AltWeeklies Wire
Some San Diego TV Stations Sell Content to Advertisersnew
As the numbers at the bottom of financial statements go from black to red, there's been increasing pressure on editorial departments in print, television and radio to blur the line between journalism and advertising. The key to remaining on the right side of ethics and the law is identifying the type of content.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-16-2009 |
Media
Is Economic Recovery Money Helping San Diego Businesses?new
The combination of tax cuts and direct government spending is supposed make consumers spend and businesses invest, creating a multiplier effect that would boost the economy. Using a database of stimulus spending compiled by the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, we called businesses receiving stimulus dollars and asked them what they were doing with their money.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
08-12-2009 |
Economy
'San Diego News Network' Will Revolutionize How News Is Gathered -- Maybenew
San Diego, brace yourself: There's a new kid on the news block, and it's a website called San Diego News Network (SDNN). Its mission: Revolutionize the news industry.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
03-11-2009 |
Media
San Diego Researchers Get Beyond Biofuelnew
Really, this is about scum. Green, slimy, don't-swim-in-the-water scum that just might save the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
09-03-2008 |
Environment
Wall St. Demands Earth-Friendly Buildings, but Main St. Doesn'tnew
Demand for sustainable living remains low, and even during the height of the housing boom, homebuilders didn’t really go for the green. So why do executives and taxpayers demand environmentally sensitive buildings, and then go home to their wasteful old houses?
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
07-30-2008 |
Housing & Development
The San Diego Zoo Hopes to Help Companies Mimic Naturenew
The biomimicry unit would connect educational institutions and companies with the zoo's vast collection of plants and animals, along with the zoos expertise. Zoo CFO Paula Brock sees biomimicry as both a way to help the world move toward a greener future and bring a different kind of green into the zoo's coffers.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
07-09-2008 |
Animal Issues
The Lawyer Behind the Historic California Case Talks Same-Sex Marriagenew
"I have lived the case and worked on it and thought about it every day for the last four years," says Shannon Minter, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
06-11-2008 |
LGBT
Details of the Big SDSU Drug Bust Emergenew
The District Attorney conveyed the impression that the DEA had uncovered a single huge drug ring, led and organized by Kenneth Ciaccio and centered in six fraternities. The reality, as it turns out, was a little different.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
05-28-2008 |
Drugs
One San Diego Neighborhood Braces for Changenew
Barrio Logan is a neighborhood in the crosshairs of developers. Can it be modernized without losing its soul?
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
04-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
Business Muscle Pushes a Third Border Crossing Forwardnew
The state Department of Transportation (Caltrans) estimates that the number of cars crossing the border has increased 80 percent in the last 10 years. That growth, combined with post-9/11, time-consuming border checks have sent wait times skyrocketing into the two- or three-hour range at peak times.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
03-26-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
A Slot in Every Potnew
Indian compacts would allow largest casinos in the country -- so what?
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
01-09-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
A Master Identity Thief Tells His Secretsnew
Even though it was an activity that gave him "a natural high," Mr. Kaboa turned credit card fraud and identity theft into a rather humdrum, workaday business.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
12-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Justice for Allnew
Why the nation's lawyers think everyone should get an attorney in civil court.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
12-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
TV Weatherman Thinks Global Warming is a Scamnew
John Coleman, KUSI weatherman and founder of The Weather Channel, declared global warming to be "a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam."
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
11-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Fires Produce Conflict Between Cops and Medianew
California law allows reporters complete access to disaster areas, as long as they do not interfere with emergency operations, but there are questions about whether these guidelines were overstepped by police in the recent fires.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
10-31-2007 |
Media
