AAN News
Madison Apologizes to Rape Victim Profiled in Lueders' Booknew
Isthmus News Editor Bill Lueders first chronicled Patty's ordeal in 1998, a year after the visually impaired woman was charged with falsely reporting a rape. Prosecutors eventually dropped the charges, and in 2001 a suspect was charged with her sexual assault. Now the Madison City Council has voted to make an official apology to Patty, to pay her $35,000 in reparations, and to review police department policy on dealing with victims of sexual assault. According to The Capital Times, the apology resolution was "inspired" by the recent publication of Lueders book, Cry Rape, an "engrossing tale" based on his original investigation of the case.
The Capital Times |
12-04-2006 2:15 pm |
Industry News
Movie Penned by The Stranger's Mudede Picked Up by Distributornew
Associate Editor Charles Mudede, who already has one film to his credit, wrote "Zoo," a feature-length documentary about, ahem, bestiality. Mudede tells the Seattle Times that he became fascinated by the notion that sex with animals was legal in the state of Washington until news reports circulated last year about a man who died from a ruptured colon after having sex with a horse. "Zoo" was bought by THINKFilm and is scheduled to premier at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Seattle Times |
12-04-2006 12:33 pm |
Industry News
Yahoo!, Reuters to Launch 'Citizen Journalism' Wirenew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
12-04-2006 9:17 am |
Industry News
Ask.com Rolls Out AskCitynew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
12-04-2006 9:12 am |
Industry News
LA CityBeat Investigation Leads to Nuclear Dump-Site Testingnew
During the height of the Cold War, UCLA and the U.S. Veteran's Administration dumped radioactive waste underneath a field where kids now play and Brentwood residents walk their dogs, reporter Michael Collins revealed in articles published May 18 and May 25 in CityBeat. Relenting to community concerns that were rekindled by the CityBeat articles, the federal government announced this week that it will test both sites, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times |
11-30-2006 6:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Los Angeles CityBeat
Annual Pazz & Jop Poll May Have Competitionnew
For 32 years, the Village Voice's annual music poll has "enjoyed an almost unchallenged run" as the gold standard of year-end Top 10 lists, says the New York Times. But the angst created by New Times' takeover of the paper, and the ensuing departure of music critic and poll organizer Robert Christgau, has emboldened a music blog to mount a challenge to Pazz and Jop's hegemony. After Christgau turned them down, Gawker Media's The Idolator hired former Seattle Weekly music editor Michaelangelo Matos to organize the competing poll, which "will largely be modeled after Pazz & Jop," according to the Times.
New York Times |
11-30-2006 5:39 pm |
Industry News
Chattanooga Pulse Turns Threenew
Alternative newsweeklies "don't usually fare very well in Chattanooga," says Editor Bill Colrus, but his paper seems to be bucking the trend. According to Colrus, The Pulse's improving finances have led to an expanded news section, which brings the alt-weekly closer to its goal to be like the papers "we loved in other cities" -- Nashville Scene, Creative Loafing and the New Haven Advocate. The Pulse applied for AAN membership in 2005 and 2006.
Chattanooga Pulse |
11-29-2006 5:21 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Ariz. Governor Pleads Ignorance in New Times School-Loan Storynew
Responding to a report in the Phoenix New Times, Gov. Janet Napolitano claimed last week she didn't know that two political allies were officers in a student-loan company established by her executive order. The Arizona Higher Education Loan Authority was created in December 2004; four months later the governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed other companies to compete with the nonprofit student-loan firm. New Times’ investigation reported that the firm is headed by politically connected retired firefighters with close ties to the governor.
Phoenix Business Journal |
11-28-2006 4:36 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Vt. Murder Case to Proceed Under Gag Ordernew
Despite an alt-weekly article that an alleged murderer contends prejudices the case against him, Judge Michael Kupersmith ruled that proceedings will continue, the Burlington Free Press reports. Brian Rooney, suspected of killing a University of Vermont student, sought to have the case dismissed due to an article anonymously contributed to Seven Days by an FBI agent involved in the investigation.
Burlington Free Press |
11-28-2006 4:27 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Press Freedoms Hang on Balco Appeal, Attorney Saysnew
The fate of two San Francisco Chronicle reporters could be a journalistic watershed, the New York Times reports. District Judge Jeffrey S. White wants Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada to serve up to 18 months in jail for refusing to divulge their grand jury sources. "This is the single, biggest case I have ever been involved in," says Eve Burton, the Hearst lawyer representing the reporters. "If the government wins in this case, every reporter's notebook will be available to the government for the asking," Burton says.
New York Times |
11-27-2006 6:59 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
AAN West, AAN East Web Sites Up and Running
Attendees bound for either of AAN's annual regional staff-training conferences can save on early registration, get hotel information and preview program schedules and speaker bios. Those headed for AAN West, to be held Jan. 26-27 at the Miyako Hotel in San Francisco, can go here. Participants in AAN East, to be held Feb. 16-17 at the Hotel Washington in D.C., click here.
AAN |
11-27-2006 1:46 pm |
Association News
Former Metro Times Editor Deborah Kaplan Dies at 53new
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
11-27-2006 7:31 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
New Pulitzer Rules Will Allow More Multimedia Materials in Entriesnew
AP via Editor & Publisher |
11-27-2006 6:10 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Busted Korean Sex Ring Put the Word Out Via Westwordnew
Rocky Mountain News |
11-27-2006 5:45 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Cities Compete in Hipness Battle to Attract Youngnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
11-27-2006 9:14 am |
Industry News
