AltWeeklies Wire
Being a Blue Reporter in a Red Statenew
Most of the people I knew at the college paper where I cut my teeth went to places like Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Not me. As an English major, my services weren't in as much demand. Since there would be no editorial position at the New York Times, I embarked on what I called "John Bear's Backwater Nightmare Tour."
Weekly Alibi |
John Bear |
09-08-2009 |
Media
Alan Lupo, Boston's Last Best Metro Columnistnew
The late Alan Lupo, powerful and revered Boston journalist, was so much more than a Damon Runyon character come to life. Though he was, indeed, that.
Boston Phoenix |
Margaret Doris |
10-09-2008 |
Media
Where's the Outrage Over Media Mistreatment at the RNC?new
Given the media's reputation for self-absorption, it's remarkable how little attention the press has paid to the crackdown on journalists during September’s Republican National Convention.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
10-02-2008 |
Media
Boston Media Legend Alan Lupo, 1938-2008new
Al Lupo, for decades Boston's gravelly voice of the people in both the daily and alternative press, died, after fighting cancer, on Monday, September 29.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
10-01-2008 |
Media
Minneapolis Mayor to Arrested Journalists: Drop Deadnew
For a city leadership that spent so much time trying to convince everyone that the convention was in Minneapolis, too, Mayor R.T. Rybak's office suddenly wants very little to do with hosting the RNC, especially those nasty reports of police brutality and journalist arrests.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
09-17-2008 |
Media
Kidnapped Journalist Talks About His Ordealnew
The BBC's Alan Johnston refused to cover the Mideast conflict from comfort of a hotel, and was kept in a three-month captivity as a result.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Wheeler |
05-02-2008 |
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