AAN News
Ohio Pols Flex Their International Musclenew
What do local Ohio politicians have to do with the Israel-Palestine conflict? Despite their irrelevance, Ohio officials chime in on this sensitive international issue, siding firmly with Israel. Columbus Alive's J. Caleb Mozzocco reports on the controversy that has Columbus' Muslim and Arab community seething.
Tags: Caleb Mozzocco
Court Hears E-Jurisdiction Casenew
"Newspapers want the benefit of being read worldwide but not the responsibility that comes with it," an attorney told a federal appeals court June 3
in Stanley Young vs. The New Haven
Advocate. The libel lawsuit by a Virginia prison warden is an appeal of a federal district
court ruling in Virginia that granted
jurisdiction because the Connecticut
newspapers that he was suing
published their material on the
Web. AAN joined
amicus briefs in support of the publishers
in both Young and Gutnick vs. Barron's, a
similar case before Australia's highest
court. The case may be the first federal appellate ruling on whether a newspaper can be sued
anywhere its Web site is read.
Editor & Publisher |
06-11-2002 12:32 pm |
Industry News
Tags: New Haven Advocate
A Boy's Life in Catholic Seminarynew
The not-so-holy behavior of Catholic priests and its cover-up by the church is nothing new. At least that's what Cincinnati CityBeat's Gregory Flannery says as he chronicles his own experiences as a youth in seminary school. Flannery vividly and explicitly
describes the sexual abuse that plagues the Catholic church. "I have
seen crimes against children, vice behind the walls of a powerful institution and the betrayal of
ancient ideals," Flannery writes. "But telling secrets always feels dirty, and the feeling doesn't diminish simply because some secrets deserve to be told."
Comden Buys SLAMM, Mulls an Overhaul
David Comden, group publisher of the renamed Southland Publishing Inc. (formerly Ventura Newspaper, Inc.), says San Diego is a “big-boy market.” The purchase of SLAMM, a San Diego music biweekly, gives Southland a chance to play in the big boys’ lot. Comden says it’s likely SLAMM will be transformed into a AAN-style alternative newsweekly.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
06-07-2002 1:11 pm |
Industry News
New Times Writer Wins Prestigious Awardnew
Bob Norman, a staff writer for New Times Broward-Palm Beach, recently took home the 2001 Livingston Award for national reporting for his investigative series "Admitting Terror." The series revealed how incompetence and a
skewed set of priorities at the federal Immigration and
Naturalization Service helped set the stage for the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Norman's recognition is the latest notch in New Times Media's belt in what they are calling a "banner year."
NT Media "New Times" |
06-07-2002 11:40 am |
Industry News
Early Plans for Pittsburgh Convention
Last look at Madison
(FULL STORY)
Ryan Fox |
06-07-2002 4:50 pm |
Association News
Spritual Rebirth on New York City's Riversnew
The city's multitudes are returning to the primordial waters to worship, creating wonder for both believers and beholders and headaches for officals trying to balance religious freedom with safety and environmental concerns, The Village Voice's Eric Baard reports. "The insulted waters of New York City are again sacred passages, as they once were
to Native Americans for millennia," Baard writes. "Thirty years after the 1972 Clean Water Act, raw sewage no longer pours into vital waterways, and industrial pollution has largely been checked. We are witnessing the ecological resurrection of our rivers and bays ... People are coming down to the water again to see rare birds, to kayak and to swim. And responding to an ancient call, they're coming down to the water to pray."
Annual Convention Finds Alt-Weeklies Skittishnew
Willamette Week columnist "The Nose," a.k.a. Mark Zusman and John Schrag, says AANies can party hardy, but may be suffering from a deep malaise. Ads are down and that strikes fear deep in the hearts of publishers of all stripes. "The alties have gotten more scared and less idealistic," the column sniffs. "One wag told the Nose that these two developments are not unrelated. 'Hey, schmuck,' he fondly told me, 'when times get tough, ideals are always the first to go.'" The Nose duo placed second in the column-writing category of this year's Alternative Newsweekly Awards.
Willamette Week |
06-06-2002 10:23 am |
Industry News
AAJ Fellows Named
Strong class from pool of 750 applicants
(FULL STORY)
Ryan Fox |
06-06-2002 3:13 pm |
Association News
Dailies Struggle to Reach Young Readersnew
Traditional approaches like special kids' sections or youth-oriented stories sprinkled throughout the paper aren't working, so newspaper chains are testing alternative strategies to snag the elusive 18-to-34-year-old demographic, Editor & Publisher reports. For example, Gannett is launching free weeklies this fall in Boise, Idaho, and Lansing, Mich. and others have tried free-standing publications circulated to high school students. Meanwhile, some media conglomerates have decided that print is not enough, and have added youth-oriented content via radio, broadcast and the Web.
Editor & Publisher |
06-05-2002 5:50 pm |
Industry News
Impact Weekly Having Trouble Meeting Payrollnew
Staff at the Dayton, Ohio paper have not been paid regularly since May 1, the
local daily reports. Impact is one of the two remaining papers in the Yesse! Communications chain, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2001. Yesse! exec Kerry
Farley says May 2002
was the paper’s best month yet, but
that advertisers aren't paying up. "It’s a
collections issue. But it’s also a
problem with alternative newspapers in
general," Farley
said. The paper's editors have
threatened to resign en masse.
Dayton Daily News |
06-05-2002 3:10 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Dayton City Paper
Caroline Knapp, Former Phoenix Columnist, Dead at 42new
Knapp was hired as a lifestyle writer for the Boston Phoenix in 1988, and invented an alter ego, Alice K., who attracted a cult following in Boston. "As a writer Caroline had a signature style," the Phoenix writes in an article for Wednesday's paper. "Her grace sometimes masked the broad stretch of her range. As a reporter, she was dogged and inventive." Knapp was the author of two New York Times best-selling memoirs: "Drinking: A Love Story" and ''Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs.'' She died Monday of lung cancer. (Photo by Mark Morelli)
Boston Phoenix |
06-05-2002 1:58 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Boston Phoenix, Caroline Knapp
