AAN News
Mountain XPress Spearheads Local Distribution Initiative
Facing increased scrutiny and concern over problems associated with freestanding news boxes, Mountain XPress distribution manager Sammy Cox (pictured) and publisher Jeff Fobes organized local publishers to form the Community Publishers Group (CPG). Members of the CPG now share the cost of purchasing and installing new multi-publication distribution units, which are installed in 36 locations throughout Asheville, N.C. According to Cox and Fobes, the new boxes conserve space and reduce clutter, and have pre-empted potentially harmful measures like news rack legislation. They spoke with AAN News recently by phone and email about the benefits these boxes and the CPG have had for Mountain XPress and the local publishing community.
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AAN News |
05-12-2008 1:41 pm |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Well-Represented in Green Eyeshade Award Finalistsnew
In the non-daily print division, AAN members comprise 16 of the 30 finalists in the Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Awards, which "recognizes outstanding journalism in 11 southeastern states." The Memphis Flyer and Miami New Times each has six finalists, New Times Broward-Palm Beach has two, and the Independent Weekly and Mountain XPress each has one.
Society of Professional Journalists (PDF file) |
05-06-2008 9:07 am |
Honors & Achievements
Three Alt-Weeklies Win North Carolina Press Association Awardsnew
The Independent Weekly's Derek Anderson was named Photographer of the Year by the NCPA, and the Weekly took home four first-place awards, for Investigative Reporting, Feature Photography, Photo Page, and News Coverage. The paper also placed second in two categories and third in one. Creative Loafing (Charlotte) finished first in two categories: News Feature Writing and Lighter Columns. Mountain XPress also took a second-place award for Investigative Reporting, and a third-place "general excellence" award for its website.
North Carolina Press Association |
03-03-2008 9:30 am |
Honors & Achievements
Former Mountain XPress Staffer Lands at Newly Launched Competitornew
Cecil Bothwell, who was fired from the XPress last month, is now a business partner in and news editor of Asheville City Paper. The paper, which is being started by the independent weekly Columbia City Paper, will be monthly at first and hopes to go bi-weekly by Spring. A press release posted at Bothwell's blog says the City Paper, "targeting an 18-45 liberal demographic, will feature hard-hitting investigative journalism and will cover national politics, local news and music." Managing editor Todd Morehead tells the Ashvegas blog: "We're all super excited and Cecil already has a gutsy investigative piece in the works that he says Mountain Xpress was 'too timid' to publish."
Mountain XPress |
11-12-2007 12:31 pm |
Industry News
Mountain XPress Staff Writer Examines Billy Graham in New Booknew
"You may be as surprised as I was at the picture that emerges in these pages," writes Cecil Bothwell in the introduction to The Prince of War: Billy Graham's Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire. "It is not the story of a man of peace." Indeed, Bothwell's book, due out Nov. 15, "gives us a Graham who shrewdly managed his public image while offering religious blessing to both prejudice and war," writes religious scholar Seth Dowland in the Mountain XPress. Bothwell will be making appearances to promote the book around the Southeast in November and December -- you can see a schedule here.
Mountain XPress |
10-15-2007 12:22 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Mountain Xpress, Cecil Bothwell
Mountain Xpress Revamps Asheville News Racksnew
Mountain Xpress |
11-03-2006 10:39 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Mountain Xpress
AAN Papers Dominate Green Eyeshade Awardsnew
Six AAN member papers in the Southeast
picked up 61 percent of the awards in
SPJ's Green Eyeshade Awards' print
(weekly/monthly) division. SPJ has
announced the finalists for the awards,
and the order of finish will be announced
at the Green Eyeshade Banquet April 5.
Creative Loafing Atlanta and New Times
Broward-Palm Beach picked up six each,
while Miami New Times snagged four.
Memphis Flyer has two nominations, and
Mountain Xpress and Creative Loafing
Charlotte came in with one each.
SPJ news release |
03-26-2003 12:41 pm |
Industry News
