AAN News
Alt-Weeklies Fare Well in Colorado SPJ Awards
The winners of the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2008 Mark of Excellence awards were announced late last month, and both Boulder Weekly and the Colorado Springs Independent went home winners, AAN News has learned. The Indy won 13 awards total, including six first-place finishes -- in A&E Reporting, Education Reporting, Food and Beverage, Legal Affairs Reporting Personal Columns, and Political Reporting. Boulder Weekly won a total of four awards, including one first-place finish in the Science/Environment/Ag/Medical reporting category. In addition, Indy contributing editor Cara DeGette placed first in the blog category for her writing on ColoradoConfidential.com, the Denver-based website she helped launch in 2006.
AAN News |
04-11-2008 8:39 am |
Honors & Achievements
Michael Lacey's Statement to the Society of Professional Journalists
Michael Lacey |
04-11-2008 3:59 pm |
Industry News
Response to Paul Curci's Letter RE: Michael Lacey
Joran Oppelt |
04-11-2008 3:38 pm |
Letters to the Editor
The Independent Weekly Celebrates 25th Anniversarynew
The Independent Weekly |
04-11-2008 1:01 pm |
Honors & Achievements
AAN Promotes Regional Staff Training Fund
At the annual meeting in Portland last year, AAN members approved a budget that eliminated funding for the regional staff training conferences that had been held annually in San Francisco and Washington D.C., AAN Board president Stephen Leon explains in a memo mailed to publishers this week (and available in the Resource Library). In lieu of the conferences, the Board allocated a sum of money to "regional staff training," without specifying dates or locations. The idea was that individual publishers, or small groups of publishers, could submit conference proposals to AAN to apply for "grant" money from the budget. This year's AAN West conference was the first conference organized under the program; in a document that was attached to Leon's memo, the organizers share their "formula for success."
AAN |
04-10-2008 2:11 pm |
Association News
Fallout from Michael Lacey's Comments Continuesnew
The Village Voice Media executive editor's Friday night utterance of the "n-word" continues to be discussed in media circles and on the internet. Maricopa County attorney Andrew Thomas, who may be sued by Phoenix New Times soon, criticized Lacey's comments at a press conference on Tuesday, saying "this should be the Don Imus moment for
Arizona's media," KTVK-TV reports. KTVK-TV also has the full video of the
acceptance speech in which the offending comment was made. And Philadelphia City Paper publisher Paul Curci is weighing in as well, calling Lacey's comments "vicious and hateful" in an incensed letter to AAN News.
KTVK-TV |
04-10-2008 1:33 pm |
Industry News
SMS Pal Lets Advertisers Text in Classified Ads
SMS Pal Press Release |
04-10-2008 1:50 pm |
Press Releases
Letter to the Editor RE: Michael Lacey's Comments
Paul Curci |
04-10-2008 1:30 pm |
Letters to the Editor
San Diego Reader Launches Real Estate Portal with HouseRebate.com
New website features MLS listings, addresses, comps, photos, maps
(FULL STORY)
HouseRebate.com Press Release |
04-10-2008 9:22 am |
Press Releases
AAN Board Member Carol Flagg to Step Down
The Austin Chronicle's advertising director -- and AAN Retail Advertising
Committee chair -- says she's leaving the paper in the first week of July.
Flagg plans to move back home to Phoenix to start a new company that
provides consulting services. She will step down from her position on the AAN Board of Directors following
the board's meeting in June in Philadelphia. Her departure means someone will be
elected at the convention to serve the one year remaining in her term as retail ad chair.
(FULL STORY)
AAN News |
04-08-2008 4:20 pm |
Association News
Study: 28 Million Subscribers Responded To At Least One Mobile Adnew
The Nielsen Company has announced the results of its bi-annual Mobile Advertising Report, which found that 23 percent (58 million) of all U.S. mobile subscribers have been exposed to advertising on their phones in the past 30 days, and about half of those (28 million) say they responded to a mobile ad in some way. In addition, the study found that 13 percent of users are "open to mobile advertising if it improves the media and content currently available," and 14 percent is "already open to mobile advertising so long as it is relevant to their interests."
Nielsen Company |
04-02-2008 8:50 am |
Industry News
VVM Lauches Joystick Division, a National Video Game Sitenew
Joystick Division |
04-01-2008 12:00 pm |
Industry News
Convention Website Open for Business
This year's AAN Convention heads back to the East Coast --
Philadelphia, to be exact. The Declaration of IndependAANts, the
association's 31st annual convention, will be hosted by the
Philadelphia City Paper from June 5-7 at the Pennsylvania Convention
Center. As always, AAN has lined up a mix of special speakers,
brass-tacks programming, and plenty of food, drink and revelry. New
Yorker reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh (pictured) is the
featured speaker at Friday's First Amendment Lunch, while OC Weekly
staffer and "Ask a Mexican!" columnist Gustavo Arellano will host
Saturday's AltWeekly Awards Lunch. The convention website -- where
you'll find registration information, event schedules, and programming
details -- is now live and accepting registrations. Be sure to register
before May 2 to get discounted rates.
(FULL STORY)
AAN |
03-27-2008 5:51 pm |
Association News
Report: More Wealthy Consumers Using Online Social Networksnew
Center for Media Research |
03-26-2008 8:59 am |
Industry News
Google's Search-Within-Search Feature Alarms Some Publishersnew
The New York Times |
03-24-2008 2:25 pm |
Industry News
