AAN News
Riverfront Times' Writer Honored for Environmental Reporting
Jeannette Batz's story, “The Right
to
Answers,” was a finalist in the inaugural
Awards for Reporting on the Environment
by the Society of Environmental
Journalists. Batz’s feature examined
whether toxic pollution caused the death
of infants in the St. Louis suburbs.
(FULL STORY)
Josef Sawyer |
10-29-2002 2:57 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Riverfront Times
Brugmann Wins Two FOI Awards
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
10-29-2002 2:55 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Bruce Brugmann
Tribune, Gannett's "Alternatives" Hitting the Newstandsnew
Noise, Gannett's new
"alternative" in Lansing, Mich., and
the Chicago Tribune's RedEye both
debuted last week, Mark Fitzgerald
reports in Editor & Publisher. The
Chicago Sun-Times answer to
RedEye is due to launch on
Wednesday, he reports.
Editor & Publisher |
10-28-2002 12:24 pm |
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RedEye Debuts Earlynew
The Chicago Tribune's new youth-oriented tabloid hits the streets today, five days early. The Trib pushed up the start date to get out of the gate before rival Chicago Sun-Times' version of an "alternative," Trib media writer Jim Kirk reports. The Sun-Times tab will be called Red Streak, Kirk says.
Chicago Tribune |
10-25-2002 9:34 am |
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Alts Should Look to Al-Jazeera for Inspirationnew
"The co-opting of the 'underground' tradition of
journalism into the more socially responsible
and sales-friendly 'alternative' press is now
virtually complete," Miami New Times' John Lombardi writes in response to a letter to the editor from Dan Sweeney, calendar editor of New Times Broward-Palm Beach. The '60s gonzo journalism was "a rancid upchuck onto the desks of the
reactionary old fart editors of those times." Now he suggests that young writers like Sweeney should look at Al-Jazeera, the independent Qatar-based television station that doesn't ask permission to make everybody furious.
Miami New Times |
10-17-2002 9:47 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
E&P Looks at Dailies Dressed as Altsnew
Several daily newspapers are planning to
target youth with new
publications aimed at
18-to-34-year-olds, but will they succeed?
Editor & Publisher offers pro and con
views: an unsigned editorial from this
week's issue suggests why "da
chainz" just might succeed; and E&P
intern Chris Nammour argues that
you can't teach a young dog old
tricks.
Editor & Publisher |
10-15-2002 10:23 am |
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AAN Papers Take Three Firsts in NNA Contestnew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian
wins two first place awards in the
National Newspaper Association's 2002
Better Newspaper Contest: Tali
Woodward for Best Health Story, and
Dan Zoll for Best
Education/Literacy Story. Willy
Stern of the Nashville Scene
takes a first in Best Investigative or
In-Depth Story or Series for his five-part
dissection of The Tennessean.
National Newspaper Association |
10-10-2002 1:58 pm |
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Chicago Dailies Battle for Young Readersnew
The Chicago Sun-Times has plans to
launch a new tabloid aimed at younger
readers, perhaps by early November,
Crain's Chicago Business reports. That's
about the same time as its rival, the
Chicago Tribune, will debut its own
tab for the 18- to 34-year-old reader,
which will be called RedEye. The
Sun-Times' parent, Hollinger
International, has ordered four of its
regional newspapers to send three
staffers each to Chicago to put
together the new tab.
Crain's Chicago Business (registration required) |
10-08-2002 9:35 am |
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"RedEye" Set to Launchnew
A new Chicago Tribune tabloid aimed at
younger readers could launch by the
end of the month, Trib columnist Jim
Kirk writes. The newsstand-only tab has a
working title of "RedEye" and will feature a
combination of entertainment writing and
listings as well as shorter news
stories than the broadsheet daily,
Kirk writes.
Chicago Tribune |
10-04-2002 9:54 am |
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AAN Food Writers Spoon up Awardsnew
Three AAN papers were awarded first-place in under 200,000 circulation division of the 2002
Association of Food Journalists competition: Robb Walsh of
Houston Press for food news
reporting; Marty Jones of
Westword for food columns and
Bonnie Boots, former food editor for the Weekly
Planet (Tampa), for restaurant criticism. Willamette Week takes three
awards from
the foodie group, a
second for restaurant criticism for
Roger Porter and a second and
third
for special sections edited by Arts &
Culture Editor Caryn
Brooks.
Association of Food Journalists |
10-04-2002 5:09 pm |
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Journalists on the Witness Standnew
The trend toward international justice
could force journalists to
compromise their craft and
profession by testifying in tribunals.
What’s bad for the media is bad for the
public, Richard Byrne writes in
the Boston Phoenix. Major news
organizations on this side of the Atlantic
are fighting subpoenas from the
International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY), based in The
Hague.
Tags: Editorial
Strausbaugh's a "Rock Star"new
Taffy Akner interviews New York
Press Editor John Strausbaugh for
mediabistro.com and finds it "hard to tell
if
Strausbaugh is the coolest dude
ever... or
the world's biggest geek."
Conclusion? Whatever, he's a rock star.
mediabistro.com |
10-01-2002 4:57 pm |
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Gannett's "Alternatives"new
Can Gannett Co. create alternatives to
itself? Burl Gilyard, himself a former
alt-weekly staff writer, looks into Gannett's
plans to launch entertainment
weeklies in Lansing, Mich., and Boise,
Idaho, for AJR. Berl Schwartz, editor
of the alt-weekly City Pulse in Lansing,
says Gannett's targeting these small
markets because it
"wants to feed on the guppies
before it heads to the deeper waters."
AJR |
10-01-2002 4:35 pm |
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Gambit's Reckdahl Honored for Juvenile Justice Seriesnew
Katy Reckdahl wins a 2002
Casey Journalism Center Medal for
Distinguished Coverage of Children and
Family Issues. Her award in the
non-daily newspaper category is for her
"full and compelling report on the troubled
Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth"
that appeared last year in Gambit
Weekly, the center's release states.
The series won a first-place in the
news feature category of the
Alternative Newsweekly Awards.
The Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families |
10-01-2002 3:30 pm |
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