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TV Newsman Resigns After Reporting Alt-Weekly Fiction as Fact
Nashville TV news reporter James Lewis recently ended a segment on an undercover prostitution sting by claiming that the Nashville police department arrested a McDonald's employee for selling a Big Mac to a hooker, thereby violating a law against "giving nutrition to a prostitute." Turns out Lewis was a victim of Google -- which he used to find the December 2004 Nashville Scene humor column in which the apocryphal anecdote was reported -- and his own credulity, which prevented him from recognizing obvious signs that the piece was a joke. Like, for instance, the fact that the column is called "The Fabricator." Lewis tells the Scene that it all worked out for the best since he wants to get into the real estate business anyway.
10-12-2005 2:50 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Nashville Scene
Pandering Charges Against Nashville Scene Ad Rep Dismissednew
AP via Editor & Publisher |
10-07-2005 1:01 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Scene "Zings" Governornew
Associated Press |
07-21-2005 11:23 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Nashville Scene
Nashville Scene Examines Police's Targeting of Gay Communitynew
Out in America |
07-18-2005 3:28 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Nashville Scene
Nashville Scene Suspends Adult Ads During Reviewnew
In the wake of an ad salesperson's arrest on charges of promoting prostitution, the Scene has suspended the personal adult services section of its classified pages. During the suspension, incoming publisher Chris Ferrell will thoroughly review the paper's procedures for running such ads. The decision was made after an undercover police investigation resulted in the arrest of Nels Noseworthy, the Scene's adult ad salesperson, office assistant and receptionist. The probe has its roots in a crackdown on prostitution that began in the late '90s, writes Scene reporter Matt Pulle.
Nashville Scene |
12-22-2004 9:49 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Ad Exec Charged with Promoting Prostitutionnew
The indictment accuses Nels Noseworthy of promoting prostitution by coordinating the placement of adult ads for the Nashville Scene, reports the Tennessean. The investigation leading to a grand jury's indictment lasted more than a year, and included undercover officers placing ads in the paper that, police contend, Noseworthy knew to be for prostitution. Scene Publisher Albie Del Favero calls the arrest retaliation for a story the paper recently ran about a DUI received by the police chief's son. A police spokesman brands that accusation "ridiculous."
Nashville Tennessean |
12-17-2004 11:28 am |
Industry News
Nashville Scene Hire Is the Latest Politico Alt-Weekly Publishernew
Effective Jan. 1, Chris Ferrell will take over as publisher of Nashville Scene, replacing founding publisher Albie Del Favero, who announced his retirement in July. "I hoped we could find [a successor] who was passionate not only about this paper but also about this community," says Del Favero, calling Ferrell "the ideal person for the job." Ferrell is a Nashville businessman and former Metro Council member. His hire comes on the heels of Pacific Sun's announcement regarding the appointment of another former politician, Sam Chapman, as that paper's new publisher. Chapman was chief of staff to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and a former member of the Napa County Board of Supervisors. He succeeds Steve McNamara, who recently sold the Sun after owning and operating the paper since 1966. "[Chapman] has an extraordinary varied background in journalism, law and politics, plus a longtime attachment to Marin County," says McNamara.
Nashville Scene | Pacific Sun Press Release |
12-02-2004 1:12 pm |
Industry News
Dobie to Step Down at Nashville Scenenew
Bruce Dobie, co-founder and editor of Nashville Scene, will be leaving the paper next month. The 46-year-old father of two tells the Nashville Post that alt-weeklies "need to be young" and that he doesn't have as firm a grasp on how best to cover the city for a young audience as he once did. To adapt to the 24/7 news cycle favored by many 18-35-year-olds, he believes that the paper must establish an online presence and be willing to continually reinvent itself. Dobie's successor will be current associate editor Liz Garrigan, who's been at the Scene for eight years. "The Scene's a great paper now," she says. "With new energy and more aggressive reporting, it will be better."
Nashville Post |
11-04-2004 12:37 pm |
Industry News
Scene Editor Clears Air Over St. John Flapnew
It began innocently enough. Nashville Scene editor Bruce Dobie ran a generally positive review of Warren St. John's new book on football fans. St. John, in town for a book tour, read the review, but it was the caption under his photograph -- "Warren St. John uses race in the worst kind of way: to make himself look honorable" -- that caught his attention. The New York Times writer called Dobie to complain. He called again (and again and again). Finally, he wrote a piece for Slate in which he trashed Dobie, the paper and the reviewer. Dobie responds with an open letter to St. John: "You really are capable of offering only part of the truth, the part that burnishes your own image of yourself."
Nashville Scene |
09-13-2004 1:40 pm |
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Publisher's Decision to Step Down Augurs New Era at Nashville Scenenew
"No one knows what Nashville Scene publisher Albie Del Favero's announced resignation will mean for the city's alternative newsweekly," the Scene's Matt Pulle reports, "and that's as much a testament to the man as it is to the hazards of chain ownership." In 1999, Scene co-founders Del Favero and Bruce Dobie entered a complex business agreement that resulted in the formation of Village Voice Media, which owns a half-dozen alternative weeklies around the country. The Scene's next publisher will be named by the publishing group's CEO in New York, David Schneiderman.
Nashville Scene |
08-02-2004 6:38 pm |
Industry News
Publisher Del Favero to Leave Nashville Scene
07-15-2004 6:21 pm |
Press Releases
Web Turns Some Alt-Weeklies into Dailies
Reporters with a great scoop no longer have to sit tight trying not to burst while they wait for the next week’s paper to roll out, freelance writer Charlie Deitch reports for AAN News. It’s possible to publish online 24/7. Several AAN papers are moving away from the static Web site that remains the same for seven days and then has its contents refreshed all at once. A few alt-weeklies post new material daily, and others turn first to the Web whenever they’ve got an especially hot story.
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Charlie Deitch |
03-18-2004 6:50 pm |
Industry News
Niki Tyree Named Marketing & Promotions Director for the Nashville Scene
Nashville Scene news release |
02-21-2003 10:50 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Nashville Scene
AAN Papers Take Three Firsts in NNA Contestnew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian
wins two first place awards in the
National Newspaper Association's 2002
Better Newspaper Contest: Tali
Woodward for Best Health Story, and
Dan Zoll for Best
Education/Literacy Story. Willy
Stern of the Nashville Scene
takes a first in Best Investigative or
In-Depth Story or Series for his five-part
dissection of The Tennessean.
National Newspaper Association |
10-10-2002 1:58 pm |
Industry News
Nashville Media Column Discontinuednew
Nashville Scene Editor Bruce Dobie has discontinued "Desperately Seeking the News," a hallmark of the Nashville Scene since its inception, the Nashville City Paper reports. Dobie reportedly says the column, which has traditionally served as a launching pad for strikes on The Tennessean, has gotten stale. Matt Pulle and Henry Walker, the two writers who have alternated weekly columns in the past year or so, say they're disappointed but defer to Dobie's judgment.
Nashville City Paper |
07-11-2002 2:41 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Nashville Scene
