 1974, the first WW rolled off the presses into a town in transition, between listless backwater and budding progressive mecca," Mark Zusman and Ethan Smith write in an intro to a special commemorative issue that features nearly 20 stories on the paper's -- and Portland's -- journey since then. As part of the paper's anniversary celebration, it has also curated an art show devoted to trashing its covers.
Willamette Week |
11-06-2009 8:01 am |
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Tags: Management, Willamette Week
TheStranger.com Gets Most Traffic Ever in October, Cracks 1M Unique Visitorsnew
The Stranger |
11-03-2009 10:59 am |
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The Other Paper Honored by Crime Stopper Organizationnew
Central Ohio Crime Stoppers recently named the Columbus alt-weekly its "Media of the Year," largely due to a partnership the paper has formed with the group. The Other Paper now runs Crime Stoppers' "Most Wanted" list, and the two have teamed up on a monthly murder-mystery story series, "To Catch a Killer."
The Other Paper |
10-30-2009 8:43 am |
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