AAN News
HuffPo Shows Value of Implementing Facebook Connectnew
In a piece about Huffington Post's continued growth, paidContent notes that "the biggest boost for September may have come from a project that launched Aug. 17: Social News with Facebook Connect." Since that date, Facebook referral traffic is up 48 percent and 15 percent of HuffPo comments now come from Facebook. (The number of comments jumped to to 2.2 million in September from 1.7 million in July.) To find out more about how Facebook Connect works, click here.
paidContent |
10-21-2009 10:49 am |
Industry News
Westword Has Received More than 120 Applicants for Pot Critic Gignew
The Denver alt-weekly's search for a critic to review the region's medical marijuana dispensaries got another big news splash yesterday, thanks to an Associated Press story. The AP reports that Westword has received more than 120 applications for the position, with many people offering to write for free. The idea to hire a critic came from staff writer Joel Warner, who says he noticed how different the dispensaries were as he covered the medical marijuana industry. "Some really looked like your college drug dealer's dorm room. You know, Bob Marley posters on the wall and big marijuana leaf posters," he says. "But then some were so fancy, like dentist's offices. They had bubbling aquariums in the lobby and were so clean. I thought, somebody needs to review these. Somebody needs to tell people what these places are like."
The Associated Press |
10-21-2009 8:57 am |
Industry News
Congress Exempts Detainee Photos from FOIA, Passes Open FOIA Actnew
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
10-21-2009 10:51 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial
NOW Magazine Creates Hybrid Documentary/Mockumentary About Itselfnew
The Toronto alt-weekly last week debuted NOW Magazine: The Movie, a nine-week web film series that simultaneously chronicles the paper's history and makes fun of it in the mockumentary style. In the movie, a fictional theater troupe is commissioned by NOW CEO Alice Klein to create a musical about the paper on the heels of its 25th anniversary in 2006, with that plot intertwined with archive footage from NOW's real-life history. "It is actually truly funny, and one of the only ways you can achieve that is to be prepared to take the piss out of yourself," editor and publisher Michael Hollett says. "It's entertaining, but at the same time there is real information that emerges about our history, which is a pretty proud one." The five-minute episodes, directed by Second City alum Brian G. Smith, will all be released on the NOW Magazine: The Movie microsite. You can check out the trailer below.
NOW Magazine - The Trailer from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.
NOW Magazine - The Trailer from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.
CARD Online |
10-20-2009 12:23 pm |
Industry News
Secret Service Denies Access to White House Visitor Logsnew
Despite the Obama administration's recent legal settlement to begin releasing White House visitor logs later this year, it has denied Judicial Watch's recent request for those same records. "In refusing to abide by FOIA law, the Secret Service advanced the erroneous claim that the records belong to the Obama White House, not the agency, and are therefore may be kept secret under the Presidential Records Act," Judicial Watch says in a release.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press |
10-20-2009 10:36 am |
Legal News
Tags: Editorial
Isthmus Partners With Other Local Media for Collaborative Reportingnew
Nearly two dozen media outlets in and around Madison, Wisc., are taking part in "Madison RX: Our Ailing Health Care System," the first series to come out of the new collaborative journalism project All Together Now, Bill Lueders reports. The project was launched as a way for local media to work together to tackle big issues. "We could achieve collectively more than any of our outlets could individually," Lueders writes. "And we could demonstrate our ability to advance a common purpose, with each outlet doing what it does best." The project, which got a shout-out in CJR earlier this year, "could serve as a model for journalists across the nation," Lueders reports. "As news staffs shrink, cooperation becomes imperative," he writes. "The Madison model is an ambitious attempt to make this work on a community-wide basis."
Isthmus |
10-20-2009 9:26 am |
Industry News
Another 'How I Got That Story' Live Chat Set for Friday
After a week off, AAN's "How I Got That Story" live chat series returns this Friday, Oct. 23, at 3 pm EDT. Patrick Michels will join us to discuss his award-winning Texas Observer feature "Private Trauma," which tells the story of a former KBR contractor struggling with PTSD after working for the company in Iraq. Michels will be joined by Jake Bernstein, who was his editor for the story, and the chat will be moderated by North Coast Journal editor Hank Sims.
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AAN |
10-19-2009 11:00 am |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Study: Twitter is Driving Traffic to News Websitesnew
A new report from the online ad network Chitika says that, among clients in its network, news websites get the most referral traffic from Twitter, outpacing movies, tech and medical (and tying the all-encompassing "Other" category). "Given Twitter's unique ability to bring information instantly to large numbers of people, it's not surprising that news leads the way," Chitika notes. "Twitter's instantaneous and collaborative nature has made it out to be the bleeding edge of all news."
WebProNews |
10-19-2009 9:47 am |
Industry News
Recession Brings Both Clouds and Silver Linings to New Haven Advocatenew
That's what the Yale Daily News finds in a report on how three local news organizations are faring in the downturn. While the Advocate's "circulation is steady," as managing editor John Stoehr points out, publisher Joshua Mamis admits that the paper's page count has decreased. Mamis also notes that although the paper has lost some national advertisers, many local advertisers have remained loyal.
Yale Daily News |
10-16-2009 12:04 pm |
Industry News
IAB to FTC: Dump the New Blogger Rulesnew
CNET |
10-16-2009 11:12 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Electronic Publishing
Houston Press Food Critic Keeps Writing Through Swine Flu Quarantinenew
"If you are wondering why I am so quiet lately its because I have been quarantined with N1H1," Robb Walsh tweeted last week. But being stuck in his house under doctor's orders didn't stop him from doing his job, he tells Washington City Paper. "There was no change in diet at all. I didn’t even have to stop writing," he says of his quarantine, which ended this Tuesday. "I just reviewed take out food." (Walsh further explains the process in a blog post titled "How to Review a Restaurant When You're Quarantined.")
Washington City Paper | Houston Press |
10-15-2009 1:21 pm |
Industry News
Obama at Odds With Senate Allies Over Shield Lawnew
The Associated Press via Editor & Publisher |
10-15-2009 1:24 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Dallas Observer's Live-Blogging Wins Local Bar Association Awardnew
The Dallas Bar Association honors the best legal news reporting in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with its annual Stephen Philbin Awards; this year the Dallas Observer's Jim Schutze and Robert Wilonsky took home an award in the new category of Electronic Media News/Feature Article for their live-blogging of a City Hall corruption trial, which the association says "gave readers a play-by-play account of each day's courtroom activities."
Dallas Bar Association (PDF file) |
10-14-2009 11:48 am |
Honors & Achievements
The Huffington Post Using Real-Time Testing of Different Headlinesnew
Nieman Journalism Lab |
10-14-2009 10:51 am |
Industry News
AAN West and Web Publishing Conferences Return This Winter
After a one-year absence, both AAN West and the Web Publishing Conference are slated to return to the Bay Area this winter. The Web Publishing Conference will begin with a social event on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 27, and will end on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 29. AAN West will begin that afternoon in Berkeley, with programming continuing all day on Saturday, Jan. 30.
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AAN |
10-13-2009 10:07 am |
Association News
