AAN News
Westword Editor Inducted into Denver Press Club Hall of Famenew
"Patty Calhoun is the co-founder and editor of Westword and probably has a greater knowledge of metro Denver than any other living journalist," the Denver Post writes. She was inducted into the Hall with four others on Friday evening. Calhoun, who was a founding member of AAN and served as its president in 1999-2000, currently chairs the association's editorial committee.
The Denver Post |
09-24-2007 8:06 am |
Honors & Achievements
Westword Triumphs in Suit Over 'Ladies Night' Adnew
Earlier this year, Steve Horner filed a discrimination complaint against Denver's alt-weekly for running an ad for a ladies' night promotion at a local bar. Yesterday, a Denver county judge dismissed Horner's claim. "Now I know how black people in the early part of the last century felt about being cheated out of their civil rights," said Horner, perhaps overreaching. The Rocky Mountain News reports that as the trial ended, Westword editor Patricia Calhoun announced that she was running to the ladies room. Turning to Horner, she added, "You don't object, do you?"
Rocky Mountain News |
08-03-2007 4:13 pm |
Industry News
Westword Editor's Life, Adapted for the Stagenew
This week, Denver's Curious Theatre Company put on their annual "Denver Stories" benefit show, and Act One featured the story of longtime Westword editor Patricia Calhoun. In Dee Covington's "The Showdown at Straight Creek, Or How the Westword Was Won," Martha Harmon Pardee "played a raucous Calhoun, getting Westword off the ground between saloon stops," the Denver Post reports. Calhoun, who served as AAN President in 1999-2000, currently chairs the association's Editorial Committee.
The Denver Post |
05-11-2007 8:57 am |
Industry News
Westword Editor Heading to Denver Press Club Hall of Famenew
Patricia Calhoun will be inducted to the Hall of Fame at a Sept. 21 banquet, the Denver Post reports. Calhoun, who served as AAN President in 1999-2000, currently chair's the association's editorial committee.
The Denver Post (Fifth item) |
04-04-2007 9:10 am |
Honors & Achievements
Village Voice Media Writers Tapped for Clarion Awards
The winners of the Clarion Awards were recently announced, and Patricia Calhoun, editor of Westword, took first place in the Regular Opinion/Editorial category, small circulation division, for her weekly column. Houston Press Staff Writer Todd Spivak also won for his feature story "Against All Odds" in the small circulation division, and SF Weekly Staff Writer Cristi Hegranes won for her feature story "The Identity Makers" in the large circulation division. Both men and women are eligible for the Clarion Awards, which are presented by The Association for Women in Communications.
09-22-2006 8:39 am |
Industry News
Behind the Scenes at the Clinton Speechnew
After weeks of uncertainty, details started to firm up by the day before the former president was due to arrive in Little Rock. He'll take only two questions -- none about Hillary -- his handlers said, and it would be nice if one of them was about Clinton's new school of Public Service. But then Elvis showed up back stage, "flanked by Secret Service agents and more handlers, and all bets were off," writes Westword Editor Patty Calhoun, who by then had been anointed Clinton’s designated interviewer. "I would have packed something other than flip-flops had I known my feet were going to be on stage," says Calhoun.
Westword |
06-23-2006 2:35 pm |
Association News
Tags: Patricia Calhoun
Westword, Riverfront Times Win Unity Awards
The 53rd annual Unity Awards in Media, announced May 15, recognize "contributions to continuing standards of excellence in media through efforts that reflect accurate exposure of issues affecting minorities and disabled persons." Westword Editor Patty Calhoun won first place in Editorial Writing for her story "A Piece of the Action," while former Riverfront Times writer Mike Seely (now at Seattle Weekly) topped the Politics category with "The Resurrection of Carl Officer."
05-22-2006 3:16 pm |
Industry News
Media Columnist: Westword Covers Aimed at Young Audiencenew
Rocky Mountain News |
03-20-2006 6:15 am |
Industry News
Dan Savage Claims Patty Calhoun Slipped Him a 'Roofie'
Or perhaps "speculates" would be the proper way to describe Savage's remark, which was made at the beginning of a presentation promoting his most recent book, "The Commitment," at the Tattered Cover book store in Denver.
Apparently Mr. Savage Love and the editor of Westword went out for a couple
of drinks prior to the speech. Unfortunately, Savage's other slanderous
allegations cannot be published on this family-friendly Web site. For the
20-second MP3 version, click here. And if the kids are out of the room, you can
listen to the entire speech here.
03-17-2006 11:43 am |
Industry News
Westword Editor Doffs Shirt for Public Television
Patty Calhoun gave up the (cowboy) shirt off her back during pledge week on Denver's KBDI-Ch. 12, and in so doing she gained the attention of the Denver Post (here, third item). What happened, in her words: "The lovely teal cowboy shirt in question spent much of its life in my truck, and only got hauled out for respectable events -- such as AAN conventions and an occasional appearance on "Colorado Inside Out," the weekly public-affairs TV roundtable I'm on. One day, Westword's music editor reported that he'd run into some of the TV techs at a club, and they were talking about how much they hated that shirt. So the last time I wore it on TV, when the host was talking about how it was pledge week but our show was never pre-empted, I said I'd donate the dreaded shirt to whoever pledged $100. Someone did, so during last week's show, I took it off." But don't get the wrong idea -- Calhoun was wearing another shirt underneath.
01-12-2006 4:16 pm |
Industry News
"Bottom-Up" Collaboration Yields FEMA Story for AAN Papers
Ryan Learmouth |
09-23-2004 11:56 am |
Association News
Westword Editor Boards the Silver City Expressnew
Patricia Calhoun, editor of Denver's Westword, joined director John Sayles and others associated with his new film, Silver City, on a promotional tour through Colorado. She has a cameo appearance as a journalist in the film. From her seat on the Silver City Express bus, she observes what happens as the movie premieres in several cities. Also on the tour was cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, whose work appears in many alt-weeklies.
Westword |
09-16-2004 5:12 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Westword, Patricia Calhoun
Westword Hosts Film Shoot
The offices of Denver’s alt weekly were
transformed into a movie set last week for director
John Sayles’ (pictured) next movie,
Silver City.
Presently lensing
in the Mile High City, Sayles' film is about a “George
W. Bush-like” character, played by Chris
Cooper,
who’s running for Colorado governor. Westword
Editor Patricia Calhoun will have a small
role in the movie if she doesn't end up on the
cutting room floor.
(FULL STORY)
Whitney Joiner |
10-21-2003 10:50 am |
Industry News
Tags: Westword, Patricia Calhoun
Board Candidates Announced
AAN Staff |
05-27-2003 5:13 pm |
Association News
AAN to Rebate Over $100,000 to AAN CAN Participants
Several new programs budgeted for next fiscal year.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
06-08-2000 11:51 am |
Industry News
