AAN News
Seven Days Hires Six New Staff Members
Six new employees have joined the staff at Seven Days over the past few months. The new hires include two staff writers, a marketing and events manager, a production manager, a designer and a sales assistant.
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Seven Days |
04-17-2012 3:40 pm |
Press Releases
The Stranger's Eli Sanders Wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writingnew
Sanders is the first alt-weekly writer to win a Pulitzer since Jonathan Gold in 2007.
The Stranger |
04-16-2012 4:20 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: The Stranger, Eli Sanders
L.A. Weekly Promotes Amy Scattergood to Food Editor, Hires Former Creative Loafing Critic Besha Rodellnew
L.A. Weekly has hired former Creative Loafing (Atlanta) food editor Besha Rodell as food critic and promoted food blog editor Amy Scattergood to food editor.
L.A. Weekly |
04-16-2012 5:00 pm |
Industry News
AAN 2012: Detroit Rock City, Part 2
Part 2 in a series of guest posts by the staff of Metro Times leading up to AAN's 2012 Annual Convention in Detroit.
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AAN |
04-13-2012 3:00 pm |
Conference News
Tags: Metro Times, Brian Smith
The Media Oxpecker: Lessons From the Week in Newspaper News
Last month's Pew numbers are worse than you think; David Carr finds the answer to newspapers' business dilemma; the reporter who got fired before he was hired; and how copy editors are destroying America's newspapers.
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AAN |
04-13-2012 12:30 pm |
Media Roundup
AAN Releases Diversity Best Practices
AAN's Diversity Committee has compiled a 3-page list of tips on fostering diversity and inclusion within the alternative news industry.
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AAN |
04-12-2012 3:30 pm |
Association News
Long Island Press Publisher Releases Video on Gas Prices
The Long Island Press has crossed mediums to produce a video-short that explains the role commodities speculators play in the price at the pump. The video is written and hosted by publisher Jed Morey who writes frequently on the topic.
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Long Island Press |
04-12-2012 6:00 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Long Island Press, Jed Morey
Registration Opens for 2012 AAN Convention in Detroit
The 2012 AAN Convention will take place in Detroit, June 7-9. Register by May 11 and bring your entire staff for just $499.
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AAN |
04-11-2012 4:40 pm |
Conference News
Remembering the Great Alt-Weekly Internet Outage of 2012
Dedicated to the memory of the blog posts we lost.
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AAN |
04-11-2012 5:19 pm |
Very Recent History
Jacksonville TV Host Rips 'GOP Rats' Cover Off Folio Weekly On Airnew
Jacksonville TV host Casey Black — who is married to a GOP House candidate — was not pleased with a Folio Weekly illustrated cover that depicted Republicans as rats.
Folio Weekly |
04-11-2012 12:38 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Design & Production
Three Alts Are National Sigma Delta Chi Winnersnew
Independent Weekly, Miami New Times, and New Times Broward-Palm Beach were named winners of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Awards.
Society of Professional Journalists |
04-11-2012 11:35 am |
Honors & Achievements
Gustavo Arellano Explores the History of Popular Mexican Dishes in New Book
In a new book out today, "Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America," the OC Weekly editor and ¡Ask a Mexican! columnist takes on America's most beloved Mexican dishes.
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AAN |
04-10-2012 11:40 am |
Industry News
The Media Oxpecker: The Ever-Expanding Job Description of the Modern Editor
The future of media is here, and it is relentlessly on-message.
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AAN |
04-06-2012 11:00 am |
Media Roundup
Early Bird deadline for AAN Sales Bootcamp is Friday
Don't miss the chance at a discount for AAN's Digital Sales Bootcamp in Atlanta on April 21.
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AAN |
04-05-2012 12:00 pm |
Association News
Tags: Financial
Alt-Cartoonist’s Graphic Novel About Friendship With Jeffrey Dahmer Is A Best Sellernew
Alt-cartoonist and The City creator John "Derf" Backderf's recent graphic novel, My Friend Dahmer, has entered bestseller charts.
DerfCity.com |
04-03-2012 11:00 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Editorial, John Backderf
