AAN News
After Jackson Free Press Story, City Council Investigates Mayor
On Sept. 1, Jackson Free Press Reporter Adam Lynch broke the news that Mayor Frank Melton and "a team of young men" had broken into a private home, apparently believing it to be a crackhouse, and sledgehammered the contents. Since then, a number of other press outlets have picked up the story, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's office has begun an investigation into the incident, and this morning, City Councilman Ben Allen announced that he would call for a Council-led investigation Friday if professional investigators have not yet finished.
09-12-2006 1:03 pm |
Industry News
Former Miami New Times Staffers Launch Online City Magnew
Miami New Times |
09-12-2006 9:45 am |
Industry News
Isthmus News Editor Writes Book About 'Heart-Breaking' Case
When Isthmus News Editor Bill Lueders first wrote about "Patty," a visually impaired woman charged with falsely reporting a rape, he hoped his 4,400-word piece would influence the prosecution to change direction. That was in 1998, and Lueders was so confident Patty was telling the truth that he told the mayor he would quit his job if he was proved wrong. His article didn't have the effect he had hoped, but prosecutors did eventually drop the charges against Patty, and in 2001 a suspect was charged with sexually assaulting her. Lueders expanded his investigation into a book, Cry Rape, newly published by the University of Wisconsin Press. The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., says Lueders' "achievement is large -- the book is not a polemic, the tone is not angry, but the systemic fallibility Cry Rape reveals is frightening."
09-11-2006 2:42 pm |
Industry News
Mark Fefer Named Editor in Chief of Seattle Weekly
Fefer previously worked at the Weekly from 1995 to 2004: He was a staff writer until he was promoted to arts and culture editor in 2002. He has spent the last two years in New York City, most recently working as an editor for Bloomberg News. His first day will be Oct. 3, Village Voice Media announced in a press release Monday.
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Village Voice Media Press Release |
09-11-2006 12:46 pm |
Press Releases
Fort Worth Weekly FOI Project Wins James Madison Award
Fort Worth Weekly Editor Gayle Reaves, former investigative reporter Dan Malone and journalism professor Craig Flournoy were recently chosen as co-recipients of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas’ James Madison Award of 2006. The three were honored for their work on the Light of Day project, in which journalism students from several Texas universities filed hundreds of open records requests with local law enforcement agencies on their use of Tasers and other non-lethal measures. The best of the resultant stories were printed in the Weekly. The Madison award was presented Friday at the FOIFT annual convention in Austin.
09-11-2006 7:17 am |
Industry News
AAN Conference Offers Crash Course in the Web
In briskly paced sessions, the two-day Web Publishing Conference will cover everything AAN members need to know about the Web: revenue models; online advertising operations and technology; user-generated content; multimedia; search-engine optimization; social networking; Web analytics; usability best practices; wireless Internet; legal issues; and writing and editing for the Web. The October 5-7 meeting in San Francisco will also feature big-picture overviews, vendor presentations and member roundtables. The deadline for reduced rates is Sept. 12.
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AAN Staff |
09-11-2006 9:54 pm |
Association News
San Luis Obispo New Times Sued Over Funeral Photosnew
The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) |
09-11-2006 1:42 pm |
Industry News
Former Willamette Week Writer Angela Valdez Hired by The Strangernew
Seattle Weekly |
09-11-2006 12:19 pm |
Industry News
2006 AAN Convention Survey Results Now Available
Well-known speakers and good facilities earned the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' 2006 Annual Convention good ratings in the evaluation survey. Ninety-eight percent of attendees agreed that the convention was a success, and 63 percent said they strongly agreed -- a striking increase from the 34 percent of participants who strongly agreed that the 2005 Convention in San Diego was a success. Particularly notable are the high marks given to featured speaker Bill Clinton and sales presenter Helen Sutton. AAN members may visit the resource library to view a PDF compiling all the survey responses.
09-08-2006 12:13 pm |
Industry News
Front Page for Sale: Newspapers Go Back to the Futurenew
Slate |
09-08-2006 7:33 am |
Industry News
Weekly Planet Music Critic Practices What He Preaches
Scott Harrell is the music critic at Weekly Planet (Tampa) and the singer for Nessie, a band with a new CD ("Drunk with a Gun") being shopped to major labels. In a preview of an upcoming show, Wade Tatangelo of The Bradenton Herald describes Nessie's music as having "that Pixies, stop 'n' go, urgency." The 34-year-old Harrell is a veteran of the Tampa music scene; "There's always been a whole lot of talent surrounded by a whole lot of garbage," he says.
09-07-2006 1:21 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Scott Harrell
Underground Press Icon John Wilcock Still Publishing
John Wilcock was already an experienced British journalist when he began writing "The Village Square" column for The Village Voice in 1955. These days, the 78-year-old writes a weekly column in The Montecito Journal, self-publishes a monthly zine called The Ojai Orange, and produces a public access television show. The twisted tale of his life, as revealed to the Ventura County Reporter, also includes stints as a travel writer for The New York Times and Frommer's, a columnist for LA Weekly, and an apprentice to a witch. Wilcock was friends with Andy Warhol and Abbie Hoffman, but says he "never really got along very well" with Norman Mailer, because Mailer was "a bit self-important."
09-07-2006 9:11 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Louis Black Reminisces About 25 Years at the Austin Chroniclenew
The first issue was a "disaster," says the Chronicle's co-founder, "a calamity so legendary that, for much of a decade, copies of it were not allowed in the office." The cover featured Shock Treatment, a movie destined never to open, and it was completely purple as the result of a miscommunication with the printer. The present-day Chronicle is "a paper as honest as we can get it," Black says. "We don't just create this paper, we're fans. We can't wait to see what's going to be in the next issue and the next and the next." In addition to Black's column in the Sept. 8 issue, the Chronicle posted a 25th anniversary photo album online.
Austin Chronicle |
09-07-2006 8:16 am |
Industry News
Austin Chronicle Editors Pick Three Milestones From First 25 Yearsnew
News 8 Austin |
09-07-2006 8:04 am |
Industry News
Hubbard, Weinsteins to Relaunch Arts Network 'Ovation'new
Multichannel News |
09-07-2006 7:34 am |
Industry News
