AAN News
Michael Little: Writing From the Fringe
Michael Little, a freelancer for Washington City Paper, knows what he likes to write about: "failure and futility -- and losers." That fascination led him to write an arts feature about a woman consigned to an insane asylum in the early 1900s who produced a piece of lace that hinted at her dark sexual story. This is the ninth in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Isaiah Thompson |
11-02-2005 9:03 am |
Association News
AAN Hires New Assistant Editor
Amy Gill's primary responsibility will be the association's aan.org Web site. She comes to AAN from the Gulf Restoration Network, an environmental advocacy nonprofit where she had been the director of operations. She was also previously a staff writer at Impact News/Southern Voice, a New Orleans-based GLBT weekly.
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AAN Staff |
11-02-2005 11:38 am |
Association News
Gambit Weekly Returns to New Orleans
11-01-2005 12:13 pm |
Press Releases
Judge Alito Fairly Strong on Free Expressionnew
First Amendment Center |
11-01-2005 8:19 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
AlterNet Offers Wal-Mart Story for Free to AAN Papers
"Subsidizing the World's Largest Corporation" is an investigative report by Greg LeRoy examining Wal-Mart's efforts to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks from communities across the U.S. LeRoy's investigation is part of a collaboration among four progressive magazines to echo the findings of Robert Greenwald's new documentary "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price." In addition to AlterNet, The Nation, The American Prospect and In These Times are all tackling stories and themes showcased in Greenwald's film, which premiers Nov. 1. "Subsidizing the World's Largest Corporation" will be ready for publication Monday, Oct. 31. For more information, contact AlterNet associate editor Kristina Rizga at (415) 284-1420 ext. 323 or kristina_rizga@alternet.org.
10-28-2005 1:48 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Former New Haven Advocate Writer on the Tribune Co.
In a profile in the Jewish Ledger, Paul Bass explains why he left the Advocate Weekly chain after 15 years: "I was fed up with corporate journalism. I really liked the people at the Advocate but the Advocate got bought out by one of the largest corporate chains in America ... Their whole commitment was not just to the bottom line, which was fine, but to an unrealistic profit margin that meant continuous pressure for budget cuts, which in turn meant abandoning any commitment to quality journalism. More importantly, the corporate atmosphere drained the creativity. I went crazy with all the forms of bureaucracy and group think." The Advocate Weekly chain was acquired by the Tribune Co. in 1999. Bass now runs the Web site newhavenindependent.com, while his wife, Carole, continues to serve as associate editor of the New Haven Advocate.
10-28-2005 1:12 pm |
Industry News
Jen Sorensen: Using Humor as a Political Tool
Jen Sorensen's comic strip, Slowpoke, has moved a bit away from social commentary in the past few years to be more political. Her ideas come from, among other places, progressive blogs. She describes here how she draws her cartoon, what inspires her and the creative process. This is the eighth in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Derek Schleelein |
10-27-2005 6:30 pm |
Association News
Mark Jurkowitz on Why He Returnednew
After a decade at The Boston Globe, the media critic left New England's largest daily to take back his old job at The Boston Phoenix. In this piece, Jurkowitz explains why a "middle-aged journalist with mortgages" left the influence and economic benefits of a large paper for an alt-weekly "with fewer resources, less clout, and a smaller audience."
Poynter Online |
10-27-2005 2:34 pm |
Industry News
Creative Loafing and East Bay Express Pick Up Clarion Awards
The two papers swept the Newspaper Feature Story category in this year's contest, which is administered by the Association for Women in Communications. The Loaf's Mara Shalhoup won in the circulation above 100,000 category, for
Learning to Hit a Lick, which also won the Feature Story category in this year's AltWeekly Awards. And the Express' Kara Platoni won in the under 100,000 category, for The Ten Million Dollar Woman. The awards were presented this weekend in Lubbock, Texas.
10-26-2005 4:50 pm |
Industry News
The Voice Turns 50new
The short history of alternative newspapers began fifty years ago today, when Norman Mailer, Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher published the first issue of the Village Voice. To celebrate its golden anniversary, the world's best-known alt-weekly published a special issue that provides a taste of "the notorious fractiousness, the intensely personal journalism, and all the other quirks that make the Voice the Voice." Among other things, the issue includes a mix of original essays, including Nat Hentoff on the history and spirit of the Voice, Jarrett Murphy on the history of Voice ownership, and Robert Christgau on how the Voice invented rock criticism.
The Village Voice |
10-26-2005 3:37 pm |
Industry News
Nigel Jaquiss: Bringing Down an Esteemed Political Figure
The scoop Nigel Jaquiss got about political leader Neil Goldschmidt was one that would create a terrible stir in Oregon, if only he could nail it down. If he couldn't lay out sufficient proof, he risked destroying his paper, Willamette Week. Jaquiss describes the twists and turns that led to the publication of the stories that won him the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting, along with an AltWeekly Award. This is the seventh in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Wells Dunbar |
10-26-2005 1:44 pm |
Association News
Village Voice Celebrates 50 Years
Nation's Largest Alternative Weekly to Publish Special Issue Commemorating 50 Years of Award-Winning, Independent Journalism
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10-26-2005 2:47 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Study: Free Metro Dailies Have Negligible Impactnew
Media Daily News (reg. req.) |
10-26-2005 7:28 am |
Industry News
NY Press Editor Caters to "Tin-Foil Hat People and Schizoids"new
Doublethink |
10-25-2005 2:37 pm |
Industry News
Ad Buyer to Publishers: 'Don't Cheap Out on Editorial'new
Editor & Publisher |
10-25-2005 11:09 am |
Industry News
