AAN News
Former Staffer Asks: Is There Still a Place for the Chicago Reader?new
Edward McClelland measures his former paper's hip quotient, using the fictional Reader music critic who appeared in the 2000 film High Fidelity as a yardstick. "Today, if you made a movie about Chicago hipsters, Caroline Fortis probably wouldn't write for the Reader," McClelland writes in Columbia Journalism Review. "She'd write for Time Out Chicago, or Pitchfork." Reader editor Alison True, Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason, and former Reader staff writers Neal Pollack and Harold Henderson weigh in with their takes on the Reader's past and its future.
Columbia Journalism Review |
10-28-2008 1:06 pm |
Industry News
How I Got That Story: Suzanne Podhaizer
In the eleventh installment of this year's "How I Got That Story" series, Seven Days food editor Suzanne Podhaizer talks about her winning columns, which covered oysters, bread-making and the intersection of chain-restaurant casual dining and sustainability. Podhaizer tells Ling Ma about how she approaches describing food, what she'd cook for her last meal, and the telling theme of her wedding vows. "My vows were almost entirely about how meaningful it is to share food with somebody, and meeting someone you want to give the best parts of a meal to," she says.
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AAN News |
10-28-2008 11:45 am |
Association News
Santa Fe Reporter Dominates News Category in State Press Awards
Reporter staff writer Dave Maass dominated the news writing category for Division 1 Weeklies (over 5,000 circulation) in the annual New Mexico Press Association newspaper contest. Maass won both first and second place in the category, making him the only winner in the category for Division 1. Additionally, SFR writer Zane Fischer placed first for column writing. The awards were announced at a banquet on Sunday.
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Santa Fe Reporter Press Release |
10-28-2008 9:12 am |
Press Releases
Analyst: Online Display Ads Likely To Tumblenew
Online Media Daily |
10-28-2008 9:13 am |
Industry News
More on the Chicago Reader, John Conroy, and Police Torturenew
"No one here told John Conroy to lay off police torture," is the headline to Michael Miner's blog post written in response to last week's Chicago Sun-Times column on Conroy's work on police torture at the Reader and a related piece from the Beachwood Reporter, an online newspaper. Editor Alison True strikes the same chord in a separate blog post, saying that "I encouraged John to explore other subjects," but "never asked him to lay off police torture."
Chicago Reader |
10-27-2008 10:37 am |
Industry News
California Alt-Weeklies Take Home Dozens of State Awardsnew
The California Newspaper Publishers Association announced the winners of its annual Better Newspapers Contest on Saturday, and nine AAN members won a total of 38 awards. The Sacramento News & Review won a total of nine awards, five of which were first-place finishes, including a General Excellence win. "The News & Review is a salty and irreverent weekly packed with excellent coverage of news and culture, multiple voices in columns and two pages of letters," the judges wrote. "Its colorful design is inviting and, praises to the sales department, it is packed with ads." In addition, Palo Alto Weekly also won nine total awards; the North Coast Journal won eight; Chico News & Review won four; the San Francisco Bay Guardian won three; Metro Silicon Valley won two; and the Pacific Sun, Pasadena Weekly and SF Weekly each took home one award. CORRECTION: The Santa Barbara Independent also won five awards.
California Newspaper Publishers Association (pdf) |
10-27-2008 9:09 am |
Honors & Achievements
How I Got That Story: Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
In the tenth installment of this year's "How I Got That Story" series, former City Pages staff writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl talks about her award-winning entries for Food Writing. She tells Angelica Herrera she started writing about food because she "needed the protein," though she's gone on to win numerous awards for her food writing. Moskowitz Grumdahl talks about her process for reviewing a restaurant, what she thinks the impact of a bad review can be, and the perks of being a food critic. "I was renovating my house once and realized I hadn't had a stove for four years," she says. "You don't have to wake up early -- and you get free lunch and dinner, and sometimes even brunch."
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AAN News |
10-24-2008 1:14 pm |
Association News
The Providence Phoenix Celebrates 30th Anniversarynew
The paper is running a series of 30 interviews with 30 "local luminaries" to commemorate the occasion. The Phoenix, which started as The New Paper in 1978, was purchased by the Boston Phoenix and renamed in 1988. The Phoenix celebrated with a birthday bash this week, and the Providence Journal has posted some photos from the party.
The Providence Phoenix |
10-24-2008 8:57 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Providence Phoenix
'Project Runway' Winner is a Former Portland Mercury Graphic Designernew
The Portland Mercury |
10-24-2008 1:54 pm |
Honors & Achievements
NAA: Newspapers Draw 41 Percent of U.S. Internet Usersnew
Media Daily News |
10-24-2008 9:15 am |
Industry News
AAN Hires New Advertising and Awards Coordinator
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has hired Jason Zaragoza to the newly created position of advertising and awards coordinator. His first day with AAN was Oct. 14. Zaragoza takes over for Stephanie Roswell in handling the logisitics of the AAN CAN classified network, and for Heather Kuldell in coordinating the AltWeekly Awards. "Jason is smart and organized, and he has an incredibly professional attitude for someone so young," says AAN executive director Richard Karpel. "We're counting on him to keep AAN CAN and the awards contest running smoothly."
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AAN News |
10-23-2008 1:49 pm |
Association News
Ex-Chicago Reader Reporter Thanked for His Focus on Police Torturenew
When former Chicago Police Commander and alleged torturer Jon Burge was arrested this week for perjury and obstruction of justice, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown knew exactly where to point some kudos. "[John] Conroy was probably as responsible as anyone for keeping the police torture issue in Chicago's consciousness," Brown writes. Conroy's 1990 story in the Reader marked the first time the allegations of police torture came to light, and after that, Conroy kept writing about the issue until he left the paper last year. "His editor suggested he move on to the next subject, and he tried," Brown writes. "After all, he told himself, he wasn't having much impact. But he kept coming back."
The Chicago Sun-Times |
10-23-2008 12:25 pm |
Industry News
Study: Young Adults More Responsive to Ads in Email than on Social Netsnew
Among 18- to-34-year-olds, consumers are more likely to be influenced to make purchases based on email marketing messages and direct mail than from ads or marketing on social networks, according to a new white paper from Ball State University and ExactTarget. "It is too easy to assume that the media consumers who (sic) choose for their own news, information and entertainment are by default the best media to use for marketing messages," says Mike Bloxham, director of Insight and Research at Ball State University's Center for Media Design.
Online Media Daily |
10-23-2008 11:47 am |
Industry News
Long Island Press Reporter Held for Hours at Final Presidential Debatenew
Timothy Bolger describes how he was held for three hours by Secret Service agents before last Wednesday's presidential debate because of "volatile" wifi signals emanating from his computer. "They said they wanted to check my machine to see if there was something that I had installed to bring down the debates, or determine if my computer was simply the victim of hackers and an ineffective virus scanner," he writes. However, "of most interest to them were my instant messages, especially those to my friend Dave. ... His less-than-flattering comments about vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and his asking if I would meet the candidates raised eyebrows for the investigators." Bolger was eventually released before the debate, though he was ordered not to use wifi for the rest of the evening.
Long Island Press |
10-23-2008 9:33 am |
Industry News
The Other Paper Parent Company Will Delist its Stocknew
American Community Newspapers, which purchased the Columbus, Ohio, alt-weekly in May 2007, announced on Tuesday its intent to voluntarily remove its stock from NYSE Alternext (formerly the American Stock Exchange). The move will "save management time and attention" and also "eliminate listing fees and result in reduced expenses," according to a press release. The company expects its last day on the exchange to be Nov. 11, but shares could continue to trade on an over-the counter basis after the delisting takes effect.
American Community Newspapers Press Release |
10-23-2008 9:14 am |
Press Releases
