AAN News
Westword, Riverfront Times Win Unity Awards
The 53rd annual Unity Awards in Media, announced May 15, recognize "contributions to continuing standards of excellence in media through efforts that reflect accurate exposure of issues affecting minorities and disabled persons." Westword Editor Patty Calhoun won first place in Editorial Writing for her story "A Piece of the Action," while former Riverfront Times writer Mike Seely (now at Seattle Weekly) topped the Politics category with "The Resurrection of Carl Officer."
05-22-2006 3:16 pm |
Industry News
Journalism Organizations Back Arkansas Times in Huckabee Rownew
A group of national journalism groups, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), sent a letter last week urging Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (pictured) "to treat the Arkansas Times as you do all other media regularly covering the Capitol."
Huckabee, who purged the AAN paper from his official notification list last month, didn't respond to the missive, according to the Times. The letters' signatories took exception to the governor's declaration "that the Arkansas Times is not a 'legitimate' newspaper. The fact that it has the fourth highest circulation of any newspaper in your state suggests it has been widely accepted by Arkansas residents and that it has earned the confidence of many of your constituents."
Arkansas Times |
05-22-2006 9:42 am |
Industry News
Opinion: Govt Secrecy Reaches New Heights in Name of 'National Security'new
Los Angeles Times |
05-22-2006 12:05 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
Government Leaks to Headline House Hearingnew
Sunshine in Government Initiative |
05-22-2006 11:57 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
SN&R CEO Writes Atty General About McClatchy Predatory Pricingnew
Sacramento News & Review |
05-22-2006 7:55 am |
Industry News
Phoenix New Times Explains Dog-Cooking Satirenew
Phoenix New Times |
05-22-2006 7:12 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Phoenix New Times
Attorney General: Journalists Can Be Prosecutednew
AP via Yahoo! |
05-22-2006 6:29 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
Can Project Censored Still Be Trusted?new
That's the question asked by Pasadena Weekly's Kevin Uhrich, who says that "some in the alternative press ... aren't so sure anymore." According to Uhrich, the skeptics are asking whether the stories celebrated by Sonoma State University's annual enterprise are relevant and accurate, and whether they are truly censored. "Really, there are very few stories in American journalism that get censored," says LA Weekly's Marc Cooper, who questions whether stories that are ignored by the mainstream press should be feted. The San Francisco Bay Guardian's Bruce Brugmann sees it differently: "There is no doubt that Project Censored is needed, and if anybody doesn't like it and they don't think it's needed, they should do their own [list] and run that at the same time. They should do their own stories, in their city, in their region, in their state, or even nationally."
Pasadena Weekly |
05-19-2006 9:43 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
'Wash. Post,' 'USA Today' Editors Discuss the Web/Print Mergernew
Editor & Publisher |
05-19-2006 7:33 am |
Industry News
Copyright Guidelines Now Available in Resource Library
"The Short Version of Copyright Principles for Publishers" (available to members here) is a five-page document covering the copyright issues that newspaper staffers most frequently face. Alice Neff Lucan, AAN's legal hotline attorney, penned the document, which covers recent changes in copyright law and common-sense guidelines on when it is lawful to use others' work.
05-18-2006 10:30 am |
Industry News
Former Voice Writer Ridgeway Will Head Mother Jones' DC Bureaunew
Romenesko Misc. |
05-18-2006 12:45 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, James Ridgeway
Pheedo: Most Consumers Read Feeds at Aggregator Levelnew
Online Media Daily (reg. req.) |
05-18-2006 7:45 am |
Industry News
LEO Founder Wins Primary for House of Representatives Seatnew
John Yarmuth captured 54 percent of the vote and will face Republican incumbent Anne Northup for Kentucky's 3rd District seat in the fall, The Courier-Journal reports. Yarmuth sold the Louisville Eccentric Observer in 2003, but he continued writing a political column for the weekly until he announced his candidacy in January. Northup's campaign chairman called Yarmuth's victory "very underwhelming" and said that Yarmuth "may represent the majority view of that offbeat newspaper of his, The LEO, but it is a certain fact he doesn't represent the majority view of the voters in Jefferson County." Yarmuth, in his victory speech, said that he "welcome[s] a contest which pits [Northup's] perspective on the way the world works and mine."
The Courier-Journal |
05-17-2006 8:31 am |
Industry News
Bay Guardian's Refusal to Endorse Pelosi Is Notablenew
The Nation |
05-17-2006 12:31 pm |
Industry News
Turley: Bush on 'Scorched-Earth Campaign' Against Whistle-Blowersnew
USA Today |
05-17-2006 12:11 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
