AAN News
Baltimore City Paper Considers Software's Usefulness in Olesker Case
In January, City Paper writer Gadi Dechter exposed several instances of plagiarism by Michael Olesker, a columnist at the Baltimore Sun, which he found through searches of the LexisNexis database. The Sun's editors followed up on the charges with a laborious manual search of the newspaper's archives. In a Feb. 15 column, Dechter explores the reasons why the Sun's editors chose not to use the plagiarism-detecting software CopyGuard and then puts it to the test, using Olesker's work as the guinea pig. The results: the software works fairly well, and even exposed one case where another journalist appeared to plagiarize Olesker.
02-15-2006 11:07 am |
Industry News
Shepherd Express Columnist Adds 'Diversity' to Black Radio Station
Joel McNally has a new medium for the liberal views he regularly expresses in his Shepherd Express political column: He has been tapped to co-host the weekday morning show on WMCS-AM radio in Milwaukee. The Journal Sentinel describes WMCS as "focus[ing] on an African-American audience"; McNally, who is white, said, "We are in this thing together, and we are in this community together, and while the right-wing stations don't make it seem that way, black and white is the future of Milwaukee." The station manager told the newspaper that there may be "disparaging" callers "in the early going," but he hoped that new dialogue could result.
02-15-2006 9:23 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Shepherd Express
Jonathan Gold: Giving Cuisine a Context
Jonathan Gold has reviewed everything from opera to architecture, but it was his mouth-watering food criticism that won him a first-place AltWeekly Award. Gold tries to include as much description of the setting as of the food, to give readers a "vicarious experience" of "how the restaurant might integrate into their lives." And while he can easily drop a reference to béchamel, he is just as likely to mention Fatboy Slim. This is the 37th in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Andrew Vanacore |
02-15-2006 12:46 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial, L.A. Weekly
Online Auto Advertising is Revving Upnew
eMarketer |
02-15-2006 6:02 pm |
Industry News
Newspapers Miss '05 Ad Projections, '06 Outlook Remains Weaknew
Media Daily News (reg. req.) |
02-15-2006 10:14 am |
Industry News
The Stranger's Valentine's Day Bash Offers Revenge for Brokenheartednew
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
02-15-2006 10:14 am |
Industry News
New FAS-FAX Daily Breakdowns Show Wild Circ Swingsnew
Editor & Publisher |
02-15-2006 10:11 am |
Industry News
'Save Richmond' Blogger New Managing Editor at Washington CPnew
Style Weekly |
02-15-2006 8:34 am |
Industry News
Palo Alto Weekly Lawsuit Deferred Until March 13new
Palo Alto Online |
02-15-2006 8:17 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Palo Alto Weekly
Associations Launch Campaigns To Improve Print's Image as Ad Mediumnew
New York Times (reg. req.) |
02-15-2006 8:09 am |
Industry News
LEO Founder Is Victim Of False Wikipedia Entrynew
Last week an anonymous user posted the following misinformation about John Yarmuth, who recently declared his candidacy for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District seat: "While charges have never been formally filed, Yarmuth has been widely linked to the disappearance of Chandra Levy. D.C. Police have continued to call him a person of interest." The accuracy and credibility of the online encyclopedia, which allows users to write and edit entries, has been called into question recently as a number of public figures have uncovered fraudulent entries. According to The Courier-Journal, the Yarmuth smear was included in a Wikipedia profile of the incumbent he seeks to unseat, Rep. Anne Northup, and was removed yesterday.
The Courier-Journal |
02-14-2006 8:56 am |
Industry News
Cartoonist Ted Rall Considers Suing Ann Coulter
According to Editor & Publisher, Coulter was speaking to a conservative group on Feb. 10 when she joked, "Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and The New York Times have made submissions." Rall, whose cartoons appear in several AAN member papers, asked readers of his blog if they would pledge money to support a lawsuit against Coulter. Rall said he doubts that Coulter's "claims of 'humor' or sarcasm will fly with a jury since (a) she's not funny and (b) her audiences take her literally and she knows it." In an update, Rall announced that votes were running 3-1 in favor of suing.
02-14-2006 7:21 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Weekly Dig Wins Prestigious Best Alternative Newspaper Design Award
In Only Its Second Year of NEPA Membership, Dig Doubles Take; Eight Awards Expected in 2007
(FULL STORY)
02-14-2006 3:53 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Boston's Weekly Dig
2006 AAN West Photo Gallerynew
AAN |
02-14-2006 10:27 am |
Association News
Village Voice's 'Bush Beat' Column Canceled by New Managementnew
The Village Voice |
02-14-2006 10:10 am |
Industry News
