AAN News
Metro Times Writer is Detroit Area’s Journalist of the Year
Detroitblogger John, as he’s known to readers of Metro Times and thousands of his own online readers, was named Journalist of the Year by the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists last week.
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Metro Times |
04-15-2011 9:27 am |
Press Releases
Chicago Reader Reporter Sues City Over FOIA Rejections
The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke this week filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against the city, Mayor Daley and two Freedom of Information officers with the Chicago Police Department after they allegedly rejected his legitimate requests for information.
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AAN |
04-15-2011 7:11 am |
Industry News
The Latest Way to Recycle an Alt-Weekly? Make it a Planting Pot!
Seven Days this week released its Green Issue, the cover of which features potted plants wrapped in old issues of the Burlington alt-weekly. And the paper also includes a handy step-by-step guide on how to do the same with your old newspapers.
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AAN |
04-15-2011 7:01 am |
Industry News
Tags: Seven Days
As Tax Deadline Nears, 40 Alt-Weeklies Run 'Tax Myths' Piece by Pulitzer-Winning Journalist
With taxes on the minds of most Americans, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) member papers are doing what they do best: providing an antidote to the myths that the mainstream media, local television news and politicians perpetuate about tax policy.
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AAN |
04-14-2011 9:32 am |
Association News
Revamped Diversity Committee Accepting Grants on a Rolling Basis
AAN's Diversity Committee is continuing its work to make alt-weeklies more diverse as it tries to move the panel's mission beyond editorial and reconfigures the process for applying for Diversity Grants.
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AAN |
04-14-2011 8:10 am |
Association News
The Stranger's First-Ever Fashion Show Gets Rave Reviews
Last Friday, Seattle's The Stranger hosted its first-ever fashion show, Worn Out, which delighted a sold-out crowd with work by 13 Seattle-based designers.
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AAN |
04-14-2011 7:36 am |
Industry News
It's Official: Hour Magazine Changing to Hour Community
Former AAN member Hour magazine, an English-language Montreal weekly, will indeed launch a revamped publication known as Hour Community this week. The new publication "will provide substantial space to activities, festivals and other events organized by Montreal's various anglophone communities" as well as "cultural news coverage," according to a press release.
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Hour Community Press Release |
04-13-2011 10:29 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Management, Hour Magazine
Long Island Press 'Dominated' 2010 New York Press Association Awards
The Long Island Press brought home a total of 23 awards at the New York Press Association (NYPA)'s 2010 Better Newspaper Contest when winners were announced last weekend.
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AAN |
04-13-2011 9:11 am |
Honors & Achievements
The Coast Nominated for Three Atlantic Journalism Awardsnew
Halifax alt-weekly The Coast is nominated for three Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) this year, "showing that it punches above its tiny weight," as news editor Tim Bousquet writes. Winners of the contest, which honors "journalistic excellence and achievement in print and electronic news media in Atlantic Canada," will be announced on May 7.
The Coast |
04-13-2011 8:48 am |
Honors & Achievements
Registration Now Open for Annual Convention in New Orleans
On July 21 through 23, industry leaders from all over will descend on New Orleans to share knowledge, network and enjoy the Big Easy as the 34th annual AAN Convention comes to town. Want to join them? Register today to take advantage of unbeatable early bird rates that are only available for a short time.
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AAN |
04-13-2011 1:28 pm |
Association News
NOW Gets Playful, Asks Readers to 'Frock Ford'
Following the recent dustup over its Photoshopped images of Toronto mayor Rob Ford, NOW Magazine last week launched a contest asking readers to "Frock Ford" themselves.
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AAN |
04-12-2011 10:09 am |
Industry News
What Does the Future Hold for Montreal's Hour Magazine?
Rumors are swirling in Montreal about the fate of former AAN member Hour magazine, the Montreal Gazette reports.
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AAN |
04-11-2011 1:14 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Hour Magazine
Six Alt-Weekly Stories Named IRE Finalists
Stories from five AAN-member papers and one series that ran in several papers have been named finalists in this year's Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) journalism contest.
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AAN |
04-11-2011 9:06 am |
Honors & Achievements
Monday Magazine to Unveil New Look April 14
The 35-year-old alt-weekly based in Victoria, British Columbia says its redesign debuting this week will "shak[e] off the dust to deliver a crisp, new design and updated content that better reflects its role as Victoria's alternative voice."
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Monday Magazine Press Release |
04-11-2011 8:59 am |
Press Releases
The Media Oxpecker: A New Twist on Performance-Based Pay
This week: incentive pay, debunking myths about journalism's future, clipping coupons online, and plenty of "very special content" and "weird porn."
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AAN |
04-08-2011 2:46 pm |
Media Roundup
