AltWeeklies Wire
Can Jim MacMillan's iPhone Save Journalism?new
MacMillan, who left the Daily News in September after 17 years, has transformed himself into a one–man band of Philadelphia journalism.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Joel Mathis |
01-13-2009 |
Media
Denver's Rocky Mountain News is Going Downnew
E.W. Scripps has put the tabloid up for sale, but if no buyer emerges by mid-January, the company says it will explore "other options."
From Russia, with Vlognew
Russia, a country not exactly renowned for its press freedoms, has prosecuted bloggers in the past, but last month, the country acquired a new uncensorable voice online -- President Dmitry Medvedev's. He joins other world leaders in the blogosphere.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Piatetsky |
11-26-2008 |
Media
Fact and Opinion: It's All Just Content Nownew
Internet values are seeping into print journalism, and internet values reward instant punditry, the more flamboyant the better. Simple, solid reporting is OK, but flamboyance is what attracts page hits, and page hits attract advertisers -- enough of them, in a theoretical tomorrow, to keep journalism afloat.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
09-22-2008 |
Media
The Photoshop™ Copnew
Ken Kokotek mocked his superiors on the Internet. Now he's paying for it.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Alex Pickett |
08-27-2008 |
Policy Issues
An Ex-Scientologist and Online Pranksters Try to Bring Down the Controversial Religionnew
Before January, no one dreamed that Tommy Gorman would be backed up by the most unlikely of allies: an army of internet geeks pissed about a censored Tom Cruise video. The troops call themselves Anonymous, the president of the San Francisco Church of Scientology calls them the "electric Klan," and they have stepped out of cyberspace in masks to bring down Scientology, too.
Web of Hummer Hatred: The Monster Truck Wars are Over, and the Greens Wonnew
By almost any measure, the Hummer haters have won. These behemoths are languishing on the sales floor. General Motors, which owns the Humvee brand, says sales in the first half of 2008 were about half of what they were at the 2006 peak of 71,524.
New Haven Advocate |
Adam Bulger |
07-01-2008 |
Transportation
Taking the MySpace Train to Juvienew
Law enforcement flexes its web-snooping muscle as a quartet of teen rapists is brought to justice in Washington.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Old and New Media Are Still Squaring Off in Jocklandnew
For some reason, though, the general coming-together of the typewriter and podcast sets doesn't extend to sports. To an extent unmatched in any other journalistic subgroup, the (mostly) men who write stories and columns on the world of sports seem to regard their web-based successors (also mostly men) with a potent mix of contempt and rage.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
06-19-2008 |
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
Prostitutes Turn to the Web as a Means of Empowermentnew
While the idea of escorts on the internet is nothing new, a new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
06-13-2008 |
Sex
Multimedia Man David Carr Gives Us Some Urgent Advicenew
Carr was at the annual AAN convention in Philadelphia this weekend reminding alt–weeklies they can keep their ships afloat. He stressed the importance of multimedia as staff cutbacks, the uncertainty of profit and the uncharted push to the internet continue to challenge the industry.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Brian James Kirk |
06-10-2008 |
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
