AltWeeklies Wire
"Pulitzer's Pain" and "Pulitzer's Gain"new
AltWeeklies Award - Media Reporting
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
03-09-2005 |
Media
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Mahalo, Hunternew
Colorado writer Ben Corbett, reportedly the last journalist to publish a feature-length interview with Hunter S. Thompson in an American magazine, dashes out his parting words for the Good Doctor.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
03-04-2005 |
Media
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Postscript to a Strange Lifenew
When Carl Daniel found a suicide note scrawled in the back of a mystery novel, he thought it was a joke. Nope. The note was written by reporter John Makeig, whose life and death were as bizarre as anything in his stories. And that's saying something.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan Malone |
03-02-2005 |
Media
Build Your TV!new
As the FCC and the entertainment biz get ready to end home recording as we know it, a bunch of radical geeks are working on a solution or two.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
03-02-2005 |
Media
New World Order: No Linking Without Permission
Blogger Michael Bates is battling over linking and excerpting the Tulsa World's content on the Web. The World's attorney claims the daily newspaper owns exclusive rights to the content and usage without permission equals copyright infringement.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Deborah Benjamin |
03-02-2005 |
Media
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Seymour Hersh's Stream of Consciousnessnew
Preparing for a public appearance, Hersh says he won’t follow an outline, but instead will just "talk about what’s going on" -- as he does in this interview with Elizabeth Kramer, in rapid-fire sentences infused with fervor.
LEO Weekly |
Elizabeth Kramer |
03-01-2005 |
Media
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Hunting for the Truthnew
Hunter Thompson was the quintessential advocacy journalist. There was nothing remotely reliable about his reporting. Some would say the same thing about Fox News, The New York Times, LEO, Rush Limbaugh, Dan Rather and the wide world of bloggers.
LEO Weekly |
John Yarmuth |
02-28-2005 |
Media
Terrorist TV?new
A San Francisco broadcaster is forced to drop Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV network after State Department labels it "terrorist."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
02-23-2005 |
Media
San Francisco Bay Guardian Suit Moves Forwardnew
Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer ruled Feb. 18 that a Bay Guardian predatory-pricing lawsuit may proceed against New Times Media, owner of the SF Weekly and East Bay Express.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Guardian |
02-23-2005 |
Media
Gonzogatenew
Hunter S. Thompson and Woodward and Bernstein: the mixed legacy of boomer journalism's icons.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
02-23-2005 |
Media
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"Chemical Casualties"new
AltWeeklies Award - Drugs Reporting
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
02-18-2005 |
Media
Clear Channel Rules the Worldnew
From its humble beginnings as a small chain of radio stations, Clear Channel has grown to control not only a good share of the country's radio stations but nearly 70 percent of the nation's live shows.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
G.R. Anderson Jr. |
02-17-2005 |
Media
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Lee Enterprises Becomes Major Media Forcenew
Lee Enterprises' acquisition of St. Louis-based Pulitzer Inc. makes it a significant player in Illinois.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
02-05-2005 |
Media
Silent Treatmentnew
Southern Arizona joins the pack in law-enforcement secrecy.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
01-28-2005 |
Media
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A Wartime Media Taboonew
Why are the media ignoring the option of quick withdrawal from Iraq?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Norman Solomon |
01-26-2005 |
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