Got a great idea to share? The AAN Convention in Miami is just the place. AAN members repeatedly cite networking with others in altmedia and learning new things to implement as prime benefits of attending. Engage your fellow convention attendees with a five- to 10-minute snapshot of an idea or innovation that works for your publication or your company. We'll provide space in the Trade Show to present your idea and then discuss it with your peers. No big meeting room with stage and podium, just space to TALK. The discussion doesn't have to stop there... Send your AAN Talks idea or project to web@aan.org by June 14. Time slots are limited. First-come first-served.

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The Second Saturday Art Walk is Miami's single biggest party/social activity/way of enjoying mind-blowing painting and sculpture. There are not only dozens of galleries displaying some of the world's most cutting edge art, but a food truck corral and a crafts market. It's a gathering that grew up organically and regularly attracts hundreds -- or sometimes thousands -- of South Floridians to enjoy a neighborhood, Wynwood, that New York's Soho can only hope to imitate.

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"The Board of AAN, for the second year in a row, is offering the next generation of alt media professionals grants and scholarships to our annual conference," explained AAN President Fran Zankowski. "These scholarships and grants were a big hit bringing a diverse class of interns and junior staffers to our 2012 conference. We fully expect grantees and scholarship winners to be a fully active part of our Miami conference."

There are three separate scholarship programs available:

1. Diversity Scholarships for people who would not be able to go the convention without the scholarship.

2. Next Generation Student Grants for journalism students who have shown interest in alternative media.

3. Next Generation Professional Grants for both sales and editorial staff under the age of 35 who are currently employed by an AAN company.

Click here for more info. The deadline to apply for scholarships is May 22.

Miami, the capital of Latin America and a world mecca for crazy news, good times at 4 a.m., and da beach. We are much more than South Beach, flesh-eating zombies, and LeBron James...we're Scarface, too.

This place some call the Magic City is a fine dining mecca, world famous nightclub scene, and -- since the arrival of Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002 -- America's center for visual arts. Here the Brat Pack hung out, Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston, and Dexter sliced up an amazing number of bodies in the TV series. (Actually they faked you out. That was mostly shot in that other big beach town on the West Coast.)