AAN News
Diversity Internships Benefit Coverage at Two AAN Papers
Joshua Barlow |
06-09-2004 12:54 pm |
Association News
Finalists in Cover Design Contest Announcednew
Judges have chosen finalists in the Cover Design category for the 2004 Alternative Newsweekly Awards. For newspapers with circulation under 50,000, finalists are
Tak Toyoshima, Boston’s Weekly Dig;
Gregory Dickens, MetroBEAT; and
Julie Barnett, San Antonio Current. For papers with circulation of more than 50,000, finalists are
Joe MacLeod, Baltimore City Paper;
Andrea Diaz-Vaughn, Larry Dalton and James McHughes, Sacramento News and Review; and
Tim Silbaugh and Johanna Goodman, Seattle Weekly. The AAN News article about the contest has been updated to reflect the announcement.
AAN News |
06-08-2004 12:36 pm |
Industry News
Ad Spend Up 10% in Q1new
Advertising expenditures rose to $31.5 billion in the first quarter of 2004, an increase of nearly 10% over the same period the year before, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR.
Editor & Publisher |
06-04-2004 11:50 am |
Industry News
Trail of Tears Leads Young Men from Sudan to Americanew
After being displaced by the Sudanese civil war, two orphaned Dinka refugees, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor, came to the U.S. to start over. Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk document the first year of the young men's new life in the film "Lost Boys of Sudan." Metro Silicon Valley reviewer Richard von Busack describes the film as a devastating study of the gulf between the U.S. and the rest of the planet. Read the latest film reviews in the Movies section of AltWeeklies.com.
Interviewing Children: Is Sixteen Old Enough?new
Newslaw |
06-04-2004 4:33 pm |
Legal News
Tags: Management
Boston’s Weekly Dig Expands to Providence, RI
Capitalizes on Rapid Readership Growth
(FULL STORY)
06-04-2004 9:24 am |
Press Releases
Tags: Boston's Weekly Dig
Is Craigslist a Threat to Classifieds?new
Started nearly 10 years ago by soft-spoken software engineer Craig Newmark, Craigslist went from a small e-mail list of local events and parties to become a national and international phenomenon providing local residents with a cheap, simple way to sell junk, find a new job, or find a mate quickly. And as it has grown to encompass 45 cities -- with more to come -- Craigslist has resisted buyout offers and paid advertising while becoming a powerful alternative to daily newspaper and alternative-weekly classifieds -- especially in its hometown.
Online Journalism Review |
06-03-2004 5:05 pm |
Industry News
Six Writers and 29 Papers Win Multiple Nominations in AAN Contestnew
Four newspapers lead the pack with five nominations each for the Alternative Newsweekly Awards this year. They are Colorado Springs Independent, SF Weekly, L.A. Weekly and Orlando Weekly. The order of finish in each category of the ninth annual contest will be announced Friday, June 25, at the Alternative Newsweekly Awards luncheon at the AAN convention in San Antonio. New York Times media reporter David Carr will host this year’s awards luncheon.
AAN Association News |
06-03-2004 12:28 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Finalists for 2004 Alternative Newsweekly Awards Announced
AAN Staff |
06-03-2004 12:20 pm |
Association News
Tags: Editorial
"Savage Love" to Appear in Boston Phoenix
06-03-2004 10:14 am |
Press Releases
Marine Expresses Remorse for Taking of Civilian Lives in Iraqnew
Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey remembers a man in a car suspected of containing explosives asking him, "Why did you kill my brother? We didn't do anything wrong," and he remembers a Marine running over to say, "You all just shot a guy with his hands up," and he remembers another man he let run away, with half of his badly cut foot trailing behind him. Freelance writer Paul Rockwell's interview of Massey, originally published in the Sacramento Bee, appears in Creative Loafing Charlotte and other alt-weeklies this week. The story is featured in the News & Features section of AltWeeklies.com.
D.A. Claims Arrest of Westword Reporter Not Tied to What He Wrotenew
Bob Grant, district attorney for Broomfield and Adams counties in Colorado, told the Denver Post's Sean Kelly Tuesday that David Holthouse's arrest was based solely on the suspicion that he followed an unnamed man over the weekend. The person Holthouse is accused of stalking is the man he says raped him when he was a 7-year-old. The 33-year-old Westword reporter is free on $2,500 bond.
Denver Post |
06-02-2004 10:11 am |
Industry News
Missoula Independent Looks at Science of Tracing Bonesnew
What happens to bones that hikers stumble upon in the woods depends on how old they are, Andy Smetanka writes in the Missoula Independent. He explores the various routes bones take and describes the work of the coroners, forensic pathologists, anthropologists, zoologists, law enforcement officials and Native American tribes who are involved in solving the puzzle of the remains' origin. Smetanka's article is one of many stories from alternative weeklies featured in the Health & Science section of AltWeeklies.com.
Westword Reporter Accused of Stalking Subject of Storynew
David Holthouse was arrested Saturday for allegedly stalking the man he wrote about in Westword's May 13 cover story. In "Stalking the Bogeyman," Holthouse described a plan to kill the man who he says raped him when he was a 7-year-old boy. He put that plan aside after his parents discovered the assault. Holthouse says the stalking charges came after he asked a friend to watch the alleged rapist's house to make sure the man wouldn't retaliate against Holthouse's parents, Sean Kelly reports in the Denver Post.
Denver Post |
06-01-2004 12:01 pm |
Industry News
Mobile Content Services Face an Age Gapnew
According to a report conducted by NOP World for Nokia, mobile phone users say they would pay 28% more than their current mobile fees for mobile content services. On the other hand, among respondents who have never used mobile content, 48% say they would if the services were cheaper. The key to these somewhat conflicting findings is the age of the respondents, with younger people more apt to pay more for the services.
eMarketer |
06-01-2004 3:57 am |
Industry News
