AltWeeklies Wire
Everything, Illuminatednew
How one alt weekly journalist managed to shed light on the darkest human experience.
Folio Weekly |
Anne Schindler |
04-27-2012 |
Media
Tags: The Stranger, Eli Sanders
Newsday Muzzled Under Cablevision Control, Insiders Chargenew
Under Cablevision's Control, a once-feared newspaper has become a puppet.
Long Island Press |
Spencer Rumsey, Christopher Twarowski and Michael Nelson |
04-26-2012 |
Media
The Pravda-ization of the News
Try as they may to make the news as boring as possible, U.S. media outlets keep churning out hilarious "news" stories. Hardly a day passes without the release of some piece whose content is so ridiculous, its tone so absurdly credulous, that it makes us feel as if we live in a bizarre reincarnation of the propaganda-soaked Soviet Union.
Tribune Company Does Deal with Journaticnew
The Tribune Company announced Monday it's turning over TribLocal to Journatic—which the Tribune describes as a "Chicago-based media content provider" that "aggregates data." Not just Chicago-based, it's Tribune Tower-based, and Journatic's approach to journalism is to turn it into piecework done at home.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-24-2012 |
Media
Pending Sale of the Bay Guardian to the Examiner Makes Sensenew
Bay Guardian owner Bruce Brugmann has made no secret of the fact that his paper has been losing bucketloads of money for years. And the paper’s executive editor, Tim Redmond, told the Express that the Guardian has been looking for a buyer for some time.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-20-2012 |
Media
32 Washington Post Guild Members Take Buyoutsnew
Newspapers are shedding minority staffers like crazy; based on the latest buyouts, so is the Washington Post.
Washington City Paper |
Shani Hilton |
04-18-2012 |
Media
Dispatches From a Copy Editors' Conventionnew
The National Conference of the American Copy Editors Society took place over the weekend in New Orleans.
Chicago Reader |
Sam Worley |
04-17-2012 |
Media
The Pejorative Reportnew
It's not just the Rush Limbaughs who use language to degrade and insult. As politicians throw around emotionally packed words on the attack, some journalists wind up repeating them.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
04-06-2012 |
Media
Tags: NPR, Journalism, Media, FOX, Rush Limbaugh, Obamacare, objectivity, Affordable Care Act, Sandra Fluke
Farewell to a Newspaperwomannew
Celia Emmerich is an important woman in Mississippi newspaper history, but there was much more to her than that. An unrepentant liberal who never wavered in her convictions; she worked for civil rights and community development to help make Mississippi a better place to live.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
03-30-2012 |
Media
Tags: Celia Emmerich, Wyatt Emmerich
A Newsman's Secretnew
The woman with Oregonian editor Bob Caldwell on the day he died works as an internet call girl.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-21-2012 |
Media
15 Awesome SXSW Interactive Panels Every Journalist Should Listen Tonew
If you're willing to spend the next few weeks listening, you can get almost as much out of Austin as the muckety-mucks who actually attend.
Boston Phoenix |
Carly Carioli |
03-19-2012 |
Media
Long-Form Journalism at Short-Form Pricesnew
Once there were lots of places for long-form stories—the prime one being the magazines of Sunday newspapers, fat with advertising. Most of those Sunday mags have long since starved to death.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
03-08-2012 |
Media
Tags: Long-Form Journalism, Longreads
Interview with Marilyn Hagerty, Genius Olive Garden Reviewernew
Marilyn Hagerty's Olive Garden review has been tweeted over 6,800 times, and Liked on Facebook 4,477 times. The editors at the Grand Forks Herald are scrambling to assemble an article on the outsized reaction for tomorrow's paper, but in the meantime, we called Marilyn Hagerty to get her response to the sudden internet fame.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
03-08-2012 |
Media
Tags: Marilyn Hagerty, Olive Garden
Leave Ted Turner Alone!new
Let's let the Mouth of the South get old and boring in peace, shall we?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
03-07-2012 |
Media
Shop the Pressesnew
After weeks of censorship and rumors about the sale of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, the future remains murky.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
02-23-2012 |
Media
