AAN News
2011 'Give!' Campaigns Raise Nearly $3 Million for Non-Profits
Colorado Springs Independent, Monterey County Weekly and Willamette Week raised a combined $2.95 million for local non-profits.
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AAN |
01-23-2012 5:26 pm |
Honors & Achievements
Willamette Week Recuses Itself From Covering Oregon Attorney General Racenew
Editor Mark Zusman says the paper has a conflict of interest in covering the race between Dwight Holton and Ellen Rosenblum, who is married to Willamette Week publisher Richard Meeker.
Willamette Week |
01-11-2012 12:59 pm |
Industry News
National Newspaper Project Spotlights Willamette Weeknew
Portland's Willamette Week has been featured in "Who Needs Newspapers?" - a national project produced by the non-profit organization Valid Sources.
WhoNeedsNewspapers.org |
09-29-2011 4:56 pm |
Industry News
Five AAN Pubs Recognized By Northwest SPJnew
Eugene Weekly, Missoula Independent, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Seattle Weekly and Willamette Week each picked up multiple Northwest Excellence in Journalism awards from the regional Society of Professional Journalists.
Society of Professional Journalists |
05-23-2011 5:42 pm |
Honors & Achievements
AAN-Commissioned 'Tax Myths' Piece Crashes Willamette Week's Website
Traffic to David Cay Johnston's piece on tax myths, which ran in 40 alt-weeklies last week, caused Willamette Week's website to crash for about three hours Monday.
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AAN |
04-20-2011 8:23 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Brings On Award-Winning Investigative Reporter as News Editor
Brent Walth, who shared in a Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting while at The Oregonian, has been named Willamette Week's news editor. He replaces Hank Stern, who is leaving the paper to work for the county.
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AAN |
04-18-2011 8:30 am |
Industry News
As Tax Deadline Nears, 40 Alt-Weeklies Run 'Tax Myths' Piece by Pulitzer-Winning Journalist
With taxes on the minds of most Americans, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) member papers are doing what they do best: providing an antidote to the myths that the mainstream media, local television news and politicians perpetuate about tax policy.
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AAN |
04-14-2011 9:32 am |
Association News
Willamette Week News Editor Leaving Paper for County Jobnew
Willamette Week managing news editor Hank Stern is leaving the paper to take a communications job with Multnomah County.
Portland Business Journal |
04-05-2011 4:00 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Redesigns Website
Willamette Week recently launched its new and much-improved website, debuting a far more user-friendly face for local and national readers.
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Willamette Week |
02-14-2011 8:00 am |
Press Releases
Willamette Week Cover Leads to Comic Book Deal for Artistnew
Lukas Ketner -- whose Barack Obama illustration graced the cover of Willamette Week's 2008 endorsement issue -- says in the New York Times that he received "a lot of mileage" out of the cover, eventually leading to the launch of a comic book, 'Witch Doctor,' which will be released during this week's Comic-Con.
New York Times |
07-19-2010 12:57 pm |
Industry News
Willamette Week Kicked Out of Press Conference for Missing Boynew
During a press conference held by the family of a missing Oregon boy, Willamette Week reporter James Pitkin -- who had earlier reported on the family's troubled history -- was asked to leave for failing to be a "team player." A reporter for the local daily, The Oregonian, was also escorted out. As Pitkin noted, the end result was that the two largest papers in Oregon had essentially been sidelined because the family didn't approve of the negative coverage.
Romenesko / Willamette Week |
07-02-2010 3:02 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Willamette Week
Six Alt-Weeklies Pick Up Regional SPJ Awardsnew
The Society of Professional Journalists' Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition, unlike many others, features its own alt-weekly division, which pits publications from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana against each other. This year, the Pacific Northwest Inlander led the pack with 13 total awards -- six of which were first-place finishes. Five of the Willamette Week's nine total awards were in first place, and Seattle Weekly won 13 total awards and three firsts. The Missoula Independent won five awards, with two first-place wins. The Eugene Weekly won five awards and the Portland Mercury won one.
Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 (PDF) |
05-26-2010 8:53 am |
Honors & Achievements
Alt-Weeklies Among National Education Reporting Award Winnersnew
Westword's Patricia Calhoun took home a first place win and Willamette Week's Beth Slovic received a special citation at the Education Writers Association's 2009 National Awards for Education Reporting. Calhoun took first in the Small Media: Opinion category for "School Daze," while Slovic was recognized in the Small Media: Feature, News Feature or Issue Package category for "Cheerless."
Education Writers Association |
03-11-2010 8:32 am |
Honors & Achievements
Alt-Weekly Staffers Curate Local Compilations for LimeWirenew
Music writers and editors at the Nashville Scene and Willamette Week have put together compilation albums of their respective local scenes as part of LimeWire's "Ear to the Ground" series. "There's lots of talk these days about localism being dead, but these kinds of collections remind listeners that geography still has a lot to do with an artists' sounds and aesthetics," WW music editor Casey Jarman says. "Ear to the Ground compilations are fantastic primers, and we think this is a pretty amazing primer for Portland music." Nashville Scene music editor Steve Haruch adds: "Any time we have a chance to get the word out to a wider audience about what's going on here, we jump at it." These two papers join fellow alts like Boston's Weekly Dig, Flagpole, Metro Times, and Philadelphia City Paper, all of which have previously curated discs for LimeWire. (The free digital downloads are all available here.)
LimeWire Press Release (via AntiMusic.com) |
11-06-2009 10:19 am |
Industry News
Willamette Week Celebrates 35th Anniversarynew
"In 1974, the first WW rolled off the presses into a town in transition, between listless backwater and budding progressive mecca," Mark Zusman and Ethan Smith write in an intro to a special commemorative issue that features nearly 20 stories on the paper's -- and Portland's -- journey since then. As part of the paper's anniversary celebration, it has also curated an art show devoted to trashing its covers.
Willamette Week |
11-06-2009 8:01 am |
Honors & Achievements
Tags: Management, Willamette Week
