AAN News
Diary of a Real Nannynew
"The Nanny Diaries" was a satirical
look into the Upper West Side of
Manhattan. There’s nothing funny about
Rosa Coronado’s life. Carol Mithers tells Rosa's story,
from a small village in Guatemala to a
mansion in 90210, and how she has
managed to keep going, day after day,
through constant pressures on and off the
job — from a family back home; a troubled,
dependent mother; an abusive husband; a
needy son; and bosses who seem to feel
that she disappears when she leaves their
houses at the end of the day.
Memphis Paper Steals East Bay Express Storynew
East Bay Express |
04-10-2003 5:42 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, East Bay Express
The Psychic Wounds of Warnew
"Blindness. Deafness. Amnesia. Paralysis.
Vomiting. Hallucinations.
Impotence. Stuttering. Uncontrollable
twitching.
Inability to taste, smell, or urinate. Funny
walks.
These are just some of the crushing psychosomatic
symptoms that have afflicted soldiers during the era of
modern warfare, from the trenches of World War I to
the Kuwait desert in 1991," Joy Press writes in The Village Voice. What will be the psychological fallout of this war?
Impact Weekly Now Dayton City Paper
A name change and other moves for the Dayton, Ohio, alt-weekly are designed to attract new readers, recover the old and stabilize the bottom line, Publisher Kerry Farley tells AAN News. Among the changes are a renewed focus on suburban issues and a more conservative editorial voice designed to appeal to suburban movers and shakers, Farley says. "It's better to be in a room full of people making decisions than outside with a picket sign," he says.
(FULL STORY)
Marty Levine |
04-08-2003 1:32 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Dayton City Paper, Kerry Farley
Tom Tomorrow wins RFK Awardnew
"This Modern World" by Dan Perkins (a.k.a. Tom Tomorrow) has won the RFK
Journalism Award for Cartoon for the second time (the first was in 1998).
The cartoon, carried by many AAN member papers "showcases multilayered satirical commentary on economic
inequality in the United States, as well as the inaction of the politicians who have the power to change it," the awards announcement states. "Perkins’ body of work also addresses subjects such
as access to health care and the gradual erosion of civil liberties in today’s post-9/11 world."
RFK Memorial Journalism Awards news release |
04-08-2003 11:33 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
Better Living Through Radonnew
Missoula Independent's Andy Smetanka goes down under to explore the lure of "health mines," where multitudes go to breathe radioactive radon -- for their health. Health mine habitues claim cures for everything from lupus to tennis elbow from exposure to this "noble gas," which the EPA has labeled second only to cigarette smoke as a leading cause of lung cancer. “People will try anything,” Pat Lewis, owner of the Free Enterprise health mine tells Smetanka, “and when you have your health, it’s hard to relate to those who don’t.”
Los Angeles CityBEAT and ValleyBEAT Slated for Early Summer Launch
Southland Publishing |
04-08-2003 1:48 pm |
Press Releases
Behind the Rhinestones: Miss Gay Marylandnew
Anna Ditkoff goes to the back bar of the Hippo Club, awash with taffeta and sequins as contestants in the Miss Gay Maryland pageant grimly apply makeup and breasts. "It's worth everything to be crowned Miss Maryland," one contestant tells her. The
19-year-old Maryland pageant is considered one of the toughest and most prestigious on the road to Miss Gay America, in New Orleans this year.
CityBeat News Editor Arrestednew
Gregory Flannery says it took about 30 seconds for him to be arrested in a March 20 peace march in Cincinnati. "That's how long my feet were
embedded on a Fifth Street crosswalk before a police officer ordered
me to move. I declined, and he charged me with obstructing official
business," he writes. Flannery says his five hours in the slammer were worth it, even though, "Handcuffs hurt the wrists and the
shoulders. Jail is boring."
Cincinnati CityBeat |
04-07-2003 11:25 am |
Industry News
Tags: Cincinnati CityBeat, Greg Flannery
Ohio Columnist Declines Scene's "Worst Columnist" Awardnew
Akron Beacon Journal Columnist David Giffel declines the title of "worst columnist" because he claims an archenemy, Dave "Coondog" O'Karma, stuffed the ballot box. "When I asked Scene editor Pete Kotz how many votes I'd received, he
admitted, `We never counted the votes.''' Giffel writes. The winner was selected on the basis of the staff's favorite nominating letter, which termed Giffel's writing "unoriginal, unimaginative and
shallow."
Akron Beacon Journal |
04-07-2003 11:15 am |
Industry News
Tags: Scene
AAN Writers Win National Unity Awardsnew
Chris Lydgate of Willamette
Week, Laura Laughlin
of Phoenix New Times and David
Martin
of Cleveland Scene win national Unity
Awards in Media, competing against
media powerhouses like TIME Magazine
and the Wall Street Journal. Unity Awards
in Media, administered by Lincoln
University in Missouri, recognize
"accurate exposure of issues affecting
minorities and disabled persons."
Unity Awards in Media, Lincoln University |
04-04-2003 2:43 pm |
Industry News
"Human Cockfighting" Thrills the Fansnew
Even in blue-collar
Cleveland, the
sport
commonly
known
as "ultimate
fighting" takes
place
on society's
fringes.
It's not
uncommon
for
competitors to
break their
hands on
their opponent's
skull. To avoid oversight by the
state's athletic
commission, promoters don't even
pay
the men
who step into the ring -- or cage -- to beat
the
living hell out of
each other. Yet the carnage
continues -- and
the sport's popularity grows. As
Cleveland
Scene staff writer Kevin Hoffman
reports, the
Ultimate Fighting Championship
organization is
slowly attempting a rebirth across the
nation, hoping
to woo a whole new generation of
bloodthirsty
fans.
