AltWeeklies Wire
Hey, All You People Worried About Journalism: Meet the Future Pressnew
Take one glance at the eight-page tabloid Voice of the Tigers, put out by sixth and seventh graders, and its clear that freedom of the press is alive and well at Kansas City's Franklin School.
Twitter: The Fun of a Public Meeting without Having to Be Therenew
Pitch staff writer Nadia Pflaum had your back last Wednesday, when she spent a couple of hours "tweeting" from a meeting on a proposed dress-code ordinance in Kansas City.
A Not-Independent Analyst Might Have Skewed Media Coverage of Sprintnew
In June, when Sprint introduced the Instinct, its rival to the iPhone, industry analyst Jeff Kagan gave the launch a good review. The glowing review shouldn't have been much of a surprise -- that's what Sprint has paid him to do.
How a Throwaway Idea at the Barkley Ad Agency Became the 'Sonic Guys'new
The campaign was supposed to last just four months, from September 2003 to the beginning of a new campaign in January 2004. Five years later, the campaign is still going and has become a pop-culture phenomenon. The commercials have given the quirky drive-in an identity and made Sonic as recognizable as McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's.
"Dr. Phill," "Blunt Trauma," "Good Night and Good God"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Tags: media
Well, Hello Again, Suckersnew
Our hearts warmed when the TV sports guy gave up his smokes for sweeps week -- then we learned he got paid to do it.
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One Hot Throwdownnew
Corporate radio tramples the turf of Kansas City's hip-hop king KPRS.
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Oops, Some Fell for Paper's Hoaxnew
Some readers were convinced that Kansas City's new downtown arena would be redesigned as a memorial to Confederate war dead, but the bloggers figured it out.
