AAN Association of Alternative Newsmedia

Wrap-up: Annual Convention and AltWeekly Awards Coverage

By AAN Staff

june 27, 2005 11:58 am

Here's a brief rundown of online coverage of this year's AAN convention in San Diego.

Creative Loafing Media web editor Laura Fries blogs about Tony Perkins' seminar, "Blogs, RSS, Wikis, and Social Networks: How Alternative Weeklies Can Benefit from New Models of Online Communication."
Syndicated columnist Amy Alkon (The Advice Goddess) blogs here and here about how she used her dog, Lucy, to attract attention at the trade show.
In Salt Lake City Weekly, editor Ben Fulton writes about meeting cartoonist Jen Sorensen at the convention, and about Sorensen's award-winning comic, "Slowpoke." Associate editor Bill Frost touches upon the convention's highlights while offering a few criticisms.
Joe Keohane, editor of Boston's Weekly Dig, suffers through a red-eye flight from San Diego to Boston.
PW's Liz Spikol chronicles her three days at the convention.

The 2005 AltWeekly Awards -- given out during a ceremony on the convention's second day -- have also popped up in the news.

Editor & Publisher offers a roundup of winners.
Los Angeles Business Journal focuses on L.A. Weekly's strong showing in the contest (sixth item).
New Mexico Business Weekly announces Santa Fe Reporter's two third place finishes and one honorable mention.
Metro Times gives itself some well-deserved congratulations for its first place award and honorable mention.