AAN News
Beastly Boss Tale From Former Alternative Weekly Staffer
Colleen Lynn won the Seattle Times' "Worst Boss" contest with a vivid description of her boss at an unnamed alternative weekly in Houston, where Lynn briefly worked as an unpaid intern 15 years ago. The boss called Lynn a "dog" and forced her to crawl, but Lynn retaliates by describing the boss's bestial attributes.
11-09-2005 2:40 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
AAN Develops 'No More Tears' Contest Rules and Web Site

Last year, for the first time, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies conducted its editorial contest online. Although there were some frustrating glitches, entrants overwhelmingly favored the online method of entering the AltWeekly Awards. This year, AAN used feedback from member papers and judges to make improvements, including more specific instructions to make uploading PDFs easier. The 2006 AltWeekly Awards Web site will be launched on Dec. 5.
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Ruth Hammond |
11-09-2005 2:50 pm |
Association News
Tags: Design & Production, Editorial
Music Columnist Says Mergers Aren't Bad, Journalists Arenew
SF Weekly |
11-09-2005 3:57 pm |
Industry News
Do Blog Ads Create Buzz? Execs Weigh Innew
Online Media Daily |
11-09-2005 10:38 am |
Industry News
Smart Schwag: Harnessing The Power Of Promotional Itemsnew
Media Daily News (reg. req.) |
11-09-2005 10:28 am |
Industry News
Fort Worth Weekly Named Best Newspaper by Press Club of Dallas
11-09-2005 10:20 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Editorial, Fort Worth Weekly
Google Automat to Spew Classifieds?new
InternetNews.com |
11-09-2005 10:03 am |
Industry News
Tags: Classified Advertising
Industry Leaders, Scholars to Explore Film Industry's Futurenew
Business Wire (press release) |
11-09-2005 9:51 am |
Industry News
Tags: Retail Advertising
Bay Guardian's Brugmann Asks Calif. Attorney General to "Stop the Merger"new
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
11-09-2005 8:38 am |
Industry News
Lisa Sorg: Taking on Mainstream Media Conglomerates

When Lisa Sorg found out a Federal Communications Commission panel had scheduled a hearing in San Antonio, she wanted her community to be well prepared to talk about how media ownership affects what news they hear -- and don't hear. So the editor of the San Antonio Current and her small staff tackled the issue of conglomerates taking over the airwaves, turning out a two-part, multi-story series that won an AltWeekly Award for Media Reporting/Criticism. This is the 12th in a "How I Got That Story" series highlighting the AltWeekly Awards' first-place winners.
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Derek Schleelein |
11-08-2005 6:47 pm |
Association News
Jennifer Sanders Named Classified Director at the San Antonio Current
11-08-2005 10:22 am |
Press Releases
Tags: San Antonio Current
ABC to Start Reader Profile FAS-FAXnew
Editor & Publisher |
11-08-2005 8:39 am |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Marketing
New Job-Hunting Sites Might Be Monster Killersnew
South Coast Today |
11-08-2005 8:33 am |
Industry News
ABC Board Approves Launch of Newspaper Insert Verification Servicenew
PR Newswire (press release) |
11-08-2005 8:24 am |
Industry News