AltWeeklies Wire
Tim Russert Didn't Deserve the Accolades Heaped Upon Him After His Deathnew
Russert was never interested in journalism: He was interested in power and influence. His background, career choices and, most significantly, interviewing style bear this out.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
07-18-2008 |
Media
Union Leaflets for Shoppers Boycott of 'News-Press' Advertisersnew
The Teamsters, unhappy with the glacial pace of News-Press contract negotiations, are urging advertisers to pull their ads and not only that, they are now handing out leaflets outside businesses, asking shoppers to boycott stores so long as they advertise with the News-Press.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Barney Brantingham |
07-14-2008 |
Media
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Reality Paycheck at the Boston Globenew
Rumor has it that the Boston Globe is primed to ask its staff to do the same work for less pay. And it just might happen.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-10-2008 |
Media
An Amateur Photographer Follows the Obama Trailnew
While many people started following the election much earlier, I began to literally follow it in August of 2007. The Democrats were invading Soldier Field. I had just started working at my school newspaper and had begun my senior year at Columbia College. I decided to try and use whatever swagger this position offered me and try to get into the big debate.
Chicago Newcity |
Tim Hunt |
07-09-2008 |
Media
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.
Don't Bet Against Rupert Murdoch's Success with 'The Wall Street Journal'new
The real question in the "war" between the Times Co. and Dow Jones is which entity is better equipped in the next decade to both make money and publish, in whatever form, a quality product. My money is on the Murdoch family.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
06-26-2008 |
Media
A Sinner's View of Tim Russert's Passingnew
The howling dis shown to the rest of us by the stage-managed, manufactured and excruciatingly prolonged televised requiem for Russert has been rather too much.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
06-20-2008 |
Media
Hate Speech Infests SoCal Daily Newspaper Websitesnew
Due to the anonymity and instant access to an audience that poorly monitored newspaper and social networking sites provide, internet hate speech is a growing national phenomenon. "It's democracy gone wild," said Deborah Lauter, director of the national civil rights division of the Anti-Defamation League.
Pasadena Weekly |
Staff |
06-17-2008 |
Media
Is Emily Gould the New Journalism?new
The real question brought up by the publication of one girl's 8,000–word finger–flip to an ex–boyfriend in the New York Times Magazine goes like this: Because web traffic determines ad cost, is the distinction between good and popular collapsing?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-03-2008 |
Media
Pro-Israel Groups Leading Opposition to Al Jazeera in Burlingtonnew
As supporters and critics gear up for a public meeting on Burlington Telecom's recent decision to stop airing Al Jazeera English, the conflict has attracted international media attention -- from Al Jazeera International.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
06-02-2008 |
Media
Why is the Media Covering Up Bush's War Crimes?
Kids in secret prisons. Chinese intelligence officers invited to torture at Gitmo. Why is the American media covering up these horror stories?
Jello Biafra Answers Michael Savagenew
When news broke of Senator Ted Kennedy's brain tumor, talk-radio host Michael Savage used the occasion to plumb the depths of tastelessness by playing 1979's "California Uber Alles" by -- you got it -- Dead Kennedys. That band's frontman had this to say in return.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
05-22-2008 |
Media
If the New York Times Disappears, Will the World Survive?new
There is no Me Decade, no Free Decade, no E! Decade. Newspapers aren't dying. Television didn't destroy the movie business, movies didn't destroy books, books didn't destroy cave paintings. The sky isn't falling and Gay Talese will get everything he needs via fax and the future isn't going to be so bad, really, because it turns out the future is now, and nothing has really changed.
New York Press |
David Blum |
05-22-2008 |
Media
It's Time for the Press to Cover John McCain Againnew
From his Islam problem to hints of misogyny, here are ten places for political reporters to start.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
05-15-2008 |
Media
Why Are Journalists Suckers?
They don't call it state-controlled media, at least not here in the U.S. But, when reporters check with the government before they go to press, they might as well.
