AAN News
AAN Member Blogs Make Year-End Lists
Newspeak, a Colorado Springs blog with a strong alt-weekly pedigree, says The Stranger's Slog is "one of the best blogs on the internet and you can skip the local crap if it doesn't interest you." In fact, the folks at Newspeak think the Seattle paper is "the only alt-weekly in the country to have figured out why blogging is an alt's best friend and do it with teeth, wit and style." Perhaps they haven't read the Arkansas Times' Arkansas Blog, which John Brummett of The Morning News calls "by far" the best Arkansas political blog.
Newspeak/The Morning News |
01-08-2007 12:55 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Arkansas Times Welcomes New Nightlife Writernew
Arkansas Times |
09-22-2006 2:06 pm |
Industry News
Klan Has Used Arkansas Times for Racist Insertsnew
Arkansas Times |
09-06-2006 10:46 am |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Arkansas Times
Blogs Have Bite -- Especially Arkansas Times'new
Independent News |
07-13-2006 6:14 am |
Industry News
Journalism Organizations Back Arkansas Times in Huckabee Rownew
A group of national journalism groups, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), sent a letter last week urging Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (pictured) "to treat the Arkansas Times as you do all other media regularly covering the Capitol."
Huckabee, who purged the AAN paper from his official notification list last month, didn't respond to the missive, according to the Times. The letters' signatories took exception to the governor's declaration "that the Arkansas Times is not a 'legitimate' newspaper. The fact that it has the fourth highest circulation of any newspaper in your state suggests it has been widely accepted by Arkansas residents and that it has earned the confidence of many of your constituents."
Arkansas Times |
05-22-2006 9:42 am |
Industry News
Dimension Films Acquires Book by Ark. Times Writer
According to a Variety article (reposted on Arkansas Times' blog), Contributing Editor Mara Leveritt's 2002 book Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three will be adapted into a film by Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman, the makers of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Leveritt told radio station KUAR she wasn't worried that the filmmakers' horror-movie background would result in a sensationalized version of her investigation into three teens who were convicted of murder with little hard evidence.
"The documentation that's in the book will serve to allow a lot of very accurate representation of the story
and of the facts of the story that I reported, so I think it's going to be pretty much a journalistic effort
transferred to film," she said.
05-15-2006 7:31 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Arkansas Times, Mara Leveritt
Alt-Weeklies Wonder if 'NYT' Borrowed Approach to 'Woodpecker' Storynew
Editor & Publisher |
05-12-2006 1:30 pm |
Industry News
State SPJ Chapter Sends Letter Supporting Ark. Times to Huckabeenew
Arkansas Times |
05-09-2006 6:46 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Legal Expert: Ark. Times May Have Grounds for Court Challengenew
KLRE-FM Radio |
05-08-2006 1:33 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Opinion: Huckabee Lost Fight With Ark. Times Just by Starting Itnew
Arkansas News Bureau |
05-08-2006 9:38 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Gov. Huckabee's Office: No Comment on AAN Letternew
Arkansas News Bureau |
05-06-2006 7:28 am |
Industry News
AAN Asks Governor to Restore Arkansas Times to Press List
It has been a week since Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee purged the alt-weekly from his official press notification list, but the governor (pictured) still has not provided a valid explanation for his decision. AAN sent a letter this morning on behalf of its member papers urging the governor to reverse his decision and put the Times back on the publicly financed list. The letter, signed by AAN President Kenneth Neill, reminds Huckabee that "as a public official," he is "legally forbidden from blackballing the paper based on its political content."
(FULL STORY)
05-04-2006 7:57 am |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Ark. Times: Governor's Actions Intrude on First Amendment Rightsnew
Arkansas Times |
05-04-2006 11:39 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Ark. Governor Responds, Says Times Editor 'Is Behaving Like a Hobo'new
In a surprisingly vitriolic statement distributed by e-mail and posted on the Arkansas state Web site, Governor Mike Huckabee addresses complaints he has faced since he dropped Arkansas Times from his official media list. Huckabee claims that Editor Max Brantley "feels he is entitled to special treatment and should be given personal notice every time I conduct interviews with members of the press." A couple of political bloggers have differing opinions of the statement's significance for Huckabee's potential presidential candidacy: On The New Republic Online, Noam Scheiber writes that "You've really got to read the whole thing to appreciate how unhinged he sounds. The tone is not exactly what the political pros refer to as 'presidential.'" Meanwhile, Wonkette, tongue firmly planted in cheek, reaches the opposite conclusion: "So Mike Huckabee is an Arkansas governor with a bad temper and an adversarial relationship with certain media outlets. Perhaps he has a better shot at the presidency than we thought."
Arkansas Governor's Official Web Site |
05-03-2006 11:33 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Huckabee Is Being Pettynew
Arkansas Democrat Gazette |
05-03-2006 1:28 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Arkansas Times
