AAN News
Philadelphia Weekly Wins Six Local SPJ Awardsnew
The Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has announced the winners of its annual journalism contest, and Philadelphia Weekly took home six awards, including a first-place win in the "Feature, Non-Daily" category (which it swept).
The Keystone Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists |
04-07-2010 9:00 am |
Honors & Achievements
Foundation Adds Three New AAN Clients
Sponsored post by Associate Member DesertNet
Foundation says Raleigh/Durham's Independent Weekly, Indianapolis' Nuvo and the Nashville Scene have recently launched new sites on the Foundation platform. These three papers join 21 others on the content management system, which is specifically geared toward AAN papers.
(FULL STORY)
DesertNet |
04-07-2010 8:47 am |
Press Releases
Six Alt-Weekly Writers Heading to USC Annenberg's NEA Arts Institutenew
Twenty-five arts journalists have been chosen to participate as fellows in the sixth NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg, and six of them come from alt-weeklies. Philadelphia City Paper critic Mark Cofta, San Antonio Current arts and online editor Sarah Fisch, San Francisco Bay Guardian critic Nicole Gluckstern, LA Weekly critic Mayank Keshaviah, Oklahoma Gazette critic Larry Laneer and Eugene Weekly performing and visual arts editor Steffen will all take part in May's institute, a rigorous 11-day program which includes writing workshops and one-on-one master classes.
BroadwayWorld.com |
04-05-2010 5:27 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Editorial, Management
Judge Sets Hearing on Bay Guardian's Contempt Claim Against Banknew
A San Francisco Superior Court judge last week granted a motion by the San Francisco Bay Guardian to set a hearing to determine if Bank of Montreal, the lead bank for SF Weekly, should be held in contempt of court for telling the Weekly's advertisers that it has first right to that paper's money. The Guardian contends that the March ruling allowing the Guardian to take half of the Weekly's ad revenue means it has first right to any money from the Weekly, not the bank. The hearing is set for April 30.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
04-05-2010 5:13 pm |
Industry News
Survey: Web Updates, Social Media Equal Heavier Workloads for Journosnew
Continuing a trend from previous suveys, more than 70 percent of respondents in the 2010 PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey indicate a heavier workload as compared to last year. The survey finds the workloads being driven up by web reporting and social media, with 62 percent of respondents now required to write for the web, and 37 percent of the American respondents required to maintain a Twitter account.
PR Newswire |
04-05-2010 12:57 pm |
Industry News
Salem, Ore., Alternative Newspaper to Increase Frequencynew
On May 6, the Salem Monthly, a six-year-old alternative newspaper in Oregon's state capital, will become the Salem Weekly and be distributed every other Thursday.
Salem Monthly |
04-05-2010 9:26 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Former Village Voice Jazz Critic Mike Zwerin Has Diednew
The New York Times |
04-05-2010 5:18 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice
Pacific Northwest Inlander Launches Redesigned Sitenew
The Spokane, Wash., alt-weekly has re-launched its website, Inlander.com. The redesign features faster load times, online archives stretching back 10 years, a regularly updated, all-in-one blog (a la The Stranger's Slog) and, crucially, a searchable, sortable, shareable entertainment listing system. The redesign was made possible through months of work with Wisconsin-based WeHaa, a web-publishing company that is also currently working with the Santa Fe Reporter, Ohio's Athens News and Birmingham Weekly. "My major goal was to really give The Inlander the dream site ... [to] give them the best tools to grab the online market," says Cesar Montes, president of WeHaa. "We keep growing and growing and growing, because we are [always] open to hearing the needs of the publisher."
Pacific Northwest Inlander |
04-02-2010 10:39 am |
Press Releases
Big Changes Afoot at Many AAN Papers
Alt-weeklies all over the country are reporting big news today, with several trying out new revenue streams, some having been bought and others having done some buying themselves. Here's the rundown:
- The Southland Publishing group, which owns four AAN members, has been sold to MediaNews Group.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has acquired Salt Lake City Weekly, "the popular alternative publication seen by many as a Mormonbashing, gay-loving and tattoo-promoting tabloid."
- Detroit's Metro Times has purchased the The Detroit News and will reinvent itself as a daily titled, appropriately, The Detroit Daily.
- The Monterey County Weekly has dropped its print edition and gone exclusively online and mobile, changing its motto from "To inspire independent thinking and conscious action, etc." to "Less content; (almost) no cost. What you want."
- The Chico News & Review is mining new revenue sources, including a large-scale yard sale, medical-marijuana dispensary, monthly topless carwashes and a weekend nightclub.
AAN |
04-01-2010 4:21 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
Independent Weekly's Hopscotch Festival Announces Lineupnew
Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Fucked Up, No Age and Atlas Sound are among the big-name acts lined up for the Weekly's inaugural music festival, which will take place in Raleigh this September. The festival is being directed by Indy account executive Greg Lowenhagen and curated by music editor Grayson Currin.
The News & Observer |
04-01-2010 1:18 pm |
Industry News
NY Times: Village Voice's Foster Kamer One of Web Gossip's 'Rising Stars'new
"Mr. Kamer may cite The Village Voice's co-founder, Norman Mailer, as a personal inspiration, but online he comes off a bit like a wifi era hybrid of J. J. Hunsecker and H. L. Mencken, delivering missives on the news media, politics and New York culture in an acerbic, knowing tone -- even by Gawker alumni standards -- sometimes at lengths that call to mind Op-Ed essays more than gossip items," the Times writes in a story on nine "rising stars of gossip blogs."
The New York Times |
04-01-2010 12:15 pm |
Industry News
Gerald Posner Says Miami New Times is Out to 'Destroy' His Booknew
Miami New Times has reported that Posner, who was fired from the Daily Beast last month after Slate's Jack Shafer revealed Posner had lifted from the Miami Herald, also plagiarized passages of his latest book, Miami Babylon (including from New Times itself). In a blog response, Posner says New Times' reporting is part of a "coordinated effort to destroy" his book.
Miami New Times |
03-31-2010 1:21 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Miami New Times
Westword Staff Writer Gets CJR Laurelnew
Calling Alan Prendergast's reporting on how a Wisconsin-based insurance company fought one of its policyholders in court a "riveting tale," CJR's Trudy Lieberman says he "revealed much about the inner workings of an insurance company ... provid[ing] a kind of an insurance 101." She concludes that Prendergast's work proves that the alternative press "can expose the real story" while the mainstream media "continues its obsession with politics and pony races."
CJR |
03-31-2010 9:27 am |
Industry News
Designers Turn Copies of L.A. Weekly into Dresses at L.A. Fashion Weeknew
A show called "Paper Dresses" that hit runways during the recent L.A. Fashion Week featured clothes made out of the L.A. Weekly. "It might have had a Project Runway challenge feel, but there was no denying the crafting skills, creative construction and whimsy of each and every piece on display," the Weekly's Lina Lecaro writes. "The presentation also served as a reminder of one thing print journalism will always have over web: cool, colorful cover pages."
L.A. Weekly |
03-31-2010 9:10 am |
Industry News
Houston Press Nabs Three Finalist Spots in IRE Awardsnew
While the Press didn't take home the top award for "Local Circulation Weeklies" in this year's Investigative Reporters and Editors contest, three of the paper's pieces by two staff writers were finalists. Chris Vogel was recognized for his work on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the juvenile justice system, while Paul Knight's ahead-of-the-curve story on problems with the Toyota Prius was also honored.
Investigative Reporters and Editors |
03-31-2010 8:38 am |
Honors & Achievements
