AAN News
New Times Fares Well in Salute to Excellence Awardsnew
Finalists have been announced in the annual Salute to Excellence Awards sponsored by the National Association of Black Journalists. More than half of the finalists named for papers with a circulation under 150,000 are from New Times papers. The Riverfront Times of St. Louis has four stories nominated, including two by staff writer Mike Seely. The Cleveland Scene boasts two finalists. Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer and New Times Broward-Palm Beach are also represented on the short-list. Winners will be announced at the NABJ's awards banquet Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C.
National Association of Black Journalists |
09-02-2004 6:08 pm |
Industry News
Riverfront Times Hires School Board Member As Sex Columnistnew
Just in case St. Louis, Mo., residents aren't getting their full sex education in the public schools, school board member Bill Haas has started offering supplemental advice in the city's alt-weekly. His column "Bill Me!" covers such sexual topics as -- well, AAN News would like to report what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said they were, but the paper's Jake Wagman wrote that he couldn't mention them in any but the most general terms in a family newspaper.
STLtoday.com |
06-21-2004 10:34 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Riverfront Times
New Times Dominates NABJ Awardsnew
Newspapers in the Phoenix-based alt-weekly chain
picked up seven of the 11 awards handed
out last month in the under 150,000 circulation
category of the National Association of Black
Journalists' annual contest. Dallas Observer's Jim
Schutze and Julie Lyons, Cleveland
Scene's Thomas Francis and Riverfront
Times' Jeannette Batz all were named
first-place winners.
National Association of Black Journalists |
09-24-2003 1:05 pm |
Industry News
New Times Papers Win Two Clarion Awardsnew
The Association for Women in Communications
grants Martin Kuz of Cleveland Scene a
Clarion Award for his story, "The Wal-Mart
Menace" in the Newspaper Hard News Story
category. Geri Dreiling of Riverfront
Times also picks up a Clarion Award in the
Newspaper Feature Story category for "Nasty
Boys."
The Association for Women in Communications |
08-26-2003 10:06 am |
Industry News
AAN Papers Take Four Firsts in Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awardsnew
Dallas Observer won two first place awards in the 2003 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, and The Village Voice and Phoenix New Times each took one. East Bay Express won second place in the General Excellence category for papers with circulations 50,001 to 100,000, and New Times papers were finalists in nine other categories.
Missouri School of Journalism |
06-17-2003 2:04 pm |
Industry News
AAN Writers Are Winners and Finalists in James Beard Awardsnew
New Times writers swept the Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique category of the 2003 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards with Jason Sheehan of Westword winning, while Jill Posey-Smith of Riverfront Times and Robb Walsh of Houston Press were finalists. Mark Stuertz of the Dallas Observer was the winner in the Newspaper, Magazine or Internet Reporting on Consumer Issues, Nutrition and/or Health category for his article “Green Giant." Dara Moskowitz,
City Pages (Twin Cities) and Walsh
were finalists in the newspaper series category.
James Beard Foundation |
05-14-2003 1:14 pm |
Industry News
Finkel Heading to St. Louisnew
Tom Finkel, editor of City Pages (Twin Cities) until mid-2002, returns to his hometown of St. Louis and to New Times as the new editor of Riverfront Times. He replaces Jim Nesbitt. Before taking the position to Minneapolis, Finkel was managing editor of Miami New Times. "I'm thrilled to be able to move back to my hometown and be a part of the Riverfront
Times," Finkel says. He starts March 3.
New Times news release |
01-30-2003 5:45 pm |
Industry News
Tom Finkel Hired as Editor of Riverfront Times
New Times news release |
01-30-2003 11:20 am |
Press Releases
Editor Leaving Riverfront Timesnew
After only a year on the job, Jim Nesbitt steps down as editor of Riverfront Times, the St. Louis Business Journal reports. The business journal also reports other changes in staffing at the New Times paper in St. Louis, including canceling the column "Short Cuts" and making Associate Editor Randall Roberts a staff writer.
St. Louis Business Journal |
01-27-2003 4:59 pm |
Industry News
Riverfront Times' Writer Honored for Environmental Reporting
Jeannette Batz's story, “The Right
to
Answers,” was a finalist in the inaugural
Awards for Reporting on the Environment
by the Society of Environmental
Journalists. Batz’s feature examined
whether toxic pollution caused the death
of infants in the St. Louis suburbs.
(FULL STORY)
Josef Sawyer |
10-29-2002 2:57 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Riverfront Times
Hartmann Hangs It Upnew
"I think we've all had enough of me," Riverfront Times founder Ray Hartmann says as he bids adieu to the paper after 25 years and one million words. "Through the years, we have fought a lot of fights, told a lot of stories. We challenged the elitist, closed Father-knows-best decision-making process of Civic Progress," Hartmann writes in his valedictory column. "We challenged their siphoning of millions of dollars in tourism funds to something called the VP Fair. There were environmental issues, race issues, social issues. Most recently, there was a five-year battle against the late, great stadium scam, arguably my favorite issue ever." Hartmann says the RFT flourished because it reflected "the real St. Louis."
Riverfront Times |
05-23-2002 10:24 am |
Industry News
Stocker New Publisher at Riverfront Times
Ken Stocker comes from Denver's Westword to the Riverfront Times, on a mission to raise public awareness of the alt-weekly and thereby boost sales. The 12-year New Times veteran has a green sales staff, but he's convinced the paper is "poised and ready to make a big push." He replaces Terry Coe, who resigned from the Riverfront Times after 17 years.
(FULL STORY)
Seth Wharton |
05-06-2002 10:43 am |
Industry News
Nesbitt New Editor at Riverfront Timesnew
Jim Nesbitt, a veteran of 23 years at daily newspapers, has been named editor of the Riverfront Times in St. Louis. He replaces Safir Ahmed, who is leaving the paper "to pursue other professional interests," a New Times news release says.
New Times Newspapers news release |
01-11-2002 3:59 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Riverfront Times
Julie Lobbia: A Heart as Big as New Yorknew
Julie Lobbia, a writer for The Village Voice, died of ovarian cancer Thanksgiving Day. She also worked for Riverfront Times, rising to managing editor there before going to the Voice. The diminuitive columnist, who routinely biked 100 miles a week, crusaded to save the city's rent laws, which she maintained preserve New York's rich diversity. "Injustice set her on fire," says Voice Editor in Chief Don Forst, calling her "a giant unyielding in her pursuit of the truth."
Village Voice |
11-27-2001 9:37 am |
Industry News
New Ashcroft v. Old Ashcroftnew
Attorney General John Ashcroft now demands the very federal powers he opposed as a Missouri senator, Ray Hartmann points out in the Riverfront Times. "As for today's Ashcroft, whatever happened to the Fourth Amendment and the 'indivisible American value' it contains? To borrow a phrase (his), 'apparently innocent citizens are expected to trust the bureaucracy not to abuse them.'" For Ashcroft, that was then, Hartmann writes.
Tags: Riverfront Times
