AAN News

New Alt-Weekly Launches in North Carolinanew

Started by former Yes! Weekly editor Brian Clarey - who wooed Yes! staff writers Eric Ginsburg and Jordan Green - Triad City Beat covers news and culture in Greensboro, High-Point and Winston Salem.
Creative Loafing Charlotte  |  03-07-2014  1:00 pm  |  Industry News

AAN Supports FOIA Reform Legislation Moving Forward in Congress

While ripe with promise and wonderful in theory, FOIA often lets reporters down in practice. That's why AAN supports legislation designed to improve your FOIA experience. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-27-2014  12:30 pm  |  Legal News

The New State of Alt Media

The printed and stapled product you pick up every week at the neighborhood indie coffee shop isn't the main event for most alts any longer. They're producing videos, making interactive online tools, publishing daily content on blogs, and using social media for live event coverage. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-26-2014  1:00 pm  |  Industry News

AAN Launches Jobs Database Powered by CareerCast

New national job board harnesses and enhances power of alt-weekly network. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-26-2014  10:00 am  |  Association News

Baltimore City Paper Acquired By Baltimore Sun Media Group

The Baltimore Sun Media Group — a subsidiary of the Tribune Company — publishes the daily Baltimore Sun, as well as several other Baltimore-area community newspapers and magazines. (FULL STORY)
Baltimore City Paper  |  02-20-2014  11:30 am  |  Industry News

Metro Times New Owners Adding Staff, Growing Online Presencenew

The strategic plan also is to increase revenue at the newspaper by bolstering its online presence and possibly adding new Metro Times-branded events.
Crain's Detroit Business  |  02-20-2014  12:00 pm  |  Industry News

Miami New Times' Tim Elfrink Wins Polk Awardnew

Elfrink's investigation led to one of the largest drug scandals in the history of Major League Baseball, resulting in the suspension of several star players including Alex Rodriguez.
Long Island University  |  02-18-2014  4:30 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

Seven Days Hires Six New Employees

The editorial department now has 10 full-time staff reporters covering news, arts, food and features; the sales department now has six full-time account executives. (FULL STORY)
Seven Days  |  02-18-2014  12:00 pm  |  Press Releases

It's All Journalism Launches Partnership with AAN

It's All Journalism draws insight from today's top reporters, editors and new media strategists, has become a leading source of novel ideas and diverse perspectives from journalists who are building the newsroom of tomorrow. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-14-2014  11:45 am  |  Association News

Free Webinar: Optimize Your Newspaper's Business Processes

AAN associate member the Newspaper Manager is hosting a free 30-minute webinar on how publishers can improve efficiency. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  02-14-2014  10:00 am  |  Tips and Tools

2014 AAN Digital Conference Presentations and Resources

Presentation slides and additional resources from the 2014 AAN Digital Conference in San Francisco. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-31-2014  4:25 pm  |  Conference News

2014 AAN Awards Rules & Guidelines

The 2014 AAN Awards submission deadline is March 3. The two Wild Card topics are Diversity Coverage and Economic Inequality Reporting. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  01-30-2014  2:17 pm  |  Association News

Extending Newspaper Brands Through Online Radionew

With many of the large major metropolitan newspapers cutting their budgets, alt-weeklies have become the arts and entertainment newspapers in the community. It is only natural for them to run a radio station as a way to broaden the appeal of what they already provide to the community.
BackboneRadio.com  |  01-30-2014  4:00 pm  |  Industry News

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