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John Conroy first embarked on the police brutality beat in 1989, when he covered the story of Andrew Wilson, a convicted cop killer who alleged that his confession had been coerced by electric shock torture. Conroy's subsequent reporting for the Chicago Reader has resulted in several awards -- and multiple subpoenas. "I bet you that there's not another paper in the country that has been willing to let one person do what I have done for so long, at such cost, in terms of every story we do involves extensive legal review," Conroy tells Editor & Publisher. The complete story is available to subscribers here.

09-05-2006 7:42 am | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, Chicago Reader, John Conroy

Alternative Weeklies Gain Millions of New Readers Via Web Sitesnew

In a survey of 90 alt-weeklies, The Media Audit found that 25 papers have collectively added more than two million readers via their Web sites, the company announced in an Aug. 22 press release. "It's not just the big weeklies that have made the gains; a lot of the smaller publications (by readership) have achieved significant gains via the Web," says Bob Jordan, president of International Demographics, Inc. a market research firm which publishes The Media Audit. Only 26 of the 90 alternative weeklies covered in the survey failed to gain at least 10,000 new readers through their sites.

Media Post | 09-05-2006 6:55 am | Press Releases

Tags: Circulation, Electronic Publishing

How Dave Rudolph Got a Job at the Nashville Scene

As part of the Nashville Scene's August 24 "College Survival Guide," Music Listings Editor Dave Rudolph recounts his experience getting a job at the alt-weekly after graduating from college. The tale begins with a coffee shop encounter with former Scene editor Bruce Dobie, and ends with Rudolph drunk-dialing the current editor, Liz Garrigan, at 2:30 a.m. "It's a story that’s both convoluted and simple, like a drunken conversation among friends. I can't help it if I'm lucky," Rudolph writes.

09-05-2006 6:53 pm | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, Nashville Scene, Dave Rudolph

Gambit Weekly's Clancy DuBos Participated in Katrina Rescue Efforts

After safely evacuating from his home near Lake Pontchartrain last year, Gambit Weekly Editor Clancy DuBos found a friend with a boat and headed back to New Orleans to help his neighbors. Baton Rouge television station WAFB describes his good deeds as part of its Hurricane Katrina anniversary coverage.

09-05-2006 5:48 pm | Industry News

Tags: Gambit, Clancy DuBos

John Dougherty's Last Column for Phoenix New Times

"The kind of journalism I practiced at [Phoenix] New Times is not for the weak-hearted who want approval from the powerful and wealthy, or who want to be invited to lunch with the governor and to power brokers' fancy parties," reporter John Dougherty writes in the weekly's Aug. 31 issue. In his final column, Dougherty reflects on his personal and professional development and explains his decision to leave "one of the best jobs in American journalism" after 13 years.

09-05-2006 9:33 am | Industry News

Tags: Editorial, Phoenix New Times, John Dougherty

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