AAN News
Boston Phoenix: New York's Palin Cover Story 'Looks Awfully Familiar'new
The Phoenix points out that New York's cover story this week, "Palin Inc.," is pretty similar to its July 2009 story "Sarah, Inc." Both pieces explore how Palin is set to make tons of cash in what the Phoenix called "the burgeoning right-wing marketplace," and they use similar imagery.
Boston Phoenix |
04-27-2010 9:26 am |
Industry News
Former LA Weekly Classical Music Critic Alan Rich Diesnew
Rich died on Friday at his home in West Los Angeles. He was 85. Rich was the chief classical music critic at the Weekly from 1992 to 2008; he later briefly found a home at LA CityBeat before it closed up shop. On Twitter, Weekly food critic Jonathan Gold eulogized Rich as "the last great critic in LA."
The New York Times |
04-27-2010 8:15 am |
Industry News
AAN Offers Free Convention Registration for Best Editorial Panel Idea
AAN's Editorial Committee invites any and all AAN folks to submit a panel proposal for the 33rd Annual Convention, which will be hosted by NOW Magazine in Toronto July 15-17. Author of the best proposal will win a free registration*--a value of up to $375--to the convention. READ MORE
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AAN |
04-26-2010 12:46 pm |
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Nine California AAN Members Take Home State Press Awardsnew
The California Newspaper Publishers Association recently gave out 480 first and second place awards in its 2009 Better Newspapers contest, and nine alt-weeklies received at least one. The Sacramento News & Review won ten awards, including firsts for Public Service, Columns, Sports Story, Front Page, Freedom of Information. SF Weekly won seven awards, including first-place finishes for Writing, Investigative/Enterprise Reporting and Environmental/Ag Resource Reporting. The North Coast Journal won six awards, including firsts in the Writing, Local News Coverage, Business/Financial Story and Environmental/Ag Resource Reporting categories. Palo Alto Weekly took home five awards -- all first-place wins -- in the Editorial Comment, Local News Coverage, Sports Coverage, Feature Photo, Best Website and General Excellence categories. Chico News & Review won two awards, both firsts, for Editorial Pages and Special Issue. Pacific Sun also took home two awards, both firsts, for Feature Story and Lifestyle Coverage. Metro Silicon Valley, Pasadena Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian each took home one award.
California Newspaper Publishers Association |
04-26-2010 11:14 am |
Honors & Achievements
San Diego Reader Publisher Explains the 'Typo Patrol'new
The Reader's "Typo Patrol" is a contest of sorts for readers to spot typographical errors in the paper; each person gets $10 for each mistake they point out (capped at $300 a year per person). Publisher Jim Holman tells Copyediting.com that they pay out "between $100 and $200" per week to successful typo-catchers. He says there was a little trepidation when the Reader first rolled out the patrol, since it employs professional copyeditors and proofreaders. But Holman says those staffers haven't taken offense. "All of them see it as a challenge," he says, "to make sure there are no typographical errors."
Copyediting.com |
04-23-2010 11:37 am |
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Metro Times Brings Home Six Detroit SPJ Awardsnew
The Detroit alt-weekly has received six awards -- including top honors for criticism and feature writing -- in the annual contest held by the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Metro Times |
04-23-2010 8:35 am |
Honors & Achievements
Three Texas Alt-Weeklies Honored with SPJ Awardsnew
The Fort Worth Weekly, Houston Press and San Antonio Current took home a total of 10 first-place awards in the SPJ Fort Worth First Amendment Awards. Fort Worth Weekly took home leading honors for Defending the Disadvantaged, Green News, Reporting on Open Government, Opening the Books and Student Work, while the Press, competing in the higher-circulation division, won firsts for Defending the Disadvantaged, Green News and Opening the Books. The Current, which like the Weekly was competing in the small-circ division, took home first-place honors in the Investigative and Opinion or Commentary categories.
Fort Worth SPJ |
04-22-2010 12:55 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Two News & Review Newspapers Partner with eVoter
Sacramento News & Review and the Chico News & Review today announced a partnership with eVoter, a website that connects Sacramento and Chico voters to polling place locations, election information, candidate profiles and endorsements prior to California's Primary Election on June 8. "Our readership is involved and interested in local and state politics," says Deborah Redmond of the News & Review. "eVoter will provide information about local candidates and their positions in an easy-to-use format."
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News & Review Press Release |
04-22-2010 8:28 am |
Press Releases
Orlando Weekly Editor Leaves for Vegasnew
On Friday, we told you that Baltimore City Paper managing editor Erin Sullivan was taking over the editor's spot at sister paper Orlando Weekly. What we neglected to mention is where the Weekly's current editor, Bob Whitby, was going. In a farewell column, he says he is taking "a job editing a paper out west," in Las Vegas. He had been the paper's editor since August 2002. Weekly publisher Rick Schreiber tells the Orlando Sentinel that Whitby will be joining the rest of his family in Vegas; they moved there last summer because Whitby's wife's education required her to relocate.
Orlando Weekly |
04-19-2010 10:52 am |
Industry News
Erin Sullivan Heads South to Take the Reins at Orlando Weekly
Sullivan, currently the managing editor of Baltimore City Paper, will take over as Orlando Weekly's editor June 1. Sullivan has been at City Paper since 2002, and currently sits on AAN's Board of Directors as chair of the Membership Committee. City Paper and the Weekly are both owned by Times-Shamrock Communications.
AAN News |
04-16-2010 6:31 pm |
Industry News
The Daily Show Stops by Westword's Office to Hang with the Pot Criticnew
The Daily Show is in Denver this week to report on the city's booming medical marijuana industry, and a crew stopped by the Westword office on Monday, where correspondent Jason Jones interviewed pot critic William Breathes -- and took a hit off a gas mask bong.
Westword |
04-15-2010 9:17 am |
Industry News
Cleveland Scene Names New Editor
Erich Burnett has been named editor of the Cleveland Scene. Burnett is a
Cleveland native whose background includes 12 years as an editor of Scene
and corporate editor for Scene's previous parent companies, New Times and
Village Voice Media. Burnett most recently served as senior editor for
Village Voice Media. Burnett took over as editor on April 13. The Scene is
part of Times-Shamrock Communications.
Times-Shamrock Communications Press Release |
04-14-2010 5:03 pm |
Press Releases
San Antonio Current Writer Wins State Sierra Club Awardnew
The Current's Greg Harman received the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter's 2009 Environmental Reporting Award for his "hilarious prodding and fact-based Thompsonesque prose, down-to-earth videos and audio recordings, and beautiful documentary photography." It marks the second time Harman has won the award.
Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter |
04-14-2010 1:46 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Politician, Style Weekly Settle $10 Million Libel Lawsuitnew
The lawyer for Democratic state delegate Joseph D. Morrissey says their $10.35 million libel lawsuit against Style Weekly set to go to trial yesterday has been resolved in their favor. The attorney says the settlement includes "a full, unreserved and unequivocal apology" from Style and "a significant cash settlement." Style publisher Lori Collier Waran says that the paper will "let the apology speak for itself," and that it is happy to have the suit -- "a distraction for our staff" -- over.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
04-13-2010 11:20 am |
Industry News
Three AAN Members Win at Rocky Mountain Regional SPJ Contestnew
The Society of Professional Journalists' Rocky Mountain chapter presented its "Top of the Rockies" Excellence in Journalism Awards Saturday night in Denver. The contest, with participants from the four-state region of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming, attracted more than 500 entries. The Colorado Springs Independent took home nine awards, including first-place wins for Arts and Entertainment Reporting, Science/Environmental/Health Care Reporting, and Education Reporting. Salt Lake City Weekly won five awards, including first-place finishes in the General Reporting - Business and Investigative/Enterprise - Business categories. Boulder Weekly was given one award, a first-place finish in the Legal Affairs category.
Rocky Mountain Society of Professional Journalists |
04-13-2010 9:48 am |
Honors & Achievements
