AAN News
New Editor at Washington City Paper, Associate Editor Leaving
Erik Wemple, a former Washington City Paper senior editor, returns to become editor, the paper announces today. Wemple replaces Howard Witt, who left the paper for the Washington bureau of the Chicago Tribune. Richard Byrne, interim editor and media columnist, is leaving the paper to become executive editor of TheGlobalist.com.
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AAN Staff |
12-19-2001 3:30 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Washington City Paper
Miami New Times Vanishes from College News Racksnew
Miami New Times sleuths crack the case of the vanishing alternative newsweeklies. The paper wrote a critical story about Eduardo Padron, president of Miami-Dade Community College, and suddenly reports roll in about empty news racks on all the campuses. A 72-year-old journalism student finally produces a smoking gun: he says he was with a security officer who scooped up the papers. The guard sheepishly admitted Padron had ordered security to confiscate them, the student says.
Miami New Times |
12-19-2001 2:20 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, Miami New Times
Atta Takes Fellow Hijacker to INS Officenew
New Times Broward-Palm Beach reports that not only did alleged terrorist ringleader Mohamed Atta waltz past the INS in January 2001, he actually went back with fellow hijacker Marwan Al-Shehhi in tow. An INS mistake had given Atta an extra two months on his visa, and he wanted Al-Shehhi to get the same. José Touron, an INS union official, tells New Times, "He was daring -- he put his head right back in the lion's mouth." The INS refused and took the extra two months away from Atta, but New Times reporter Bob Norman argues they could have investigated the two men then and there.
www.villagevoice.com Wins National Press Foundation Award
Village Voice Website
www.villagevoice.com Wins The National Press Foundation Award For Online Journalism
(FULL STORY)
12-19-2001 9:15 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: The Village Voice
Metro Publishing Group Completes Spinoff
Separates ownership of community papers
(FULL STORY)
12-19-2001 5:06 pm |
Press Releases
Tags: Financial, Management
Alt-Weekly Vet Plans AlterNet Rival
Ron Curran, a veteran writer and editor for LA Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian, plans to launch a new alternative syndicate in the spring. The service, to be called Pulp Syndicate, takes aim at non-profit AlterNet, but Don Hazen, AlterNet’s executive editor, isn’t too worried. "We look forward to whatever healthy competition they might provide," Hazen says.
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Matt Pulle |
12-18-2001 3:59 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial
