AAN News
New Times Wins Top Honors in John Bartlow Martin, James Beard Awards
New Times news release |
05-12-2003 4:19 pm |
Press Releases
Admission Committee Must Be Gatekeeper
05-09-2003 4:45 pm |
Letters to the Editor
Applicants Brace for Admissions Committee's Report
The AAN Admissions Committee's often barbed recommendation report to the members will be released during the June 5-8 AAN Convention, giving thumbs up or down to the 12 papers applying for admission this year. Last year's report, which included such memorable digs as "this paper should be taken out back and shot," is still causing a stir a year later. Several members tell AAN News they plan to temper their written remarks this year.
(FULL STORY)
Marty Levine |
05-08-2003 2:24 pm |
Industry News
Baltimore City Paper Razzes the Sunnew
A few weeks ago the Baltimore Sun launched "LiVE!" its version of the ubiquitous daily paper sop to "young readers." Baltimore City Paper wasted no time in starting its own new weekly "Advice Column for Journalists Looking to Get in on the Lucrative Alt-Weekly Market." Here's a sample: "After more than two years with virtually no homegrown pop-music coverage ... three LiVE! covers in a row devoted to the hot musical acts of today. Ga-zinga! You surely are giving us a run for our money, pop-music-wise, which, of course, as everyone knows, is a big reason people pick up a publication like ours. And that's the idea, right? A publication like ours? Except folks gotta pay for yours."
Baltimore City Paper |
05-07-2003 3:07 pm |
Industry News
Two AAN Writers Win Education Writers Association Awardsnew
Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week and Pete Kotz of the Cleveland Scene win special citations in the 2002 National Awards for Education Reporting. Kotz' citation was for opinion writing in the 100,000 and above division for "Welcome to Cheaptown." Jaquiss was recognized for feature writing in the under 100,000 division for his story “Anywhere, U.S.A.: Portland is in Danger of Losing the One Thing That Makes It Unique." He won a first place in this contest last year in investigative reporting.
Education Writers Association news release |
05-07-2003 9:54 am |
Industry News
Finalists Announced in Alternative Newsweekly Awards
Washington City Paper leads the
field with six nominations in the eighth
annual awards contest,
followed by the Dallas Observer
with five. Among individual contestants,
Thomas Francis of Cleveland
Scene and Heather Swaim of OC
Weekly are nominated twice. The order of
finish in
the contest will be announced June 6 at
the AAN Convention.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
05-02-2003 2:28 pm |
Industry News
Willamette Week Writer Wins Knight-Wallace Fellowshipnew
Assistant News Editor Chris Lydgate has
been chosen by the University of Michigan's Knight-Wallace Fellows program
to be one of 12 journalists who will take a nine-month sabbatical to
study in a field of their choice. Lydgate's specialty is emerging diseases and syndromes.
Knight-Wallace Fellowship news release |
05-01-2003 10:56 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Columbus Weekly Paper up for Awards
Alive news release |
05-01-2003 10:45 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Columbus Alive
Creative Loafing Accuses Board Members of Bad Faithnew
Jay Smith and Buddy
Solomon, Cox Newspaper
executives who sit on the Creative Loafing
board as a result of Cox's 25 percent
ownership in the alt-weekly chain, were
apparently taking notes during the board
meetings. The proof? The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Cox's flagship
daily, last week rolled out
accessAtlanta, a free-circulation weekly
aimed directly at CL's young readers.
John Sugg dubs the new paper
Creative Loafing's Mini-Me and
says CL has taken steps to freeze out
Cox's Trojan Horse board members.
"This action has exposed [Smith and
Solomon] to charges of conflict of interest
and the appearance of bad faith and
ethics," says CL President and CEO
Ben Eason. "We intend to
wage this war with everything we
have."
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
04-30-2003 11:01 am |
Industry News
LA Weekly Writer Heading to Stanfordnew
Sara Catania, staff writer at LA
Weekly, is one of 12 journalists awarded
John S. Knight Fellowships at Stanford
University for the 2003-04 academic year.
During their stay at Stanford, the Knight
Fellows design independent courses of
study and participate in special seminars.
Catania will pursue her interests in
mental illness and criminal law.
Stanford University news release |
04-30-2003 10:11 am |
Industry News
Seattle Weekly Gets the Scoop, If Not the Creditnew
"'We told you so' is hardly an endearing newspaper motto, let alone the breakfast of champions, but sometimes it's all we little guys have," says Seattle Weekly Editor Knute Berger, explaining why he felt it was necessary to toot his papers' horn for its coverage of mismanagement at the local PBS affiliate. Berger says that when the president of the station was forced to resign last week, the Seattle Times implied that its impending investigation was the reason.
Seattle Weekly |
04-24-2003 5:47 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Memphis Paper Steals East Bay Express Storynew
East Bay Express |
04-10-2003 5:42 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, East Bay Express
Tom Tomorrow wins RFK Awardnew
"This Modern World" by Dan Perkins (a.k.a. Tom Tomorrow) has won the RFK
Journalism Award for Cartoon for the second time (the first was in 1998).
The cartoon, carried by many AAN member papers "showcases multilayered satirical commentary on economic
inequality in the United States, as well as the inaction of the politicians who have the power to change it," the awards announcement states. "Perkins’ body of work also addresses subjects such
as access to health care and the gradual erosion of civil liberties in today’s post-9/11 world."
RFK Memorial Journalism Awards news release |
04-08-2003 11:33 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
AAN Writers Win National Unity Awardsnew
Chris Lydgate of Willamette
Week, Laura Laughlin
of Phoenix New Times and David
Martin
of Cleveland Scene win national Unity
Awards in Media, competing against
media powerhouses like TIME Magazine
and the Wall Street Journal. Unity Awards
in Media, administered by Lincoln
University in Missouri, recognize
"accurate exposure of issues affecting
minorities and disabled persons."
Unity Awards in Media, Lincoln University |
04-04-2003 2:43 pm |
Industry News
AAN Papers Dominate Green Eyeshade Awardsnew
Six AAN member papers in the Southeast
picked up 61 percent of the awards in
SPJ's Green Eyeshade Awards' print
(weekly/monthly) division. SPJ has
announced the finalists for the awards,
and the order of finish will be announced
at the Green Eyeshade Banquet April 5.
Creative Loafing Atlanta and New Times
Broward-Palm Beach picked up six each,
while Miami New Times snagged four.
Memphis Flyer has two nominations, and
Mountain Xpress and Creative Loafing
Charlotte came in with one each.
SPJ news release |
03-26-2003 12:41 pm |
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