AAN News
Palo Alto Weekly Wins Award from Teachers Associationnew
Alexandria Rocha's story about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students won a 2006 John Swett Award for Media Excellence. The awards, given by the California Teachers Association, recognize "excellence in covering public education."
California Teachers Assocation |
07-19-2007 8:18 am |
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East Bay Express Wins 17 Regional Journalism Awardsnew
In the East Bay Press Club's 2006 Excellence in Print Journalism Contest, the Express finished first in nine categories: sports feature, business feature, technology feature, general news, columnist, long feature, lifestyle feature, criticism or reviewing, and profile. According to a press release, the awards are "somewhat unique in that all print media organizations are judged against each other -- there are no separate categories for circulation or for magazines." Winners were announced Friday evening at a banquet in Oakland.
Alameda Times-Star |
07-18-2007 8:02 am |
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California Alt-Weeklies Win a Slew of 'Better Newspapers' Awardsnew
AAN members won 15 first-place awards in the California Association of Newspaper Publishers' annual contest, led by Palo Alto Weekly, which took home five firsts. Chico News & Review placed first in in three categories; Pacific Sun won two; and Metro Santa Cruz, North Coast Journal, Sacramento News & Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and the Santa Barbara Independent each finished in first in one category. The awards were presented in a ceremony Saturday evening.
California Association of Newspaper Publishers (PDF file) |
07-16-2007 8:54 am |
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Bay Guardian Gets Hat Tip from Editor & Publishernew
In its annual list of 10 newspapers that "do it right," E&P has singled out the San Francisco Bay Guardian as "the archetype of the politically involved, locally focused alternative newspaper that's an alert and occasionally rabid watchdog." Editor/publisher Bruce Brugmann tells E&P that he worries that he and his wife and Bay Guardian co-founder Jean Dibble "are almost anachronisms" in today's media environment, with their brand of crusading alt-journalism. "Every good newspaper man ought to be controversial," Brugmann says.
Editor & Publisher |
07-09-2007 11:01 am |
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Honolulu Weekly Wins Four SPJ Awardsnew
The paper took first in the General News/Enterprise Reporting, and placed in three other categories. The awards were presented by the Hawaii chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists Friday evening.
Society for Professional Journalists (Hawaii Chapter) |
07-02-2007 8:36 am |
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Louisville Eccentric Observer Wins 14 SPJ Awardsnew
The alt-weekly placed first in nine categories in this year's Metro Louisville Journalism Awards: business reporting, minority affairs, editorial writing, column writing, feature photography, sports photography, review/criticism, headline writing, and page design. The winners of the awards, which are sponsored by the Metro Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, were announced last night.
Louisville Eccentric Observer |
06-29-2007 4:01 pm |
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Metro Times Takes Home Eight SPJ Awardsnew
In the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' annual awards, the alt-weekly finished first in three categories (criticism; cover design; spread design). The paper also took home two second-place (cover design; editorial page design) and three third-place (investigative reporting; feature news reporting; news columnist) awards in the competition.
Metro Times |
06-27-2007 8:32 am |
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Alt-Weeklies Win Four Ohio Journalism Awardsnew
In the 2007 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards, Cleveland's Scene won in the Best Non-Daily Newspaper: Alternatives category, with Cincinnati CityBeat coming in second. Other first place finishes: Cleveland Free Times' Michael Gill in Essays; The Other Paper's Karen E. Graves in Reviews/Criticism; and
the Scene's Pete Kotz in Column Writing. The awards, sponsored by the Press Club of Cleveland, were presented at a reception on Friday.
Press Club of Cleveland Press Release |
06-26-2007 8:24 am |
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Houston Press Writer Wins Award from National Columnists Org.new
Richard Connelly was honored in the Humor (under 100,000 circulation) category by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Winners were announced Saturday night.
Editor & Publisher |
06-25-2007 8:33 am |
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Salt Lake City Weekly Wins Six Utah Journalism Awardsnew
In the annual Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Awards, reporter Ted McDonough took first in two categories: Best Newspaper Reporter and Government Reporting. Other first place finishes for the Weekly: Katherine Biele in Consumer Reporting; Bill Frost in Headline Writing; Ben Fulton in Personality Profile; and Shane Johnson in Criminal Justice Reporting. Winners were announced last Friday night.
Salt Lake City Weekly (third item) |
06-22-2007 10:54 am |
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Missoula Independent Wins Award from State Press Associationnew
The alt-weekly finished in first place in the Excellence in Design, Presentation and Use of Photos category in this year's Better Newspaper Contest, sponsored by the Montana Newspaper Association. Award winners were announced Saturday.
AP via KNX Newsradio |
06-21-2007 7:57 am |
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Alt-Weeklies Clean Up at Southern California Journalism Awardsnew
Los Angeles CityBeat's Michael Collins won Print Journalist of the Year, while L.A. Weekly took two similar honors: Nikke Finke was named Entertainment Journalist of the Year and John Curry was named Designer of the Year. The Weekly's Jonathan Gold added to his growing trophy rack with a first-place win in the Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column category for his "Counter Intelligence" food reviews, while his colleague Libby Molyneaux won first in the Headline category. CityBeat's Anthony Miller placed first in the Entertainment Feature category, OC Weekly's Scott Moxley took home first in the Investigative Series category for "The New Crips," and Advice Goddess Amy Alkon won a first-place award for Headlines. L.A. Weekly also won a first-place award for Special Section, with "Who We Are: LA People 2006." OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano received the
President's Award. Winners were announced this weekend.
LA Press Club |
06-19-2007 8:47 am |
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The Independent Weekly Wins Casey Medalnew
The North Carolina alt-weekly took home a first place prize in the nondaily category for Mosi Secret's story of one man's struggles to overcome addictions to find meaningful, legal work through a Durham jobs program. The paper will receive a Casey Medal and $1,000 at a ceremony this October. AAN members swept this category, with Seattle Weekly's Nina Shapiro finishing second, and Phoenix New Times' Sarah Fenske receiving an honorable mention.
Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families |
06-13-2007 11:03 am |
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Campaign for L.A. Weekly Wins Advertising Awardnew
The "Speak Freely" ad campaign, created by the Ignited Minds agency, took home a Best Integrated Campaign prize at this year's Belding Awards for Advertising Excellence. Winners were announced last week.
Adweek |
06-11-2007 8:50 am |
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The Coast Writer Wins Canadian Journalism Awardnew
Megan Wennberg was named winner of the Greg Clark Award by the Canadian Journalism Foundation on Wednesday night. The award is "designed to offer working journalists a chance to gain insight and meet key decision-makers on their beats." Wennberg will spend some time with newsmakers in Iqaluit, Nunavut, where "she will gain insight into understanding the daily realities in Canada's north and be better equipped to tell stories" about that community.
Canadian Journalism Foundation Press Release |
06-08-2007 8:14 am |
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