AAN News

For New York Times Reporter, the Low Roadnew

Missoula Independent writer Erika Fredrickson faces off against a petulant New York Times food writer.
Missoula Independent  |  10-18-2013  6:30 pm  |  Industry News

Survey: What's Working for Alt-Weeklies, and What Isn't?

John S. Knight Fellows Alexa Schirtzinger and Tran Ha have created a 3-minute survey to gauge how alt-weeklies are dealing with financial challenges, staffing decisions, and journalism's general upheaval. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  10-17-2013  11:00 am  |  Industry News

Santa Barbara Independent Presents its First Ever 3-D 'Best of' Edition

The Santa Barbara Independent is now one of three AAN publications to take on this monumental project and present their most popular annual edition in 3-D. (FULL STORY)
Santa Barbara Independent  |  10-16-2013  4:00 pm  |  Press Releases

How C-Ville traveled the multimedia 'Road'new

A video conversation about pulling off a wonky "Snow Fall-lite" on a hyperlocal budget.
Columbia Journalism Review  |  10-16-2013  2:00 pm  |  Industry News

Yes, Our Email is Down

But you can reach us at aanstaff@gmail.com while we fix the problem. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  10-16-2013  3:00 pm  |  Association News

Media Oxpecker: This is an Experiment

Twitter's push into notifications; Sports Illustrated's paywall experiment; and Talking Points Memo opts out. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  10-11-2013  5:00 pm  |  Media Roundup

Banksy + Alt-Weeklies: BFFs?new

Banksy grants an exclusive interview to the Village Voice, explaining that he "feels an affinity with people who provide quality content for free on street corners."
Village Voice  |  10-09-2013  12:30 pm  |  Honors & Achievements

National Reporting Project Launches Website to Shine Light on Emergency Contraceptive Access

'Where is Your Plan B?' is a collaborative effort between AAN and the Media Consortium to investigate the availability of Plan B emergency contraceptive, which has been approved by the FDA as an over-the-counter product. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  10-07-2013  3:00 pm  |  Association News

Media Oxpecker: Here Comes Everybody (again)

BuzzFeed plans to launch a LGBT vertical; Business Insider invests big in long-form journalism; and AOL adds insult to injury for local Patch editors. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  10-04-2013  3:00 pm  |  Media Roundup

Las Vegas CityLife Names New Editornew

Boulder City Review editor Arnold M. Knightly replaces Scott Dickensheets.
Las Vegas CityLife  |  10-02-2013  11:45 am  |  Industry News

San Diego Reader Launches eBook Publishing Program to Re-Introduce Great Writing to New Readers

The San Diego Reader is mining gold from its rich archives and releasing the treasures as a collection of six eBooks, the first installment of a series that will showcase the literary quality and historic value of a collection spanning more than 40 years of publishing unique Southern California-flavored journalism. (FULL STORY)
San Diego Reader  |  10-02-2013  12:00 pm  |  Press Releases

Media Oxpecker: The War on Web Comments

Popular Science turns off comments; Twitter's "very big deal" of an acquisition; and BuzzFeed kills the internet's favorite horse. (FULL STORY)
AAN  |  09-27-2013  1:25 pm  |  Media Roundup

Seven Days: Still Doing It Rightnew

The Atlantic's James Fallows spends time in Burlington, Vt. and is impressed by the alt-weekly Seven Days.
The Atlantic  |  09-20-2013  11:25 am  |  Industry News

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