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According to E&P, Willamette Week Does It Right

For the sixth consecutive year, Editor & Publisher has published a list of "10 That Do It Right," honoring papers "that can serve as a model for others." Among this year's honorees is Portland's Willamette Week, which won the Pulitzer this year for investigative journalism. E&P calls the award-winning piece, written by Nigel Jaquiss, "one stop on a long trail of high-impact stories produced by this spunky alt-weekly," and ticks off a list of them -- including one that exposed a local elementary school as toxic. The full article is available in E&P's print version. If you're a subscriber, you can access it online here (login required).

06-30-2005 10:31 am | Industry News

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Congress Approves Legislation Easing Fax Restrictionsnew

Los Angeles Times | 06-30-2005 4:05 pm | Legal News

Village Voice Staffers Prepared to Strike as Contract Expiresnew

The New York Times | 06-30-2005 3:31 pm | Industry News

Help-Wanted Ad Index Dips Two Pointsnew

Kansas City Info Zine | 06-30-2005 3:22 pm | Industry News

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Slowing But Still Healthy Ad Economynew

Media Life Magazine | 06-30-2005 3:18 pm | Industry News

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University Pulls Chico News & Review from Orientation Packetsnew

Chico State University won't distribute the paper's "Goin' Chico" edition (pictured) to incoming students because of an article, "The Party Rules," that one school official calls "really hurtful." Officials deny physically removing copies of the paper from racks, but News & Review editor Tom Gascoyne says the school "grabbed 5,000 issues and put them in a room." Gascoyne describes the article as "a satire and sort of a cautionary tale" about the school's drinking culture.

Chico Enterprise-Record | 06-29-2005 4:09 pm | Industry News

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Columbia's National Arts Journalism Program Closes

Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism is closing its National Arts Journalism Program July 1, says the program's director, Andras Szanto. More than 130 NAJP fellows and 25 NEA Arts Journalism Institute fellows have gone through the program during its 11-year existence, forming the largest interdisciplinary group of arts journalists in existence. AAN members who have been named fellows include Caryn Brooks, who was then arts and culture editor at Willamette Week, and Robert Christgau, a senior editor at The Village Voice. The NAJP Board is exploring finding a new home for the program, says Szanto, who has served the past two years as an AltWeekly Awards judge. Further updates on those efforts will be posted at www.najp.org and at www.artsjournal.com. The NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera will reconvene at Columbia this fall under Szanto's direction.

06-29-2005 12:39 pm | Industry News

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Former Georgia Straight Writer Achieves Sainthood

Well, sort of. Bob Geldof -- called "Saint Bob" by some British papers for his organization of charity concerts to benefit poor African nations -- was long ago a rock journalist for the Vancouver alt-weekly. This AP profile explains how the writer-turned-rocker eventually became the force behind Live 8, a series of shows meant to raise awareness for political justice.

06-29-2005 12:13 pm | Industry News