AAN News
Monterey County Weekly Writer Wins Environmental Reporting Awardnew
Weekly reporter Kera Abraham took home a third-place award in the Outstanding Small Market Reporting (Print) category in the Society of Environmental Journalists' annual awards for reporting on the environment. "Abraham did an excellent job with two divergent environmental issues," the judges write, "the omnipresent plastic in the aquatic environment, and the destructive environmental practices of marijuana farms on federal park land."
Society of Environmental Journalists |
10-17-2008 8:56 am |
Honors & Achievements
New York Press Film Critic Elected Chairman of NY Critics' Groupnew
Armond White will replace Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum as chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle. White, who previously held the same post in 1994, becomes the third African-American to chair NYFCC in the group's 75-year history.
The Hollywood Reporter |
10-17-2008 8:11 am |
Honors & Achievements
How I Got That Story: Donna Ladd
In the ninth installment of this year's "How I Got That Story" series, Jackson Free Press editor Donna Ladd discusses her award-winning feature on the Seale family, which has long ties to the Ku Klux Klan, but has tried to ameliorate its past. She talks to St. John Barned-Smith about how they found the story, how her upbringing in Mississippi informs her work, and how she connects with her sources. "I find the best way is to just have absolute interest in what they're saying," Ladd says. "I have no judgment when I'm sitting in front of someone. I am a sponge.
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AAN News |
10-16-2008 1:18 pm |
Association News
Court Filings Shed Light on Creative Loafing's Financesnew
According to a case management summary (pdf) filed in Creative Loafing's bankruptcy proceedings on Monday, revenues are off at the six-paper alt-weekly chain. Atlanta Magazine's Steve Fennessy reports that when CL was looking for financing to purchase the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper, it projected the expanded company would see revenues of $43 million in fiscal year 2008. But the court filing says that revenue in FY08, ending June 30, 2008, was $35 million, and predicts that sales in the first quarter of FY09 will be only $3.5 million. In other CL bankruptcy news, Washington City Paper has published a statement from one of the company's lenders, Atalaya, which says the bankruptcy filing was "unfortunate and unnecessary," and assures "all interested parties that Atalaya has no intention of attempting to shut down the business." MORE: City Paper editor Erik Wemple talks to the George Washington University student paper The Hatchet about the changes in store as the paper shifts focus.
Atlanta Magazine | Washington City Paper |
10-16-2008 11:43 am |
Industry News
Tucson Weekly Wins Several State Press Awardsnew
The Weekly won five editorial awards in this year's Arizona Newspapers Association's Better Newspapers Contest, including first place finishes for Best Lifestyle Feature, Best News Story and Best Sustained Coverage.
Tucson Weekly |
10-16-2008 8:23 am |
Honors & Achievements
Survey: Digital Ad Spend Up At The Expense of Traditionalnew
The Center for Media Research |
10-16-2008 8:58 am |
Industry News
The Pacific Northwest Inlander Celebrates its 15th Anniversarynew
The Pacific Northwest Inlander |
10-16-2008 8:25 am |
Honors & Achievements
Another Alt-Weekly Alum Aims for the Oval Officenew
Former City Newspaper typesetter Gloria La Riva is running for president, the Rochester, N.Y., alt-weekly reports. La Riva, who worked at City in the late 1970s, is on the ballot in 12 states as the Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate. Former San Antonio Current staffer Kat Swift also mounted a presidential run this election cycle, aiming for the Green Party nod. She ultimately endorsed the Green nominee Cynthia McKinney.
City Newspaper |
10-15-2008 11:05 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, City Newspaper
Gambit Weekly Publisher, Editor Receive Anti-Defamation League Awardnew
Gambit publisher Margo DuBos and her husband, political editor Clancy DuBos, will be honored with the Anti-Defamation League's A.I. Botnick "Torch of Liberty Award" at a Dec. 14 dinner in New Orleans. "Under the direction of Margo and Clancy, Gambit has won scores of local, regional and national awards for innovative, incisive and robust journalism," the letter from the ADL reads. "The weekly's editorial positions reflect the ADL's commitment to equal opportunity and opposition to bigotry in any form."
Gambit Weekly |
10-15-2008 8:28 am |
Honors & Achievements
Georgia Straight Writer Wins Fellowshipnew
Travis Lupick was one of five recipients of the Seeing the World through New Eyes fellowship, which was established by the Jack Webster Foundation and the Canadian International Development Agency. He will visit Latin American in early 2009 to experience firsthand reporting from developing countries. The fellowship was open to British Columbia-based journalists 30 years old or younger or in their first five years of journalism, and winners were selected by a jury of professional journalists.
The Jack Webster Foundation |
10-15-2008 8:19 am |
Honors & Achievements
The East Bay Express Turns 30new
East Bay Express |
10-15-2008 1:58 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, East Bay Express
Online Display Ad Prices Fall To Lowest Point This Yearnew
Online Media Daily |
10-15-2008 8:29 am |
Industry News
Opinion: Nashville Scene is Protected from Former Stripper's Lawsuitnew
Calling Michelle Peacock's defamation suit "a masterpiece of minimalism," the On Point blog from Courthouse News Service notes that the paper has little to worry about. "[Peacock] won't be able to gloss over the common-law privilege which protects reporters from liability when they fairly and accurately report the information in a public document," On Point reports. "In commenting on Peacock's alleged mid-afternoon handjobs, the Nashville Scene didn't say anything that was not in the police reports. So the privilege clearly applies."
On Point News |
10-14-2008 10:49 am |
Legal News
Illinois Times Takes Home 11 State Press Awards
The Springfield, Ill., alt-weekly fared well in the Illinois Press Association's 2008 Best of the Press contest, with 11 total awards. Of those, four were first-place finishes, in the Business Reporting, Feature Writing, Special Section, and Sports Feature categories.
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Illinois Times Press Release |
10-14-2008 8:34 am |
Press Releases
MySpace Launches Self-Service MyAdsnew
Media Daily News |
10-14-2008 10:12 am |
Industry News
