AAN News
Willamette Week Reporter Wins Pulitzernew
Nigel Jaquiss, a staff writer at the Portland, Ore., alt-weekly, received the prize in investigative reporting for "his investigation exposing a former governor's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl," according to this afternoon's announcement on Pulitzer.org. He beat out finalists from The New York Times and The Des Moines Register.
Pulitzer.org |
04-04-2005 4:00 pm |
Industry News
Reader Writer Reaps Rave Reviewsnew
Chicago Reader staff writer Steve Bogira's book, "Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse," was published this month by Alfred A. Knopf. By detailing the happenings at Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse over the course of one calendar year, the book shows how the war on drugs is overloading the justice system and threatening the integrity of due process. A review in The Economist calls it "a brilliant piece of journalism and a genuine eye-opener" that "provides the context, both locally and nationally, for understanding what is going on."
The Economist |
04-04-2005 12:34 pm |
Industry News
Boston's Weekly Dig Names Dr. Eric Solomon As Managing Editor
04-04-2005 8:49 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Boston's Weekly Dig
Alt-Weekly Wants Fake Reporters 'Bitch-Slapped'; Kos Agreesnew
In Philadelphia City Paper's March 24 edition, publisher Paul Curci accuses television networks of sacrificing ethics for the sake of the bottom line and decries broadcast media outlets' practice of airing prepackaged video news releases. Daily Kos, a popular politics and culture blog, featured the opinion piece and offered this observation: "Going so far as to demanding his readers question even the very paper that he puts out, Curci examines the fake news segments put out by the government, why they're unacceptable, and why the GAO, ruling that these fake news snippets are legal, [is] unacceptable."
Daily Kos |
03-25-2005 3:43 pm |
Industry News
PW-Philadelphia Weekly Feature Garners Education Reporting Awardnew
Aina Hunter won second prize in the "Feature, News Feature or Issue Package" category of the Education Writers Association's 2004 awards. Her entry, "Speak No Evil: Don't Ask, Don't Tell," published in two parts on Sept. 22 and 29, tells the story of Edgar Friedrichs, who was convicted on four felony counts of child sexual abuse and indicted for the murder of one of his students.
Education Writers Association |
03-23-2005 3:37 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Philadelphia Weekly
Washington City Paper Critic Wins Prestigious Awardnew
Trey Graham, a City Paper theater critic since 1995, is the winner of the 2003-04 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. The awards committee -- composed of the chairs of the English departments of Cornell, Princeton, and Yale, among other experts -- commended Graham for writing "with sensitivity and flair about the individual masterworks of the British and American canon," calling him "adept at linking these and other works from the past with the best the present has to offer." Past winners of the award include Walter Kerr and Hilton Als.
Cornell News |
03-23-2005 12:09 pm |
Industry News
Study: Web Users Also Fans of Print Medianew
While some marketers have long feared that the Internet would cut into the time consumers spend with other media--such as television and print media--it appears that the opposite is true. Adults who go online most frequently also watch more shows and read more newspapers than their less wired counterparts, according to a Carat Insight analysis of data from Mediamark Research, Inc. and Multimedia Scan. The report, based on personal interviews and surveys of 23,000 U.S. adults conducted over a period of several months during the end of 2003 and beginning of 2004, found that adults who go online at least daily watch 46 more minutes of television a day than those who go online less frequently. The daily Web habitues also reported reading at least 16 magazine issues and 27 newspapers in the prior month
Online Media Daily |
03-16-2005 10:02 am |
Industry News
Diversity Internships Help Launch Writing Careers
Joy Howard |
03-16-2005 5:55 pm |
Association News
Two AAN Applicants to Mergenew
Wick Communications Co., owner of AAN member paper Tucson Weekly, has sold Las Vegas CityLife and two other Nevada newspapers to Stephens Media Group, reports Las Vegas Review-Journal. According to the report, Stephens Media will fold its alternative weekly, the Las Vegas Mercury, into CityLife and publish under that name. Both weeklies applied for membership to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies this year.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
03-15-2005 6:28 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
2005 Alternative Newsweekly Awards Set Another Record
Ruth Hammond |
03-14-2005 3:22 pm |
Association News
Is Willamette Week a Pulitzer Finalist?new
On Friday, Editor & Publisher posted "a credible list of the journalism-category nominees" for the annual Pulitzer Prize, which resulted from leaks in the judging process. E&P's caveat: "Although these can't be absolutely confirmed, our information in the past has proven to be remarkably accurate." Among the purported finalists is AAN member paper Willamette Week, nominated in the Investigative category for uncovering a long-buried sex scandal involving Neil Goldschmidt, a prominent Oregonian and former governor.
Editor & Publisher |
03-07-2005 12:47 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Time Out Chicago Launchesnew
Competition in the Windy City stiffened today with the entrance of the weekly listings magazine into an already-crowded marketplace. The Daily Herald reports: "Critics at rival publications point out that Chicagoans are accustomed to getting their entertainment listings and coverage for less than Time Out Chicago's price tag, $2.50 an issue." Chicago Reader Editor Alison True tells the paper that Time Out will be "perfect for people who want second-rate listings and want to pay for them."
Daily Herald |
03-03-2005 5:11 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Chicago Reader
Study Finds Newspapers More "Influential" Than TV, Radionew
At a time when advertisers and agencies are trying to understand the connection influential consumers have with the media they advertise in, new research suggests that print media, especially newspapers, are far more effective outlets than electronic media like TV and radio.
MediaDailyNews |
02-15-2005 10:27 am |
Industry News
Boston's Weekly Dig Receives NEPA Honors
02-09-2005 11:01 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Boston's Weekly Dig
