AltWeeklies Wire
Why Are So Many Workers Leaving the Burlington Free Press?new
In the past year, the Gannett-owned paper has started publishing five free weeklies and is enlarging its freestanding weekend section and jazzing up its website with video and interactive elements. At the same time, it has been losing reporters and editors -- lots of them.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
09-20-2007 |
Media
Gannett Cancels Free Parking in Vermontnew
Cutbacks at Vermont's largest daily include free parking for reporters -- and they lost their water cooler!
Seven Days |
Peter Freyne |
07-13-2007 |
Media
Hyperlocal Networking Site Prompts City Response to Violencenew
Burlington police crack down on violence thanks to an increasingly popular online social networking tool.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
07-13-2007 |
Media
Gannett Shuts Down Vt. Printing Pressnew
Workers claim the media giant didn't want to invest in modernization -- or potential competition.
Seven Days |
Kevin J. Kelley |
03-26-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Gannett Goes After Vermont Weekliesnew
The Gannett-owned Burlington Free Press is mailing new free weeklies to non-subscribers in suburban Vermont.
Seven Days |
Kevin Kelley |
03-07-2007 |
Media
Tags: Gannett, independent weeklies
FCC Commish Stumps for Indy Medianew
FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joins Senator Bernie Sanders to promote tighter restrictions on media consolidation.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
02-16-2007 |
Media
Writing Wrong?new
Visiting Russian journalists ask tough questions about U.S. media.
Seven Days |
Jon Margolis |
07-07-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Naming Namesnew
One small-town Vermont newspaper editor remembers the fallen in the Iraq War.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
04-26-2006 |
Media
Tags: war in iraq, media coverage
DIY Journalismnew
Veteran Vermont journalist Dan Gillmor has spent two years focusing on citizen journalism, and he says your newspaper should be doing the same.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
04-12-2006 |
Media
Uncivil Libertiesnew
Vermont Renewal fights against what founder Steven Cable calls the "valueless, culturally toxic agenda" of the "homosexual lobby" -- now some bloggers are fighting back.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
03-31-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Why the AP Fired Christopher Graff
The veteran Vermont AP bureau chief was sacked for perceived partisanship.
Seven Days |
Peter Freyne |
03-23-2006 |
Media
Heart of Darthness: Confessions of a Former Skywalkernew
While most girls her age were playing house, writer Cathy Resmer played Star Wars. When kids from her neighborhood acted out scenes from the movies, she was always Luke.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
05-19-2005 |
Media
Vermonter's Internet Ax-Grinding Attracts National Attention
A Vermont blogger, best known for starting the first grassroots Howard Dean Web site, is now affecting political change by raising money for web-media campaigns targeted to local races.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
10-20-2004 |
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