AAN News
Restaurant Steals 'Ask a Mexican' Logo for Adnew
Gustavo Arellano reports that an unnamed Mexican restaurant in Dana Point has grabbed the logo for his column and is running it in ads that appear in the Dana Point Times -- a local competitor to OC Weekly. While he points out that it is not the first time someone has swiped the Mark Dancey-designed logo, Arellano says he was surprised to find the thievery so close to home. Did the restaurant and the paper "really think they'd get away with using my column's logo and making money off of it without me eventually finding out and throwing barbs back at them?," he asks. "Especially considering it's a Mexican restaurant?"
OC Weekly |
12-10-2009 12:38 pm |
Industry News
Santa Fe Reporter Heralded for its Coverage of Wild Animals and Domestic Violencenew
The Reporter is among the "fabulous papers" cited in a Morning News piece by Leah Finnegan that looks at "papers that defy boundaries, the internet, and, oft times, common reason." Calling the alt-weekly "tiny but hardy," Finnegan says it "covers two things very well: Wild animals and domestic violence," pointing to a quartet of recent stories on those very subjects. "The paper can also boast one of the country's most non-sequitur parenting columns, titled 'Daddy Needs a Drink,'" she writes. That led The Awl's Choire Sicha to dub "Daddy" writer Rob Wilder "our second-favorite parenting columnist."
The Morning News |
12-09-2009 2:52 pm |
Industry News
White House Releases Long-Awaited Open Government Directivenew
The White House has finally sent the head of every federal department and agency an Open Government Directive on how agencies should increase "transparency, participation, and collaboration." The response from open-government groups was cautiously optimistic, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. "Today the White House released a 'roadmap' for transparency, but how agencies respond is where the rubber hits the road," says Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a group to which AAN belongs.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
12-09-2009 10:57 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
AAN West Schedule and Hotel Accommodations All Set
After a one-year absence, AAN West is returning to the Bay Area this winter. The conference will be held on Jan. 29 and 30 in Berkeley immediately after the Web Publishing Conference in San Francisco. The conference website is now live, and it has all the info you need on programming, hotels and registration.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-08-2009 4:31 pm |
Association News
Coming Friday: 'How I Got That Story' Live Chat on Media Reporting
David Koon and Gerard Matthews of Arkansas Times, who took home a first place award for media reporting, will be interviewed by Las Vegas Weekly editor Scott Dickensheets on AAN.org this Friday (Dec. 11) at 3 pm EST.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-07-2009 1:08 pm |
Association News
Obama on Open Government Issues: So Far, an 'Uneven Record'new
The Associated Press |
12-07-2009 11:40 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
How I Got That Story Live Chat: Jeffry Cudlin Talks Art Criticism
Washington City Paper's Jeffry Cudlin, who won the 2008 AltWeekly Award for Arts Criticism, discussed his work in a live chat with Tuscon Weekly's Jimmy Boegle.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 2:53 pm |
Association News
AAN Releases Guidelines for 2010 AltWeekly Awards
The contest website will open Tue., Dec. 15, 2009 and will close on the contest deadline, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010 at 11 pm (EST).
There are now three separate blog categories: Group/Staff Blog, Individual Blog, and Music Blog. There is also a new award for the best use of Multimedia. The Wild Card category is Health Care.
Download the complete contest rules here. (FULL STORY)
There are now three separate blog categories: Group/Staff Blog, Individual Blog, and Music Blog. There is also a new award for the best use of Multimedia. The Wild Card category is Health Care.
Download the complete contest rules here. (FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 1:17 pm |
Association News
Update on the Executive Director Search
On Nov. 20, AAN officially stopped accepting applications for the executive director position. Since then, the Executive
Committee has narrowed a list of more than 75 candidates to a group of
eight individuals. At the same time, the committee created a Hiring Committee to oversee the rest of the process; this newly formed
committee's first task will be further winnowing the group of eight
down to a smaller group of finalists,
who will then be invited to AAN headquarters in Washington, D.C. for
interviews.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
12-04-2009 11:46 am |
Association News
Call for Entries: 2009 Innocence Network Journalism Awardsnew
The Innocence Network |
12-03-2009 2:53 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Sacramento News & Review Gets Ready to Movenew
After a few years and a few million dollars, the paper is finally moving into its new office -- a former supermarket that it purchased and renovated using green-building standards. As News & Review publisher Jeff vonKaenel points out, the move wouldn't have been possible without about $2 million in grants, loan guarantees and other incentives from the city -- but he says that doesn't mean the paper will all of a sudden go soft in its coverage of the city and its redevelopment agency. "During my 36 years as a newspaper publisher, there have been many instances where regular advertisers have called me to complain about a story and to cancel their advertising," he writes. "Our business relationship with the city is no different."
Sacramento News & Review |
12-02-2009 10:54 am |
Industry News
Las Vegas Weekly Parent Company Consolidates Operationsnew
The Greenspun Media Group, which publishes the Weekly along with the daily Las Vegas Sun and a host of other properties, laid off a number of employees yesterday as part of a major restructuring to streamline operations. Staff at all of the company's publications will now be housed in one building and coalesce in three teams: editorial, advertising and support. Greenspun has not released the number of layoffs involved, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the number is "at least 20" and includes two Weekly staffers. On his blog, Weekly columnist Steve Friess says those two are Bethany Acree and Josh Bell.
Las Vegas Sun |
12-02-2009 9:05 am |
Industry News
LEO Weekly Editor Takes New Gig in Nashville, News Editor Will Take Over
Stephen George is leaving the Louisville alt-weekly in January to become editor of the Nashville City Paper. Current LEO news editor Sarah Kelley will replace him, becoming the paper's first female editor. George, a Louisville native, has been with LEO since 2005 and has served as editor since May 2008. Both LEO and the City Paper are owned by SouthComm.
(FULL STORY)
LEO Weekly Press Release |
12-01-2009 4:34 pm |
Press Releases
The Stranger Flexing Real Political Muscle in Seattlenew
"While it may be easy to dismiss Seattle's most eccentric weekly paper, there is growing evidence that The Stranger may be more in tune with Emerald City voters than the other major papers in the area," writes Mike Noon in the University of Washington's student newspaper. "The Stranger has some serious political clout in Puget Sound politics." Noon points to the city's recent mayoral election as proof, saying the alt-weekly's "enthusiastic support of mayor-elect Mike McGinn was likely one of the key factors in his victory."
The Daily |
12-01-2009 9:20 am |
Industry News
Weekly Alibi Goes Local for Gift Guide
Albuquerque's Weekly Alibi took a novel approach to the grind of holiday gift guides afflicting most alt-weeklies this time of year, interviewing local crafters and folks with fledgling cottage industries, most of them undiscovered in their own hometown, in an attempt to translate the locavore movement to holiday shopping. Check out the package here.
(FULL STORY)
Weekly Alibi Press Release |
12-01-2009 8:59 am |
Press Releases
