AAN News
Alt-Weeklies Start a Portland-to-Portland 'Food Fight'
On the heels of Epicurious.com calling Portland, Maine, "the new Portland, Oregon," Portland Mercury food writer Patrick Alan Coleman decided that he "quite like[d] the idea of a cross-country Portland food rivalry," and baited the Mainers with a blog post detailing why the West Coast Portland is the real deal for foodies. Portland Phoenix editor Jeff Inglis has fired back with his point-by-point rebuttal, noting the superiority of Maine's beer, ingredients, mushrooms and bartenders.
The Portland Mercury | Portland Phoenix |
12-17-2008 9:01 am |
Industry News
Nieman: L.A. Weekly Story on Jonestown is a 'Notable Narrative'new
Nieman Narrative Digest |
12-17-2008 9:40 am |
Honors & Achievements
Palm Opens an App Store, Catches Up with Apple and Googlenew
Online Media Daily |
12-17-2008 9:04 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing
The Stranger Publisher Talks About the Web & the Future of Newpapersnew
In a round table discussion with representatives of other Seattle news organizations, Tim Keck discusses how The Stranger fits in to the transformation of the news business. He says that 2007 was the paper's best year ever, and '08 was slightly down due to the tanking economy. While he says that The Stranger has "probably three times the number" of online readers, he notes that print circulation hasn't dropped that much either. "The media compan[ies] that can navigate different mediums [are] going to be the ones that survive," Keck says. "The thing that really moors them is no longer the medium -- a print publication -- it's going to be the community and the brand."
The Seattle Channel |
12-15-2008 1:32 pm |
Industry News
Tucson Weekly Cartoonist Talks About His Worknew
Rand Carlson, whose cartoons have appeared in the Weekly for more than 20 years, talks to local TV station KVOA about why he loves his job. "It's like one constant joke after another," he says. "I keep experimenting, I keep twisting words around, seeing pictures in my head about what to make fun of."
KVOA-TV |
12-15-2008 10:59 am |
Industry News
Illinois Times Unveils Redesign
The Springfield, Ill., alt-weekly last week debuted a new-look paper with larger pages and stich-and-trim binding. Times publisher Sharon Whalen says Topaz Design consulted on the project, but the Times design staff had a major hand in the redesign as well.
AAN News |
12-15-2008 10:49 am |
Industry News
Study: Mobile Will be Leading Web Gateway by 2020new
Online Media Daily |
12-15-2008 10:55 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
Detroit's Dailies Will End Most Home Delivery and Expand Web Editionsnew
The Wall Street Journal |
12-15-2008 10:53 am |
Industry News
Tags: Electronic Publishing, Management
2009 Diversity Grant Applications Now Available
AAN's Diversity Committee recently elected to expand the Diversity Grant Program to cover diversity-related projects as well as interns. AAN members may apply for one of the four $1,250 grants to hire an intern, or to support an editorial project that demonstrably serves people of color in that paper's market. Grant applications, which can be downloaded here, are due to the AAN office by Jan. 9. AAN News recently caught up with Diversity Chair Donna Ladd to chat a little more about the program. Click through to read more.
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AAN News |
12-12-2008 11:38 am |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, Management
Dilbert Pokes Fun at Surveys That Exclude Cell-Phone Usersnew
"We surveyed a thousand people who still have landline phones and no caller ID. We asked for their opinion on our new technology," reads the cartoon. "34 percent said 'Fiddlesticks,' and 23 percent couldn't hear the question. 43 percent thought we were in the room with them and offered us a hard candy."
Dilbert.com |
12-12-2008 9:21 am |
Industry News
Study: Online Ad Clutter Hurts Ad Effectivenessnew
Burst Media surveyed more than 4,000 web users in order to better understand how clutter impacts their experience and perception of advertisers. 75.5 percent of the respondents who remain on a site they perceive to be cluttered said they pay less attention to ads appearing on its pages. Nearly 30 percent of those surveyed said they leave a site immediately if they perceive it to be cluttered.
Online Media Daily |
12-12-2008 9:16 am |
Industry News
Mobile Ad Rates Begin to Drop as Inventory Increasesnew
Advertising Age |
12-12-2008 12:04 pm |
Industry News
Creative Loafing's Day in Court 'Was Pretty Humdrum'new
That's what sources tell Atlanta Magazine's Steve Fennessy about the first court date of the company's bankruptcy protection hearings. Next week, CL CEO Ben Eason has to submit his restructuring plan, which will then be discussed in court. In other CL-related news, The Sunday Paper's publisher and investor answer some questions about that paper's proposed expansion into two more CL cities (Charlotte and Tampa).
Atlanta Magazine | The Sunday Paper |
12-11-2008 10:55 am |
Industry News
Laid-Off Daily Paper Cartoonist Publishes His Farewell in Alt-Weeklynew
After the news broke that Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy was laid off as part of Gannett's nationwide cuts last week, Cityview editor/publisher Shane Goodman got in touch with Duffy and offered him a full page to publish whatever he wanted. Duffy took the alt-weekly up on the offer, and this week Cityview published his "farewell" editorial cartoon. "The Register lost an Iowa icon by dropping Duffy from their staff, and they are quickly finding that out ... the hard way," Goodman says in a note to readers.
Politicker.com | Cityview |
12-11-2008 9:23 am |
Industry News
VVM Papers Win Big in State SPJ Awardsnew
The North Central Florida
SPJ chapter has announced the winners of its 2008 Florida Awards of Excellence contest, and Village Voice Media's two papers in the state won 20 total awards. Miami New Times staff writer Francisco Alvarado was named Journalist of the Year, and in competition among non-daily papers, his paper took home ten awards, including first-place finishes in Education Reporting, Environmental Reporting, General Reporting (single story), General Reporting (series) and Series Column Writing. New Times Broward-Palm Beach won a total of nine awards, including first-place wins for Business Reporting, Feature (non-deadline), Humorous Column Writing and Sports Reporting (non-deadline).
SPJ North Central Florida Chapter (PDF) |
12-11-2008 8:53 am |
Honors & Achievements
