AAN News
L.A. Weekly Publishes First-Ever 'People' Issue
04-20-2006 9:23 am |
Press Releases
East Bay Express' Rob Harvilla to Replace Chuck Eddy at Voicenew
fishbowlNY |
04-20-2006 7:56 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Three AAN Member Web Sites Nominated for Awards
The Village Voice Web site is one of five finalists in the "Newspaper" category of the 2006 Webby Awards, it was announced April 11. Winners will be named on May 9. Orlando Weekly and Baltimore City Paper have also been honored for their online work: Their Web sites are two of the three finalists in the "Best Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web Service" category of the EPpy Awards, which are presented by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek. (The third finalist is a Pennsylvania community newspaper, The Almanac.) EPpy Award winners will be announced May 19.
04-19-2006 1:24 pm |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Dominate Green Eyeshade Awards
AAN members in the Southeast took home 16 of the 26 awards presented in the print (weekly/monthly) category of this year's Green Eyeshade awards. New Times Broward-Palm Beach was the biggest winner, with six awards, including two for Wyatt Olsen's story "The Bad-Hands People." Creative Loafing, The Independent Weekly, The Memphis Flyer, and Miami New Times were also among the winners announced yesterday by the Society of Professional Journalists. The Green Eyeshade Awards honor the best in professional journalism in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
04-19-2006 8:02 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
"Journalists Should Check Their Ego at the Door," Lacey Saysnew
The New York Observer reports that Village Voice Music Editor Chuck Eddy was fired yesterday; he is the 17th employee to leave the paper since the merger with New Times. In a phone interview with the Observer, Village Voice Media Executive Editor Michael Lacey confirms that commentary will no longer appear on the Voice's pages. "I want our reporters to start reporting," Lacey says, adding that employees who aren't comfortable with the new dynamic should find employment elsewhere. "You want to sit in your room and ruminate? Not on my nickel," Lacey says. The Observer also notes that veteran Voice reporter James Ridgeway, who was fired on March 31, has retained an attorney to consider his legal options.
New York Observer |
04-19-2006 6:32 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Seattle Weekly Disinvited From Critics' Film Previewnew
Seattle Weekly |
04-19-2006 2:15 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Seattle Weekly
Boise Weekly Adds Five Staff Membersnew
Boise Weekly |
04-19-2006 1:04 pm |
Industry News
Despite Rumors, Robert Christgau Still Employed by Village Voicenew
New York Observer |
04-19-2006 12:34 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Tom Tomorrow: Pulitzers Ignore Cartoonists From Alternative Pressnew
ThisModernWorld.com |
04-19-2006 12:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Tom Tomorrow
Village Voice Congratulates Pulitzer Finalist Jerry Saltznew
The Village Voice |
04-19-2006 12:21 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Scene: Lessons Learned From Blogger Brouhahanew
Nashville Scene |
04-19-2006 11:32 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Nashville Scene
Willamette Week Pokes Fun at 'Cover-Up' Accusationsnew
Willamette Week |
04-19-2006 8:07 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Keith Olbermann Weighs Boston Phoenix's '100 Unsexiest Men' List
"The 100 Unsexiest Men in the World," published in the April 18 issue of the Boston Phoenix, was the number-one story on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" yesterday. (Transcript available here; scroll way down.) Associate Editor Bill Jensen was on hand to defend his choices, from Gilbert Gottfried at #1 to Brad Pitt at #100. Of course, Olbermann was most interested in #58, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, with whom he has been feuding. Jensen explained that O'Reilly made the list because of his "splotchiness" and "bullying," and the falafel affair: "I think, any time you are going to, you know, talk to a woman on the phone and say you want to rub her with a sandwich full of chickpeas in the shower is -- is not going to help your sexual quotient."
04-18-2006 1:08 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Boston Phoenix
V.A. Apologizes to Nurse Who Wrote 'Seditious' Letter to Weekly Alibi
In a March 14 letter, Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson admitted VA nurse Laura Berg should not have been investigated for sedition for a letter to the editor she wrote to the Weekly Alibi in which she criticized Bush administration policies. The Albuquerque Tribune reports that Berg received a private apology from her supervisor in mid-February, but she continued to seek a public apology. "My concern about just having a private apology is because this happened to me it has frightened other people. It was intimidating," Berg told the Tribune. Nicholson's letter was addressed to U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman and was made public this week by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, which represents Berg.
04-18-2006 12:14 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Weekly Alibi
