AAN News
Art-Book Publisher Stripped to the Essencenew
LA Weekly's Brendan Bernhard interviews a naked Benedikt Taschen, the king of the coffee table art book, as he lies flat on his back at an LA spa."Taschen is a postmodern tycoon for the 21st century, a brash and stylish entrepreneur who has turned the world of illustrated-book publishing upside down. ... The jet-setting 41-year-old German publisher produces exquisite coffee-table books that range in subject matter from the complete etchings of 18th-century Italian engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi to the pornographic digital diaries of 21st-century Internet exhibitionist Natacha Merritt."
AAN Diversity Grant Recipients Head Back to School
Next grant deadline Oct. 14
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
09-13-2002 11:26 am |
Association News
Seattle Weekly Asks "Where Is the Peace Movement?"new
For Sept. 11 week, Seattle Weekly looks not to the past but to the future and the prospect of "a nightmare war in Iraq," says Editor Knute Berger. The Weekly's anti-War issue includes a lead essay by Philip Gold, a conservative Marine defense analyst, and articles on the environmental and political implications of an Iraq War.
IRE Call for Entries
Investigative Reporters and Editors |
09-12-2002 2:16 pm |
Press Releases
Alternative Takes on Sept. 11 Anniversary
It's the first anniversary of the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on New York and
Washington, and the nation is in a
period of mourning and memories. Some
alternative weeklies are pointedly
eschewing additional coverage, but most
are taking a special look back at the day
that changed everything. Their viewpoint,
of course, is quite different from the
largely sentimental outpourings of the
mainstream media. Alt-weeklies look
at Sept. 11 and see lost civil liberties,
Muslim communities under siege and
Americans who are confused, angry, sad
and at times uplifted. Here is a sampling
of the alternative view of Sept. 11.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
09-11-2002 2:38 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Seattle Weekly Names Tim Appelo Senior Arts Writer
09-11-2002 5:48 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Seattle Weekly
New York Press Columnist Launching New Magnew
Greek shipping heir Taki Theodoracapolus, who writes Taki's Top Drawer for New York Press, is providing the financial backing for The American Conservative, a new magazine platform for Pat Buchanan's species of conservatism. The new magazine will be printed bi-weekly on newsprint, in a format similar to The Nation, and mailed to likely subscribers.
New York Times |
09-10-2002 9:54 am |
Industry News
Tags: Management, New York Press
Government Recall: Civil Libertiesnew
One phrase that has not been
synonymous with Sept 11 is "civil
liberty." The one-year anniversary
not only marks a significant day in history
but also the continuation of an
assault on the Bill of Rights.
"The U.S. Department of Justice
continues to wage its own war to keep
Americans in the dark about its vast
incursions into their civil liberties —
including secret arrests and deportations,
lowered barriers to covert searches, and
a 'don’t ask, won’t tell' attitude toward
public scrutiny," Richard Byrne writes in the Boston Phoenix.
Tags: Editorial
New Mass Media Launches Arts Magnew
Preview Connecticut, a free monthly magazine, will be devoted to a first look at Connecticut arts events rather than reviews, says New Mass Media Inc. in a news release. New Mass Media also publishes four AAN-member alt-weeklies, Hartford Advocate, New Haven Advocate, Valley Advocate and Fairfield County Weekly. The glossy magazine will appear the first week of every month and will be distributed statewide.
New Mass Media Inc. news release |
09-09-2002 2:47 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, New Mass. Media, Inc.
Being Muslim in Americanew
On the eve of the Sept. 11 anniversary, Naureen Shah reflects on being an American, in Fort Worth Weekly. The question many Muslim Americans, no matter their ethnicity, are asking is, "Do I belong here now, or
did I ever?" Shah writes. For her, being a Pakistani-American means "being simultaneously bombarded with the
American Dream (if you work hard like us and become a doctor then maybe
you'll own a BMW like we do) and the Pakistani Dream (get married to a good
Muslim and have four kids, preferably three boys and one girl)."
Howard University Junior Joins AAN
Josef Sawyer is print journalism major
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
09-09-2002 2:21 pm |
Association News
New Mass Media Launches Monthly Arts Magazine
09-09-2002 12:11 pm |
Press Releases
New AAN Directory Available
Shipped to members last week
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
09-09-2002 11:54 am |
Association News
Venerable Underground Paper Moves Southnew
The Fifth Estate, one of the oldest and most radical underground newspapers in America, is pulling up its roots in Detroit and moving to the Pumpkin Hollow commune outside Nashville, Tenn., the Detroit Free Press reports. "Of the hundreds of underground papers that arose across the United States in the 1960s, the Fifth Estate is the oldest survivor," the daily reports. The 37-year-old anarchist paper, which has an international readership, once presented the severed head of a pig to the Wayne State University board of governors and published a picture of the event with the headline "Pig's Head Meets Head Pigs."
Detroit Free Press |
09-06-2002 3:51 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
"I'm Here to Stay," New (Old) Seattle Weekly Editor Saysnew
Knute "Skip" Berger signs on with Seattle Weekly after a two-year hiatus from his job as editor in chief. He says he brought over Chuck Taylor from Seattle Times as managing editor because he was so impressed with Taylor's work on the strikers' version of the daily in 2000-2001. Seattle native Berger says he's a "mossback with
no intention of moving anywhere else," and glad to be back in the alternative world.
Seattle Weekly |
09-06-2002 1:46 pm |
Industry News
