AAN News
Alt-Weekly Writers Appear in Da Capo Collection
“This book, I hope, is a book of encounters, none of them predictable,” novelist and music writer Jonathan Lethem writes in his introduction to “Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002.” Seven of the 28 articles in the collection were originally published in alternative newsweeklies, including The Village Voice, Chicago Reader and City Pages (Twin Cities).
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
08-30-2002 1:54 pm |
Industry News
Siren Music Festival
The Village Voice Presents 2nd Annual
SIREN MUSIC FESTIVAL
at Coney Island on Saturday, July 20,
2002
(FULL STORY)
05-29-2002 12:54 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Marketing, The Village Voice
Village Voice Wins SPJ's Deadline Club Awardnew
Erik Baard and Rebecca Cooney win for
their piece "China's Execution Inc."
Society of Professional Journalists |
05-29-2002 12:50 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Village Voice Wins Berger Award
Michael Kamber Wins Columbia J-School
Award
(FULL STORY)
05-29-2002 12:34 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Christgau of Voice Gets NAJP Senior Fellowshipnew
Robert Christgau, senior editor for The Village Voice, will use his National Arts Journalism Program senior fellowship to write a world history of popular music. The fellowships at Columbia's School of Journalism are funded by the Pew Charitable Trust. Two freelance arts writers, Douglas Wolk and Sarah Frere-Jones, are named research fellows under the program. Both have written for AAN papers.
National Arts Journalism Program |
05-07-2002 11:37 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
"Love Songs For New York:" Village Voice Benefit CDnew
The benefit compilation "Wish You
Were Here: Love Songs For New
York" was
produced in the aftermath of Sept.
11. As the Voice's promo
puts it, the paper "put out an emergency
call begging punks, ravers, rappers,
no-wavers, new agers, headbangers,
reggae toasters, rai rebels, riot grrrls,
emo eggheads, urban hillbillies,
suburban folkies, and soulquarians for
love songs devoted to New York City."
Robert Christgau reviews the
results and warns you to watch what you
say when you talk about his paper.
The Village Voice |
03-22-2002 10:11 am |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice
Hentoff on Leaked Pulitzer Finalist Listnew
Nat Hentoff, columnist for The Village Voice, is on a leaked list of Pulitzer Prize finalists making the rounds of American newsrooms, E&P's Joe Strupp reports. No one's vouching for the list's authenticity publicly, but it's making for some tense journalists between now and April 8, when the winners are announced.
Editor & Publisher |
03-15-2002 9:18 am |
Industry News
www.villagevoice.com Wins National Press Foundation Award
Village Voice Website
www.villagevoice.com Wins The National Press Foundation Award For Online Journalism
(FULL STORY)
12-19-2001 9:15 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: The Village Voice
Julie Lobbia: A Heart as Big as New Yorknew
Julie Lobbia, a writer for The Village Voice, died of ovarian cancer Thanksgiving Day. She also worked for Riverfront Times, rising to managing editor there before going to the Voice. The diminuitive columnist, who routinely biked 100 miles a week, crusaded to save the city's rent laws, which she maintained preserve New York's rich diversity. "Injustice set her on fire," says Voice Editor in Chief Don Forst, calling her "a giant unyielding in her pursuit of the truth."
Village Voice |
11-27-2001 9:37 am |
Industry News
Successful Alt-Weekly Web Sites Offer Value-Added Servicesnew
Online Journalism Review looks at the success of some alt-weeklies’ online sites and asks why they are succeeding when others are folding. Dan Richardson, an OJR contributing writer, says the alt-weekly sites “are selling value-added classified services like e-mail notices. Their editorial content – the long, investigative articles and snappy reviews – are almost beside the point.” That may be bad news to writers and editors, but it is good news for the bottom line.
Online Journalism Review |
11-05-2001 12:09 pm |
Industry News
Village Voice Writers Win Front Page Awardsnew
Jennifer Gonnerman and J.A. Lobbia of The Village Voice win awards in the newspaper category of the 2001 Front Page Awards by the Newswomen's Club of New York. Gonnerman's award is for in-depth reporting on prison murder, while Lobbia's is for beat reporting on housing.
Newswomen's Club of New York news release |
10-22-2001 10:04 am |
Industry News
AAN Writers Featured in “Best Music Writing 2001”
The work of a half dozen alternative newsweekly music writers appears in “Da Capo Best Music Writing 2001”, published this month. Guest editor, Nick Hornby, calls the collection “a dip full of good stuff.”
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
10-15-2001 11:14 am |
Industry News
