AAN News
Daily Tells New Story About Yewell Firingnew
Two days after reporting that "the paper's freelance
writers heaved a sigh of relief" when Salt Lake City
Weekly Editor John Yewell was fired, Elaine
Jarvik of Deseret News is back to report that her
earlier story "prompted other free-lancers to
weigh in with praise for their former editor
as thorough, honest and hard-hitting." Despite the
dueling free-lancers, staff members at City
Weekly still chose to remain silent for the record.
Deseret News |
09-05-2003 12:28 am |
Industry News
Ultra-Conservative Ex-Congressman New Columnist For Creative Loafing
National Rifle Association member and right-wing
firebrand Bob Barr was hired recently to
write a regular column for the Creative Loafing
chain's flagship paper in Atlanta. Editor Ken
Edelstein hopes that publishing Barr will
broaden readers' perspectives -- and spice up the
paper. "Alternative newspapers tend to be a bit
predictable, and having a guest columnist who
adds another dimension is a good thing,"
he tells AAN News.
(FULL STORY)
Whitney Joiner |
09-05-2003 4:22 pm |
Industry News
Presidential Cyber-Campaignsnew
While everyone talks about fundraising over the
Web, this year’s presidential candidates hope to
use the Internet for much more. As the 2004
election war dance begins, David S.
Bernstein of The Boston Phoenix looks at
the latest cyber-weapons in the political
arsenal -- everything from MeetUps to e-mail
address capturing to quasi-official blogs. And
Camille Dodero grades the Democratic
candidates' Web sites, including "what makes
you gag."
School District Creates Separate Interview Rules For Houston Pressnew
Houston's alternative newsweekly was never an
enthusiastic cheerleader for the so-called
Houston Miracle, the "public relations
barrage" that landed former Houston schools
superintendent Rod Paige his job as U.S.
secretary of education. So PR whiz Terry
Abbott (pictured), "the man behind the curtain
of the
'miracle'", last week announced an official policy that
he would do his best to ensure that no school district
employee ever speaks with the paper. "We just can't
get any kind of fair shake out of the
Houston Press," says Abbott, whose new policy
applies to "a few reporters at other organizations
and then the Houston Press in general."
Houston Press |
09-04-2003 11:48 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Houston Press
Magazine Industry Advertising Finally Rises As Holidays Nearnew
The magazine industry, mindful of the song lyric
that the days grow short when you reach
September, is striving to build upon some
improved advertising results this month with
hopes of producing some momentum for next
year.
New York Times |
09-04-2003 9:49 am |
Industry News
Innocent!new
Bay Guardian reporter A.C. Thompson
revisits a case he helped break more than two
years ago, the murder conviction of John J.
Tennison. Thompson's investigation turned up a
multitude of problems -- payments to witnesses,
concealed exonerating evidence, eyewitness
statements that cleared Tennison. Thompson's
conclusion was that Tennison had been
framed -- with the collusion of high-ranking
law enforcement officials. A
federal judge agreed and ordered Tennison
freed. "Thirteen years after the San Francisco
cops and District Attorney's office framed him for
murder, John J. Tennison is finally free. So,
unfortunately, are the people who framed him,"
Thompson writes.
Raleigh A&E Paper Foldsnew
Lather Weekly, a 9-month-old arts and
entertainment publication founded by a former
Independent Weekly editor, is dead. Mark
Hornburg started the biweekly publication in
December, hoping to reach "the Raleigh hipster
scene," according to Joanna Kakissis of The
News & Observer. Hornburg says the August 7-20
issue will be the paper's last, though he says he
plans to revive the publication online. Lather's
demise was announced only four days after the News
& Observer ran a 2200-word feature story
(see below) about the fledgling paper.
The News & Observer |
09-03-2003 6:52 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management
U.S. Ad Spending Climbs 6.8% for 1st Half of 2003new
Battered for three years by a severe ad drought,
Madison Avenue may finally have something to
celebrate. Advertising spending in the U.S.
jumped 6.8% in the first half of 2003, buoyed by
increased ad outlays from packaged goods,
automotive and entertainment companies,
according to a new industry study.
Dow Jones Business News via Yahoo! News |
09-03-2003 5:09 pm |
Industry News
Death of Discs?new
Hollywood will win the war against illegal
downloading but the battlefield will be littered with
casualties, including the DVD and CD formats as
physical means of distributing video and audio,
according to a Forrester Research study.
Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo! News |
09-03-2003 4:12 pm |
Industry News
Minority Fellows Learn Narrative Journalism at AAJnew
“I hadn’t done investigative reporting
before and now I’m definitely interested in it,”
Porochista Khakpour, a graduate of the
Johns Hopkins master’s program in writing, tells
Medill News. Khakpour and nine other students
recently concluded the residential summer
program
at Medill’s Academy for Alternative
Journalism, where they completed stories
ranging from
"what happens to the wrongfully convicted to
tracking a female urban explorer to investigating a
skydiving company with a high mortality rate."
Medill News |
09-03-2003 2:41 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Management
California's "Soul-Sick" Middle-Class and the Recallnew
The Village Voice's Rick Perlstein scours
Orange County in vain for anyone who loves Gov.
Gray Davis. He finds plenty who hate him,
though. A woman in a gated community who
shreds her mail so illegal immigrants can't
steal her identity. Surfing teenagers who
detest the car tax. A congressman who deplores
the Chinatowns springing up across the state and
"exploding in population." And a grassroots
organizer who sums up the recall initiative: "We
found an opponent with a really weak hand; we
just kept raising and raising the stakes."
