AltWeeklies Wire
Special Report: Detroit in Bankruptcynew
How the media has shaped the story of Detroit's slow unwinding.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb, Curt Guyette and Michael Jackman |
07-31-2013 |
Media
Black and White and Red All Overnew
Owners of the Oregonian gamble on the newspaper’s digital future.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-26-2013 |
Media
Tags: Oregonian
Washington Post Paywall Begins This Monthnew
The new metered subscription system, which will affect some readers beginning on June 12, will limit nonpaying users to 20 articles or multimedia features per month before asking them to pay for more.
Washington City Paper |
Jonathan L. Fischer |
06-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Washington Post Paywall
Do Bloggers Deserve First Amendment Protection?new
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham pushes media shield law — and questions who should be covered by it.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-05-2013 |
Media
Tags: Lindsey Graham, Media Shield Laws
Indiana Gov. Says Federal Media Shield Law is Needednew
Indiana Governor Mike Pence is in favor of giving the press a shield against government.
The Louisiana Newspaper War of 2013new
What the sale of The Advocate in Baton Rouge could mean for New Orleans' Times-Picayune.
Where's the Diversity At in the Orange County Register's Recent Hiring Spree?new
A funny thing has emerged as Aaron Kushner basks in the limelight of positive press for turning himself into the Daddy Warbucks of print. Notice all the new Orange County Register reporters? They're so...white.
Paywall? Philly Papers' Elusive Effort to Make Journalism Paynew
The long-awaited Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com are online this week, liberating the dailies from the bikini-and-gossip-coated digital stinkpit of Philly.com and locking content behind pay walls, where readers will finally have to pay for it. Sort of.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
04-18-2013 |
Media
Smoldering Keyboardsnew
The student press in Chattanooga is alive and well, but it has cooled and struggles to connect with an audience awash in social media.
Tags: college papers, student press
NSFWCorp Betting on Printnew
What's a media maverick to do in an age of online innovation? If you're Paul Carr and NSFWCORP, the obvious answer is … print?
Las Vegas CityLife |
Scott Dickensheets |
03-21-2013 |
Media
Truth Citizens: Media Literacy in the Digital Agenew
How do you teach someone what is a trusted news source, and on whose shoulders does that responsibility rest?
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
03-20-2013 |
Media
Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?new
Why do so many rich men want to buy L.A.'s paper of record? And how did it get to this point?
L.A. Weekly |
Hillel Aron |
03-01-2013 |
Media
The Evolution of Charleston's Post and Couriernew
New editor Mitch Pugh brings aggressive online approach to Charleston's Post and Courier.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
02-27-2013 |
Media
Tags: Post and Courier, Mitch Pugh
This American Life Tells Podcaster: No Whores Allowednew
Late last year, sex worker and activist Siouxsie Q began producing a podcast in the living room of her apartment called This American Whore. This January, she started to get e-mails from lawyers representing Chicago Public Media and Ira Glass, demanding that she change the name of her podcast or face legal action.
A Community Meets to Save Hyperlocal Digital Journalismnew
Mike Fourcher is a new-media trailblazer in Chicago still looking for a formula for success.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-04-2013 |
Media
Tags: Hyperlocal News, Mike Fourcher
