AAN News
Proposed FOIA Exemption for WMD Info Would Create 'Black Hole'new
Secrecy News |
04-18-2006 2:27 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
Bloggers' Source-Protection Rights Tested in Calif. Appeals Courtnew
San Jose Mercury News |
04-18-2006 1:22 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
Former Weekly Alibi Staffers Launch Biweekly Papernew
The Albuquerque Tribune |
04-18-2006 11:28 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Editor Calls Cover-Up Accusations 'Laughable'new
Portland Mercury |
04-18-2006 7:03 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Village Voice Union Steward: A New Editor Might Settle Discordnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
04-18-2006 4:47 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Critic Named 2006 Pulitzer Finalist
Jerry Saltz was one of the three nominated finalists in the Criticism category for his "fresh, down-to-earth pieces on the visual arts and other cultural topics," the Pulitzer Board announced today. Robin Givhan, fashion editor of the Washington Post, won the category.
04-17-2006 1:46 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Writer for Santa Fe Reporter Is Finalist in Religion-Writing Contest
Staff Reporter Nathan Dinsdale is a finalist in the Religion Newswriters Association contest for his profile of Fred Phelps, leader of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. Dinsdale is one of 10 finalists in the Templeton Story division, which "honors the best single story or serialized story about religion, religious movements or religious figures and their effect on American life," according to the RNA Web site. Winners will be announced Sept. 9 at the RNA's annual conference.
04-17-2006 1:01 pm |
Industry News
Target of Memphis Flyer's Jab Lashes Out
In the Flyer's April 14 issue, Chris Davis tweaked the Main Street Journal, a Memphis-based monthly magazine, for the cover of its April issue. Davis's item reads, in its entirety: "The locally produced Main Street Journal, a magazine devoted to all things conservative, appears to be reaching out to African Americans -- a demo the GOP has traditionally failed to attract. Although the most recent issue has little in the way of Afro-centric content, the cover does feature the image of a black man ... and a truckload of watermelons." The Journal posted a lengthy, literal-minded response on its Web site -- arguing, in part, that its covers were designed to capture "mainstreet America." The Journal also takes a shot at the Flyer, saying that the Memphis community "deserves more than what the Flyer offers: a steady diet of liberal commentary and local insult gossip seasoned with ads for gentlemen’s clubs, phone sex hotlines and casinos."
04-17-2006 11:10 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Memphis Flyer
Metroland Art Critic Creates Albany Streetscape Photos
Inspired by a colleague who asked what his neighborhood looked like, David Brickman began an ongoing series of photographs taken in Albany's Arbor Hill and West Hill. As described in the Times-Union, Brickman's works emphasize "radiant primary colors and architectural detail" on streets usually dominated by "vacancy, decay and struggle." Brickman is currently on leave from Metroland, and he will open his first solo exhibition in Manhattan in June, the Times-Union reports.
04-17-2006 9:06 am |
Industry News
Blogger Criticized by Nashville Scene Resigns From Day Jobnew
Bill Hobbs, a popular conservative blogger and a former reporter for the Tennessean, posted a crude cartoon of Muhammad holding a bomb in late February, during the height of the Danish cartoon controversy. Reporter John Spragens targeted the post in an April 13 Nashville Scene article, calling it "sophomoric," "misguided" and "better suited for the Duke lacrosse team than the modern Republican Party." The local blogosphere quickly lit up with attacks and counterattacks, most notably former Scene contributor Roger Abramson calling Spragens' article "a singularly nasty piece of writing" that is "more suited to a blog than a respectable newspaper." On Friday, Hobbs announced he was resigning from his day job at Belmont University's marketing and communications department in "an amicable and mutual parting of the ways," the AP reports.
AP via Knoxville News Sentinel |
04-17-2006 6:18 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Advertising Out Front, Followed by the Newsnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
04-16-2006 11:20 pm |
Industry News
Former Gambit Writer's Tabloid-Worthy 'Amazing True Life Story'
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04-14-2006 12:54 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Katy Reckdahl
Citizens Rally After East Bay Express Exposes Allegations Against Cop
A Wednesday meeting of the Berkeley Police Review Commission was attended by protesters demanding an in-depth investigation into alleged misdeeds by Sgt. Cary Kent, according to the Berkeley Daily Planet. Kent was placed on administrative leave in January under suspicion of stealing drugs from police evidence, a fact that was made public in an April 5 East Bay Express article by Will Harper. Kent was first suspected because of poor hygiene and a tendency to fall asleep at his desk; a subsequent investigation of the drug vault showed "at least 181 evidence envelopes had been tampered with," Harper revealed. The Commission could not discuss the case at its Wednesday meeting because it was not on the agenda, although members of the public made statements during the comments period.
04-14-2006 12:25 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, East Bay Express
Reuters Partners With Network of Bloggersnew
The Guardian (reg. req.) |
04-14-2006 10:11 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing
SLO New Times Editor Profiles TV Anchors, Including Himself
King Harris, managing editor of the San Luis Obispo weekly, was a television news anchor until two years ago. His April 13 cover story details the careers of seven anchors who have chosen to stay in the area despite opportunities elsewhere; the last profile is of Harris himself. He reveals that he "got into the business to tell stories about people" and was dismissed by a local station for being too "folksy."
04-13-2006 9:32 am |
Industry News
