AAN News
Portland Mayor Decides Not to Resignnew
One week after Sam Adams first admitted to Willamette Week that he had sex with an 18-year-old legislative intern and then lied about it, the newly elected mayor says he'll be going back to work today. MORE ADAMS: The Portland Mercury argued this weekend that Adams should stay; the Oregonian wonders if Portland can move on; and the New York Times looks at a city in "turmoil."
Willamette Week |
01-26-2009 9:12 am |
Industry News
Registration Open for Columbia Journalism School's 2009 Career Expo
Sponsored post by Associate Member Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Registration is now open for our March 28, 2009 Journalism Career Expo in New York City
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Press Release |
01-26-2009 3:19 pm |
Press Releases
Year-Long Village Voice Series is Followed by Multiple Indictmentsnew
In July 2007 Graham Rayman revealed in the Voice that jail guards at Rikers Island were deputizing inmates "to beat up other inmates," sometimes paying them with cigarettes, and that internal reports were ignored, and at least one whistleblower was fired. "Young people tell me when they go in there, the culture is such that [youthful inmates] control the jail," a victim's lawyer told Rayman. When inmates beat 21-year-old Tyreece Abney to death, one of them was convicted of the crime -- but nothing changed, and in November Rayman reported on the death of 18-year-old Christopher Robinson by similar methods. Yesterday three guards were charged with conspiracy in Robinson's death.
"I feel like I'm one step closer to getting justice today," Robinson's mother tells the Daily News.
The Village Voice |
01-23-2009 2:48 pm |
Industry News
2009 AltWeekly Awards Deadline Approaches
Members have one week to submit entries for the contest. Entries must be registered through the contest website by 11:59 p.m. EST on Fri., Jan. 30.
Each entry must be registered online, regardless of whether the material itself is being entered in PDF or tearsheet format. Hard copies and payment must be received in the AAN office by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2.
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AAN |
01-23-2009 10:33 am |
Association News
Another Axed Editorial Cartoonist Finds a Home at an Alt-Weeklynew
Steve Greenberg, who drew editorial cartoons for the Ventura County Star until a few months ago, will now draw weekly cartoons for the Ventura County Reporter. In December, Brian Duffy made a similar jump in Des Moines, Iowa. "The Reporter is giving me a chance to restart and recharge," Greenberg writes. "Sometimes, when the roller-coaster stops working, you've gotta give the Ferris wheel a spin."
Ventura County Reporter |
01-23-2009 9:21 am |
Industry News
Shepard Fairey Posters the Boston Phoenix Buildingnew
Fairey, the longtime street artist who gained even more recognition in 2008 as the creator of an iconic Barack Obama poster, stopped by the Boston Phoenix's offices yesterday to turn the building's facade into a wheat-paste poster mural. The alt-weekly has video of the project on its site.
Boston Phoenix |
01-23-2009 8:49 am |
Industry News
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House Committee Approves Broadband Expansion Programnew
Online Media Daily |
01-23-2009 11:00 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Village Voice Media Social-Networking Site Draws Controversynew
"(VVM) ... is using a social-networking company it owns to erode the wall between editorial content and advertising by promoting its advertisers under the guise of community buzz," reports The Stranger. The Seattle alt-weekly made the claim after scouring the user-generated reviews on the Yelp-like LikeMe.net and purportedly discovering that a majority were thumbs-up recommendations written by VVM ad staff. But in a response posted on Seattle Weekly's website, VVM says its employees posted the reviews to "test drive" the new site, which had yet to be officially announced, and that the number of posts do not constitute a majority. VVM also notes that earlier reports that it owns a controlling interest in the new "local recommendation engine" are erroneous.
The Stranger | Seattle Weekly |
01-22-2009 6:24 pm |
Industry News
Obama Reverses Bush Policies on FOIA and Executive Privilegenew
President Barack Obama yesterday reversed a Bush administration policy making it easier for government agencies to deny requests for records under FOIA, and repealed Bush's executive order allowing former presidents or their heirs to claim executive privilege in order to keep records secret, the New York Times reports. "For a long time now there's been too much secrecy in this city," Obama said during a swearing-in ceremony for senior officials. “Transparency and rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." Secrecy News calls it a "breathtaking series of statements and executive actions" that "gained immense force from the fact that it was presented on the President’s first full day in office."
To read the text of the memos Obama issued to effectuate the changes, click here. MORE: Reaction from the Sunshine in Government Initiative and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy.
The New York Times | Secrecy News |
01-22-2009 12:21 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Willamette Week Reporter Responds to Criticism on Sam Adams Scandalnew
Portland city commissioner Amanda Fritz and University of Oregon journalism ethics professor Tom Bivins both raise questions about whether the public is being served by Nigel Jaquiss' expose revealing that Portland Mayor Sam Adams had a sexual relationship with 18-year-old Beau Breedlove in 2005. But Jaquiss, who won a Pulitzer in
2005 for an investigation exposing a former Oregon governor's sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl, says the criticism is misguided. "This is not a story about sex, and it's not a story about sexual preferences," he tells Oregon Public Broadcasting. "This is a story about a politician who has lied, and who has then had to deal with that vulnerability."
Oregon Public Broadcasting |
01-22-2009 9:32 am |
Industry News
OC Weekly Debunks Claim That it Practices Payolanew
"We don't praise restaurants simply because they buy ads, even though our very nice ad reps constantly leave menus on my desk insinuating I should review their clients and even though I've had many run-ins with corporate over the years because of the type of restaurants I review," Weekly staff writer Gustavo Arellano writes in response to one restauranteur's charge that the paper "gives great reviews for people who advertise." Arellano pulls out the statistics to prove his point. "According to records given to me by the Weekly's advertising department of every restaurant that advertised in our rag in 2008, only three restaurants of the 51 that I reviewed last year ever bothered to place an ad."
OC Weekly |
01-22-2009 9:10 am |
Industry News
Creative Loafing Bankruptcy Hearing Delayednew
The hearing scheduled yesterday was set to decide whether CL's creditors can declare their loans in default and take immediate possession of the company from CEO Ben Eason. According to Wayne Garcia, the hearing has been continued until March 11. Garcia says both sides in the case complained about the delay but worked together to develop a new timeline.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
01-22-2009 8:41 am |
Industry News
Salt Lake City Weekly Unveils Redesign
Introducing City Weekly's new layout and expanded editorial coverage -- City Weekly is completely redesigned.
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Salt Lake City Weekly Press Release |
01-22-2009 12:36 pm |
Press Releases
Sen. Patrick Leahy Applauds President Obama's Transparency Efforts
Sen. Patrick Leahy Press Release |
01-22-2009 12:18 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
SGI: 'On Open Government, the Dawn is Breaking'
Sunshine in Government Initiative Press Release |
01-22-2009 12:14 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Management
