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LA Weekly Account of Border Volleyball Match Highlighted in WSJ
The 20-foot-tall fence between the United States and Mexico makes good political theater. Why not a sports venue too? At least that was the bright idea of Brent Hoff, editor of Wholphin, a new DVD magazine from Dave Eggers'
McSweeney's combine. Hoff took a film crew to shoot a game of international volleyball played across the border fence at Tijuana. LA Weekly writer Joshuah Bearman tagged along and even got in on the action. In its "Border Lines" column, the Wall Street Journal revisits this "first-ever game of international border volleyball."
10-03-2006 11:53 am |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Writer Wishes for 'More Young Bicultural Voices'
The blog LAist yesterday posted an interview with L.A. Weekly Staff Writer Daniel Hernandez, who recently won the 2006 Emerging Journalist award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Before he joined the Weekly in March, Hernandez was a reporter at The Los Angeles Times -- he profiled "¡Ask a Mexican!" columnist Gustavo Arellano back in February -- but he says writing for an alt-weekly is tougher. "At The Times I was just challenging the institutional and cultural barriers of an ultimately very conservative place. That was exhausting, and not very fulfilling," Hernandez says. "At the Weekly, there's all this freedom, and that means you have to be more careful and more thoughtful."
08-29-2006 12:10 pm |
Industry News
Filmmaker Kevin Smith Holds Grudge Against L.A. Weekly Critic
In 2004, L.A. Weekly Film Editor Scott Foundas was notably unimpressed by the movie Jersey Girl: "The blame for this cosmically self-indulgent disaster lies with Kevin Smith, who directs like a proud father who can't stop showing you pictures of his kids. And here's the thing: The brats are ugly," Foundas wrote. Unfortunately, Smith has a long memory, Foundas reveals in his July 19 review of Smith's latest effort, Clerks II. Foundas says he was asked to leave a press screening because Smith thought he was biased against his work. But all's well that ends well: The critic was invited to a private screening the next day after he and the filmmaker "kissed and made up.
07-24-2006 11:17 am |
Industry News
DNA Tests Clear Suspect in Prostitute Killings, L.A. Weekly Reports
Last month when L.A. Weekly broke the story that a police detective had connected the violent deaths of several prostitutes as the work of one individual, Fresno inmate Roger Hausmann was named as the leading suspect. However, L.A. Weekly revealed Friday that a DNA test has subsequently cleared Hausmann, who remains imprisoned on unrelated charges. "Obviously there is still someone out there," said Captain Ed Winter from the L.A. County coroner’s office.
07-17-2006 8:40 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly
New Books From L.A. Weekly Contributors
From a collection of "panty-dropping comics" to a philosophical argument that our culture is shifting from material to spiritual, recent books penned by L.A. Weekly contributors are a diverse lot. The paper provides a round-up in its July 5 issue.
07-06-2006 11:46 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly
Nikki Finke Pours Salt in Hollywood's Wounds
"Finke's prickly distrust for (figures of authority) practically borders on disrespect, if not outright disdain," writes Jon Friedman, who also says "nobody writes tougher stuff than this L.A. Weekly scribe." Finke says she's different than other reporters who cover the movie industry because she focuses on business, not celebrity, and because she could care less about what Tinseltown royalty thinks of her: "I write mean -- end of story. I'm unapologetic about it - end of story. I watch out for the shareholders -- end of story." UPDATE: Finke responds on her blog that Friedman "wouldn’t have dared write an article like this about a male business journalist working for a mainstream newspaper." She also accuses him of attributing his own statements to her and printing her off-the-record remarks.
06-28-2006 8:29 am |
Industry News
L.A. Weekly Breaks Story About Los Angeles Serial Murdersnew
The June 7 issue reveals that Inglewood police have linked 10 prostitute slayings, dating back as far as 1985, with DNA and ballistics tests. Evidence has been collected from a suspect, but it could be months before police know if his DNA is a match. L.A. Weekly's story is based on a series of jailhouse interviews, court documents, and interviews with police and family members. It also maps the killings of several other women being tracked by LA County Coroner's Serial Homicide Team.
L.A. Weekly Press Release |
06-08-2006 12:33 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly
Esquire Explores Real Identity of Author Exposed by L.A. Weekly
Esquire, which published Nasdijj's first feature story in 1999, issues a "correction" and a profile of Tim Barrus, aka Nasdijj, in its May issue. (Available here to Esquire subscribers.) The magazine gives plenty of credit to L.A. Weekly, which broke the story of Nasdijj's true identity in the Jan. 23 article "Navahoax," calling it "an excellent report" that "created a small sensation." Esquire confirms the details of "Navahoax" and fills in some of the blanks, such as ascertaining that Barrus did have a son with developmental problems named Tommy, as he described in that first Esquire essay, but the details of Tommy's relationship with Barrus "are almost the opposite" of what appeared in the magazine in 1999.
04-28-2006 12:20 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly
Q1 LA Times = Big Movie Ad Loser
Deadline Hollywood Daily |
04-21-2006 6:53 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising, L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly Publishes First-Ever 'People' Issue
04-20-2006 9:23 am |
Press Releases
Scientology Foes Use L.A. Weekly Ad to Criticize Cruisenew
MSNBC.com |
03-21-2006 10:33 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising, L.A. Weekly
Alt-Weeklies Lap Up Nominations in Food-Writing Awards
Foodies at Creative Loafing (Atlanta), Riverfront Times, Westword, L.A. Weekly, East Bay Express, City Pages (Twin Cities), Phoenix New Times, and Houston Press picked up ten of the 21 nominations for which they qualified in the 2006 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards announced today. The complete list is available as a PDF here. Alt-weeklies were particularly dominant in the "Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine or Beer" category, in which all three nominees are AAN members. The awards recognize and honor excellence and achievement in the culinary arts.
03-16-2006 1:26 pm |
Industry News
Jambo Partners With L.A. Weeklynew
Multichannel Merchant |
03-10-2006 9:14 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising, L.A. Weekly
LA Weekly Story Draws Attention of Mexican Pressnew
Josh Kun's Feb. 15 cover story on Jorge Hank Rhon, the controversial mayor of Tijuana, was translated and reprinted by Proceso, a prominent Mexican newsmagazine. In addition, Mexico's largest newspaper, Reforma, printed a news item on the story. Rhon has been accused of ordering the assassination of a journalist who was investigating him -- his bodyguard was convicted of the murder -- so coverage of Rhon may carry a significant risk.
L.A. Weekly |
03-07-2006 8:45 am |
Industry News
Laurie Ochoa: Building Reader Loyalty Through Special Issues
As Editor in Chief of L.A. Weekly, Laurie Ochoa tries to find innovative approaches to special issues, so that "you don't feel like you're reading the same copy over and over again." Viewing the "Best of L.A." through a theme of the seven deadly sins won Ochoa and her staff a first-place AtlWeekly Award for Special Section. This is the 38th and final in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Isaiah Thompson |
02-27-2006 9:22 am |
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