AAN News
The Media Oxpecker: The Aggregation Serf's Guide to the Ethics of Blogging
Elizabeth Flock and the unique tyranny of life as an aggregation serf; sex on the internet is still sex on the internet; what your Klout score really means; and much more. A tale of sex and murder awaits!
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AAN |
04-27-2012 2:22 pm |
Media Roundup
Jim Rizzi Steps Down as Publisher of Salt Lake City Weeklynew
Founder John Saltas will assume the role of interim publisher.
Salt Lake Tribune |
04-26-2012 2:05 pm |
Industry News
Planet Jackson Hole Acquires Local Snowboarding and Golf Magazinesnew
The publisher of JH Weekly has announced the purchase of two niche publications: Jackson Hole Snowboarder and Jackson Hole Golfer.
pitchengine.com |
04-25-2012 11:50 am |
Industry News
Colorado Springs Independent Promotes Carrie Simison-Bitz to GMnew
Colorado Springs Independent |
04-25-2012 10:36 am |
Industry News
San Francisco Bay Guardian Confirms Impending Sale, Brugmann Steps Downnew
Bay Guardian co-founders and publishers Bruce Brugmann and Jean Dibble will step down from day-to-day operations. The paper will also sell its headquarters building for $6.5 million in a separate transaction.
SFBG.com |
04-24-2012 9:56 pm |
Industry News
AAN's 35th Annual Convention Heads to Detroit
AAN's 35th Annual Convention will take place Thursday, June 7 through Saturday, June 9.
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AAN |
04-24-2012 5:00 pm |
Conference News
Deadline to Apply for AAN Scholarship Funds Approaches
The convention scholarships award individuals with up to $500 towards hotel and airfare to attend AAN's Annual Convention in Detroit, June 7-9. The Next Generation Funds are grants of up to $1,000 to support the development of the next generation of journalists in alternative newsmedia.
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AAN |
04-24-2012 9:00 am |
Association News
Miami New Times Series Inspires $25 Million Movienew
Pain & Gain, starring Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg, is based on a three-part series that was published in 1999.
Miami New Times |
04-24-2012 1:55 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Miami New Times
The Media Oxpecker: What Hath Tumblr Wrought?
How the technology that analyzes – and monetizes – social media data could radically transform the economics of publishing.
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AAN |
04-20-2012 2:20 pm |
Media Roundup
SF Examiner in Talks to Purchase San Francisco Bay Guardiannew
Bay Guardian Executive Editor Tim Redmond told the East Bay Express that he's "very optimistic" the deal will be inked soon. The Examiner's president and CEO Todd Vogt downplayed the news of the pending sale.
East Bay Express |
04-19-2012 8:59 pm |
Industry News
Three Alt-Weekly Reporters Earn Spots at McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute
Three alt-weekly reporters will be among 31 participants of a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute, "Investigating Super PACs," taking place in Washington, D.C. this weekend.
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Sunlight Foundation |
04-19-2012 5:45 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Austin Chronicle's Jordan Smith Receives Stanley Walker Newspaper Journalism Award
Austin Chronicle staff writer Jordan Smith was awarded the Stanley Walker award at the 76th Annual Texas Institute of Letters event in San Antonio.
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Austin Chronicle |
04-18-2012 11:30 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Austin Chronicle, Jordan Smith
Alt-Weekly Pulitzer Prize Winners: 1981-2012
From the Village Voice in 1981 to The Stranger in 2012, a brief history of alt-weekly Pulitzer Prize winners.
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AAN |
04-17-2012 2:45 pm |
Honors & Achievements
'He Was Willing to Say What No One Else Would'new
Jennifer Hopper, whose horrific experience was recounted in Eli Sanders' Pulitzer-winning feature story, visited the office of The Stranger yesterday after the award was announced.
The Seattle Times |
04-17-2012 12:05 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Eli Sanders
Sunlight Foundation Offers Super PAC Money Tracker Webinar
Join AAN and the Sunlight Foundation for a webinar demonstrating its tools for following the vast amounts of free-flowing money influencing the 2012 election.
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AAN |
04-17-2012 3:00 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
