AAN News
Do Newspapers Have a Future?new
Time Magazine |
09-24-2006 7:00 pm |
Industry News
Dallas Observer Editor Speaks Out on Evangelical Beliefs
Dallas Observer Editor Julie Lyons revealed last week in her new "Bible Girl" blog that she is against gay marriage: "In my profession and in my sphere -- the alternative press -- gay marriage is pretty much a non-issue. Anyone who opposes it -- in other words, someone who holds an alternative view -- is considered a bigot, a hater and a homophobe," Lyons wrote. This week, she divulges in another column-length post that in earlier years she had an "almost overwhelming attraction for other girls" that "had nothing to do with sex," but she has now been happily married to a man for 16 years. "Love her or hate her for it, it's fearless stuff," blogs Dallas Morning News section editor Rod Dreher. "And considering how conformist media circles are, even as they congratulate themselves on their freethinking ways, admirably courageous."
09-22-2006 2:47 pm |
Industry News
Willamette Week Is Counterpoint To 'Pulitzer Cartel,' Says AJR
Willamette Week Editor Mark Zusman tells the American Journalism Review this month that his reporters are taken seriously by the people and institutions they cover because "we have for 30 years now been publishing stories that have resulted in people getting put behind bars, or getting laws changed, or good people getting recognized, or justice prevailing." Zusman's interview appears in "The Pulitzer Cartel," an article in the October/November issue of AJR in which the magazine's Donna Shaw explores why four newspapers -- The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal -- "have dramatically increased their share of Pulitzer largesse over the years." Writes Shaw: "Some Pulitzer-watchers believe that favoritism and politics play a role in the dominance of the big papers." But Zusman, whose paper won a 2005 Pulitzer for investigative reporting, disagrees: "The New York Times does extraordinarily good journalism and that's why they win... That's why the Washington Post wins."
09-22-2006 12:00 pm |
Industry News
Village Voice Media Writers Tapped for Clarion Awards
The winners of the Clarion Awards were recently announced, and Patricia Calhoun, editor of Westword, took first place in the Regular Opinion/Editorial category, small circulation division, for her weekly column. Houston Press Staff Writer Todd Spivak also won for his feature story "Against All Odds" in the small circulation division, and SF Weekly Staff Writer Cristi Hegranes won for her feature story "The Identity Makers" in the large circulation division. Both men and women are eligible for the Clarion Awards, which are presented by The Association for Women in Communications.
09-22-2006 8:39 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Media Dominates AFJ Food-Writing Awards
Three Village Voice Media writers won first-place awards in the Association of Food Journalists' annual Awards Competition, it was announced at the group's conference
on Saturday (press release here in PDF format). Jonathan Kauffman of East Bay Express won the Restaurant Criticism category in the division for papers with circulation under 150,000; Jonathan Gold of LA Weekly won the same category in the circulation 150,000-300,000 division. In addition, Ron Russell of SF Weekly won first place in Food News Reporting, circulation 150,000-300,000. They will each receive a $300 cash prize.
09-21-2006 9:35 am |
Industry News
TimesSelect Nears 200,000 Subscribersnew
Editor & Publisher |
09-21-2006 11:44 am |
Industry News
Study: Interest in Online Political News Remains Steadynew
AP via Editor & Publisher |
09-21-2006 11:41 am |
Industry News
Washington City Paper Hires New Columnistnew
Fishbowl DC |
09-19-2006 1:07 pm |
Industry News
Jackson Mayor Is Indicted -- And a JFP Story Started It Allnew
On Sept. 1, Jackson Free Press Reporter Adam Lynch broke the story that Mayor Frank Melton (pictured) "and a team of young men partially demolish[ed] a duplex" on Aug. 26 in a so-called "drug raid." The weekly stayed on top of the story, reporting important details on its Web site as they happened. Melton was indicted Friday on numerous felony charges related to the Aug. 26 incident, including burglary, malicious mischief, and causing a minor to commit a felony. Melton was also charged with three counts of illegally carrying a gun.
Jackson Free Press |
09-18-2006 9:21 am |
Industry News
Display Ads Mushroom on Yahoo! Mailnew
Online Media Daily (reg. req.) |
09-17-2006 10:13 am |
Industry News
'Cat Jihad' Controversy at the Chattanooga Pulse
Max Gerskin, who writes the weekly "Madder Max" column in The Chattanooga Pulse, says that readers misinterpreted his recent columns calling for a "cat jihad." That term, combined with a statement that Gerskin had "become a trapper," led some to assume that he was harming the animals. The local police department investigated, but cleared Gerskin of wrongdoing, the Tennessean reports. In his Sept. 13 column, Gerskin clarifies that he is using traps provided by the Humane Society which do not cause any harm to the captured cats. "I found [the response] deeply troubling, as I have never harmed an animal in my entire life," Gerskin writes. The Chattanooga Pulse applied for AAN membership in 2005 and 2006.
09-14-2006 3:37 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
John Saltas' Replacement Says It 'Ain't as Easy as It Looks'
John Saltas first announced his "Replace John" contest back in July -- Saltas, the owner of Salt Lake City Weekly, invited readers to try their hand at his regular column. The winning piece by John Rasmuson is published in the Sept. 14 issue. His column begins: "Like skating backwards, taping sheetrock and composing limericks, replacing John Saltas ain’t as easy as it looks." Rasmuson's topic is, appropriately, advice on writing a column. Saltas isn't giving up his job just yet, but Rasmuson did win a $400 prize.
09-14-2006 3:09 pm |
Industry News
2006 Diversity Internship Recipient Offers a Fresh Perspective
Tasha Ho-Sang (pictured) parlayed an insightful letter to the editor into a summer internship at the Philadelphia City Paper, with funding assistance from AAN's Diversity Internship program. Ho-Sang had a wealth of story ideas, and during her two months at the alt-weekly she was able to develop a few of those ideas into successful articles. "Stories she pitched came from a realm that we wouldn't have found if we hadn't had the chance to bring Tasha on," Managing Editor Brian Hickey says.
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Amy Gill |
09-13-2006 9:42 am |
Association News
State Committee Will Examine Prison Health Care Concerns Raised by Santa Fe Reporternew
Santa Fe Reporter |
09-13-2006 9:56 am |
Industry News
NYT Studies How To Shake Feds: Disposable Phones, Erasable Notesnew
New York Observer |
09-13-2006 7:31 am |
Legal News
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