AltWeeklies Wire
This Week's Rejected New Yorker Coversnew
A political cartoon spoofing the New Yorker cover flap.
INDY Week |
V.C. Rogers |
07-17-2008 |
Commentary
Why Can't the 'San Diego Union-Tribune' Give Credit Where It's Due?new
We get the sense that the U-T views giving credit where credit is due as a sign of weakness.
San Diego CityBeat |
Staff |
07-16-2008 |
Media
Smack-down Smack-talk Over Samuel Israelnew
The challenge: Whose papers can do a better job ruining a ruined man?
Dig Boston |
Media Farm |
07-16-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Don't Know What to Get for the Convict on Your List?new
Consult Prison Legal News.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
07-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
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
Tags: media
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.
Imus-Gate, Revisitednew
That Don Imus; when he talks, people nationwide hear him loud and clear. He's such an inspiration.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
07-03-2008 |
Comedy
Newspapers Shrink as Veterans are Forced Out the Doornew
For South Florida readers, the newsroom cuts means one thing: less news. With reductions of more than 15 percent of staffs across the board, physical newspapers are rapidly shrinking, and the amount of local coverage available on the newspaper websites will decrease.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
07-01-2008 |
Media
Group Hopes to Start Homeless Newspaper in Pittsburghnew
There's just one hitch: Selling the paper could require each vendor to get a license that costs about as much as an overnight stay in a luxury hotel.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Adam Fleming |
06-30-2008 |
Media
Cloudy Weather at Denver Meteorologist Conferencenew
The American Meteorological Society-sponsored gathering is a party of sorts -- but the pressure isn't as low as in previous years because of the uncertainty plaguing traditional electronic media.
Happytown Deals with Legal Weed and a Giant Ferris Wheelnew
In an online video explaining the Orlando Sentinel’s new redesign, editor Charlotte Hall insisted that they weren’t dumbing the paper down; rather, they were telling stories “more smartly.” And we totally believed her, until we saw the ludicrously vacuous “news” that filled the new Sentinel’s first few editions.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman | Billy Manes | Deanna Morey | Bob Whitby |
06-26-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
The 2008 Phoenix Muzzle Awardsnew
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed by the Constitution, but it's an idea we have to fight for every day. We round up the past year's most conspicuous enemies.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
06-26-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Is Anybody Paying Attention to McClatchy's Powerful Guantanamo Expose?new
With this past week's publication of a series on the Kafka-esque detention of thousands of foreign nationals following 9/11, the hybrid McClatchy–Knight Ridder DC operation is enjoying its biggest achievement to date.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-26-2008 |
Media
