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Nation Institute Funds Available for Investigative Reporting
The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund seeks to financially assist individual projects focusing on subjects frequently overlooked by mainstream media outlets. AAN editors with a project and writer in mind may contact fund editor Kim Nauer at (212) 209-3380 or by email at nauer@nationinstitute.org for an initial conversation regarding well-researched potential projects. The Nation Institute was founded in 1966 and endeavors to strengthen free speech and the independent press through a variety of programs.
09-20-2005 12:43 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
NOW Magazine Selects WebTrends On Demand
09-20-2005 1:57 pm |
Press Releases
Mecklin Resigns, Walsh Takes Over as SF Weekly Editornew
Romenesko |
09-20-2005 7:34 am |
Industry News
Housing Starts Slow in Augustnew
CNN Money |
09-20-2005 6:45 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising, Management
Dog Days Bite Newspapers, Ad Demand Falters in Augustnew
Media Daily News (reg. req.) |
09-20-2005 6:42 am |
Industry News
Study: Newspaper Advertising Most Credible Among Medianew
Editor & Publisher |
09-20-2005 6:39 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Stars in New Broadway Musical
According to Playbill, "In My Life" is a "'coming-of-age' story about a young singer-songwriter who falls in love with a woman who works at the ... Village Voice." The Joe Brooks musical premieres on the Great White Way on Oct. 20.
09-19-2005 3:56 pm |
Industry News
Tags: The Village Voice
Matt Taibbi on Russ Smith, New York Press
In a recent interview with John Dicker that appears in the September issue of The Toilet Paper (a monthly "Monster-Truck/Gay-Cowboy tabloid" based in Colorado Springs), Taibbi talks about his new gig with Rolling Stone and his recent departure from the New York Press. Taibbi offers a characteristically heated denunciation of columnist and former New York Press owner Russ Smith; says ex-editors Jeff Koyen and Alexander Zaitchik were scapegoats for the failures of the paper's management; and predicts new editor Harry Siegel ("a Smith protege") will turn the paper "into a dumb neocon rag."
09-19-2005 12:09 pm |
Industry News
Even McClatchy is Sweating Ad Revenue and Circnew
New York Times |
09-19-2005 7:51 am |
Industry News
Daily Newspaper Ad Revenue Continues to Dwindlenew
Forbes |
09-19-2005 7:12 am |
Industry News
2005 Media Engagement Studynew
MediaWeek (sub. req.) |
09-19-2005 7:09 am |
Industry News
Tags: Marketing, Retail Advertising
Merrill Lynch Concerned About Retail Ad Revenuesnew
Editor & Publisher |
09-19-2005 7:06 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Inter American Press Association Announces General Assembly
The non-profit Inter American Press Association will host its 61st General Assembly Oct. 7-11 in Indianapolis. "This is a great group, doing extraordinary work in the Americas (from Canada down to Argentina) and of particular interest to the alternative press for a lot of good editorial and business reasons," writes San Francisco Bay Guardian editor and publisher Bruce Brugmann. "Among them: a snapshot of the action in the Americas, lots of good news and editorial ideas, entree into the latest in technology and business developments, and most important a direct way to really lend a hand to supporting a free press in these critical countries." Registration information is available through the organization's Web site; the association has more than 1,300 members from newspapers and magazines throughout the Americas.
09-16-2005 11:11 am |
Industry News
AAN FEMA Disaster Articles Appear in Blogosphere
As the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina continue to unfold, blogs the Web over are turning to the discussion of what exactly went wrong in those crucial early hours. The 2004 AAN-sponsored FEMA disaster story appears often. Most notably, Eschaton and Washington Monthly have linked to the story and the Sept. 7 follow-up published on altweeklies.com, both written by Jon Elliston of the Independent Weekly. In addition, a Louisiana-specific report written by Gambit Weekly staffer Eileen Loh-Harrist shows up on Talking Points Memo.
09-16-2005 10:01 am |
Industry News
Print Advertising a Top Influencer for Apparel Purchasesnew
Adweek |
09-15-2005 7:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising