AAN News
'The City' Wins RFK Journalism Award
The cartoonist Derf has taken home an RFK award for his comic "The City," which appears in several AAN newspapers. According to a press release (PDF here), the contest judges commented that "Derf aggressively attacks the institutions, ideologies and attitudes that create an environment for the continuing oppression and exploitation of the powerless. His outrage is directed not just at the cynicism and hypocrisy of the powerful but at the complicity of all of us who remain docile and passive subjects." Derf previously won the first place 2005 AltWeekly Award for cartoons that appear in more than five papers.
04-25-2006 11:13 am |
Industry News
Voice's Musto on Being in Page Six: "It Makes Your Day"new
CBS Sunday Morning |
04-24-2006 6:34 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Chicago Reader's PD: 'It's Time to Move On' After 29 Years
David Jones (pictured) tells AAN News that after "doing this particular job in this particular (very special) place" for such a long time, he plans to return to writing and possibly teaching. While he won't miss "squidging things around a (computer) screen," that doesn't mean it isn't difficult for him to leave the Reader. "We still do some amazing things here, every week, of course, and I'll feel strange not having my hands on any of it anymore," he says.
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04-21-2006 11:39 am |
Letters to the Editor
Norman: New Times/VVM Papers Do Include Media Criticismnew
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
04-21-2006 2:25 pm |
Industry News
In Shield Law Case, Apple Argues Trade Secrets Aren't Fair Gamenew
San Francisco Chronicle |
04-21-2006 8:28 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
'100 Unsexiest Men' Gets National Attention, Overloads Web Site
04-21-2006 8:10 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Boston Phoenix
Dallas Man Claims Transit Cops Beat Him Because of Observer Storynew
Dallas Observer |
04-21-2006 8:05 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Dallas Observer
Bay Guardian: Mike Lacey Is Pushing False Dichotomynew
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
04-21-2006 7:46 am |
Industry News
Georgia Straight Reaches 2,000 Issues and Countingnew
"Week after week, a remarkably diverse group of individuals -- including straights in suits, freaks, tattooed, shaved, and pierced punk rockers, misfits, overachievers, iconoclasts, near hermits, jocks, geeks, and quite a few more surprisingly normal folks than you’d expect (and that just describes some of the receptionists) -- have cooperated to create what has been, by turns, a scurrilous left-wing rag, an alternative newspaper, a comprehensive entertainment guide, and an award-winning news, arts, and culture magazine," writes Dave Watson in this week's issue of Vancouver's alt-weekly. From its debut in 1967, through charges of vagrancy and obscenity and a brief spell as a music publication, to its "respectable" present incarnation, the Straight's story reveals a dynamic relationship with "the social, political, and cultural history" of the Terminal City.
Georgia Straight |
04-20-2006 2:00 pm |
Industry News
Isthmus: Covering Madison for 30 Yearsnew
"Thirty years -- that's a lot of water under the bridge. And you know, the river seems to flow faster and faster," Isthmus founder and Publisher Vincent O'Hern writes on the occasion of the paper's third decennial. The Wisconsin capital's weekly has come a long way from its self-described "Laurel and Hardy go to press" beginnings, and O'Hern promises the staff will be "celebrating, reflecting and commemorating throughout the year."
Isthmus |
04-20-2006 10:32 am |
Industry News
Memphis Flyer Wins Two Green Eyeshade Awards
04-20-2006 11:38 am |
Press Releases
One Alt-Weekly's Eco-Footprintnew
Missoula Independent |
04-20-2006 11:23 am |
Industry News
Weekly Alibi: Media Criticism Is Important for Alt-Weekliesnew
Weekly Alibi |
04-20-2006 10:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Weekly Alibi
Chuck Eddy's Farewell to Village Voice Staffnew
Gawker |
04-20-2006 10:15 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
