AltWeeklies Wire
Reporter Asked to Remove Facebook Post About Sale of Newspapernew
In an unintentionally ironic move (coming from a company that, for the next three weeks, still calls itself Freedom Communications) Carmen Boles, content director for the Colorado Springs Gazette, told Barrett Tryon to "remove [a Facebook link to an L.A. Times story] per our social media policy which you signed upon employment."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bryce Crawford |
06-13-2012 |
Media
Wal-Mart Has Been Blessednew
On the eve of opening day for rural Humboldt County's first Wal-Mart, Pastor Jeff Beltz invokes Jesus Christ, and eager consumers rejoice.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
06-12-2012 |
Religion
The Axe Prepares to Fall at The Times-Picayunenew
Individual meetings between Times-Picayune employees and managers are set to begin early Tuesday morning. The meetings will spell out job offers and severances.
Facebook and Amendment 1new
Like twigs and sticks caught in a spring current, social media rafts us together into new solidarities—holy and unholy—in the rapidly emptying channels of its newsfeed.
Private Prisons, Public Problemsnew
Sometime around 3 o'clock on May 20, a disturbance at the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., erupted into a full-scale melee.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
06-08-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Soldier of Misfortunenew
Claims of a cover-up in the killing of a Detroit man in Iraq.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-08-2012 |
War
Recovery? What Recovery?
Once again, the media is downplaying a blockbuster story—recovery? what recovery?—by dulling it down with a pile of dry, impenetrable statistics.
Mexican corruption probe tags former Tamaulipas governornew
Add cartel blood money to the list of inputs contributing to San Antonio real estate development.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-05-2012 |
International
Tags: mexico, tomas yarrington
Dreamapolis: Indy's Social Entrepreneursnew
Dreamapolis and its partners are promoting a new model of sustainable development in Indy's metro area focused on strengthening of urban social entrepreneurs and communities.
NUVO |
Dan Mundell |
06-04-2012 |
Business & Labor
Fracking interests spent heavily to influence N.C. lawmakersnew
The PACs of companies with an interest in fracking contributed to the campaigns of more than 100 N.C. legislators between 2009 and 2011—more than $730,000 in all.
Dr. Carl Reddix on 'Political Realities'new
Last summer, former Gov. Haley Barbour nominated Dr. Carl Reddix to serve on the state Board of Health. Reddix served on the board until April, when he learned the lieutenant governor had not referred his confirmation to the Senate Health Committee because of his ties to the Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-04-2012 |
The War on Women
A Flak's Guide to Frackingnew
If we were greenwashing professionals, how would we rebrand fracking to make it sound noble, conscientious -- even sexy?
Stolen Lives: Remembering the Tragedy of Slaverynew
A half moon disappeared as the sun rose out of the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 1, 1832. The humid coastal winds filled the sails and carried the ship through the waves as J.W. Martin captained the Schooner Wild Cat, a 40-plus ton sailboat, out of the port of Charleston, S.C.
Among the tons of cargo, the ship carried six slaves, bound for new owners in New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
06-01-2012 |
Race & Class
Examiner.com Lays Off Members of Senior Staffnew
Examiner.com, an ambitious online content provider that's part of mega-rich Phil Anschutz's media empire, underwent a restructuring at its Denver headquarters this morning that's resulted in a number of layoffs.
