AltWeeklies Wire
"No Apologies: Inside Mississippi's Pro-Life Movement"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
09-29-2005 |
Media
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Talk Show Hosts Heap Scorn on Katrina's Victimsnew
As if the people imperiled by Hurricane Katrina didn't have enough going against them, now they're the latest targets of hate radio.
Miami New Times |
Bob Norman |
09-27-2005 |
Media
Columnist's Report of Threats Raises Questionsnew
Rocky Mountain News columnist Bill Johnson says an anti-abortion protester repeatedly threatened him over a two-year period, but a reader thinks the protester is fictional.
Unions Glom Onto Jim DeFede's Legacy at the Miami Heraldnew
The firing of a beloved columnist has some staffers at the Miami Herald talking about the need for a union.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
09-21-2005 |
Media
Astrodome Radio Station Silencednew
As activist James Ellinger imagined it, a community radio station would have helped reunite family members and link evacuees to jobs, schools and health care.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
09-21-2005 |
Media
Media Moguls, Not Looters, Killed Media's Truth Tellersnew
For the first 120 hours after Hurricane Katrina, TV journalists were let off their leashes by their mogul owners, but once the crisis point had passed, most broadcasters went back to business as usual.
L.A. Weekly |
Nikki Finke |
09-16-2005 |
Media
Press Recognizes Katrina Puts U.S. in Third Worldnew
Hurricane Katrina coverage stood out because it was so honest and clear about government's failure. The question is whether reporters will sustain their outrage and reclaim the aggressive portion of their historical role.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
09-14-2005 |
Media
The New News: A Reporter Returns to Journalism -- On the Webnew
Stand-alone hyperlocal journalists on the web are invigorated and optimistic in contrast to their depressed counterparts in print media. A former alt-weekly reporter tells why he became part of the next revolution and started a non-profit to help other web journalists.
New Haven Advocate |
Paul Bass |
09-08-2005 |
Media
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Wave of Angernew
The editor of the New Orleans alternative newspaper Gambit Weekly, Michael Tisserand, calls for a nationwide fight to save New Orleans, the city and the people.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Michael Tisserand |
09-07-2005 |
Media
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Project Censored Runners-Upnew
Possible health effects of nanotechnology and the miserliness of rich countries are on a list of censored stories that didn't make the top ten.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
09-07-2005 |
Media
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Bay Area Censorednew
Some major Bay Area stories, such as pro-choice liberals' criticism of the stem-cell initiative, didn't make the big-time media.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond and Matthew Hirsch |
09-07-2005 |
Media
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Censored -- or Bogus?new
Most stories on the Project Censored list are well-sourced but one is dubious.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
09-07-2005 |
Media
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Censored!new
Project Censored presents the 10 biggest stories the mainstream media ignored over the past year.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
09-07-2005 |
Media
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The Daily Travestynew
A concise, angry critique of the media's inital coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cable TV news
Alternative Weekly Merger on the Marchnew
The nation's two largest alternative newspaper publishers have been in intense negotiations over a merger that would create a 17-paper chain controlled to a significant extent by venture capitalists, according to documents obtained by the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
08-31-2005 |
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