AltWeeklies Wire
"Evacuees Face Confusion," "BellSouth Looting Competitors?" and ""Booting Delinquents"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Voter ID: Not About Intimidationnew
Despite efforts by the Mississippi Legislature to compromise on voter identification during the regular session, Gov. Haley Barbour held a May 13 press conference to demonstrate that he wants no one exempt from mandatory voter identification requirements.
Jackson Free Press |
Ayana Taylor |
04-21-2008 |
Media
"The 'Perception' of the Ledger," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Sensational Suburban Legends"new
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"On the Road Again," "Melton May Face Felony Charges," "Nightmare on Ridgeway Street," "D-Day For Mayor Frank Melton," "Frankie's Got a Gun," "Can Melton be Removed?" "Another Melton Mentee Back in Jail"new
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Walking the Floor Over Stocknew
AltWeeklies Award - Food Writing
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Alleged Victims: Jackson Family Wants Closure From the Churchnew
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"Take the Time To Do It Right," "The Hope Sleeps Tonight," "We Need a Mayor, Not a Daddy"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Fiddle and Stomp All Night Longnew
The first thing you notice when watching Jack Magee play is how he moves with his fiddle.
Jackson Free Press |
Larry Morrisey |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jack Magee
Think Globally, Eat Locallynew
Warning: Barbara Kingsolver's nonfiction book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life may inspire you to run screaming out of your grocery store and into your closest farmer's market.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
Got Organic?new
Millions of dairy cows live in small pens on conventional factory farms with little or no access to grass and fresh air. Dairy farmers pump the cows with growth hormones that cause them to produce 10 times as much milk as Mother Nature intended.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Come and Get Itnew
I bring the financially challenged consumer my opinion regarding the rising cost of this nation's food supply.
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
04-21-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Good Musical Taste Helps Produce Quality TVnew
While The Sopranos used music in the forefront as a tool to further dramatic tension, The Wire -- with the exception of the montages at the end of every season -- used music in the background and did not flagrantly intend it to increase the scene's power.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
04-21-2008 |
Music
She, Him and the Destroyernew
Volume One, released March 18 on Merge, is a blend of traditional country, The Kinks and '50s doo-wop.
Jackson Free Press |
Zach Thompson |
04-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: She & Him, Volume One
With Humble Praisenew
Not knowing where to begin in your search of good music, it might be helpful to stick with a motto that the JFP starting pushing a few years back: "Think Global, Shop Local."
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
04-21-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: The Voice, Tonya Ware
Love a Ducknew
Those rascals in the Greater Belhaven "There Goes the Neighborhood" Association plan on holding their annual "White Trash Bash" as soon as it gets warm enough to wear a wife-beater.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
04-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
