AAN News
Nashville Scene Founder Watches WTC Tragedy From Planenew
Nashville Scene |
09-12-2001 7:18 am |
Industry News
Village Voice Reporter at the Scene of Devastationnew
Alisa Solomon emerged from a subway stop near the World Trade Center seconds before its second tower was struck by a plane. "(W)e knew in our bellies that America was changed forever," she writes in the Village Voice online report. "Arms, legs. Parts of people. They were falling on my head," said an administrative assistant who was about to enter the WTC when the first plane hit.
Village Voice |
09-11-2001 11:19 am |
Industry News
Tags: Editorial, The Village Voice
Tales of Joy and Terror: 20 Years at the Austin Chroniclenew
"If the vote was 5 to 1 against Nick, the discussion would pause for a respectful second and then proceed as though no vote was taken until we all came around to Nick's point of view or reached a new compromise." That's how decisions were made in the early days of the Austin Chronicle, according to Editor Louis Black, who says Founder and Publisher Nick Barbaro was almost always right, and more importantly, "had a vision of how this paper should relate to the community and how a business should conduct itself." Twenty years later things still "happen when they happen, get done when they get done, and every Thursday morning" newcomers are "both pleased and astonished to find the piles of issues stacked in the hallway."
Austin Chronicle |
09-10-2001 1:26 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Austin Chronicle
Two Takes on Alt-Weekly Moralenew
Columbia Journalism Review delves into newsroom morale in its latest issue. Among the views presented are two from alternative newsweeklies. Former TV reporter Tom Grant is positively euphoric about his new job at The Local Planet Weekly . Meanwhile, over at East Bay Express, there's quite a different outlook.
Columbia Journalism Review |
09-10-2001 7:10 am |
Industry News
Summer Internships Give Insights into Minority Communities
New deadline announced for spring semester
(FULL STORY)
09-07-2001 1:43 pm |
Association News
News Boxes Not Yet Banned in Bostonnew
A Boston judge has temporarily blocked a ban on news boxes in the Back Bay. The local ordinance, which went into effect August 9, was challenged by the non-AAN alt pub Weekly Dig and the paid circulation weekly, Editorial Humor. The judge issued a restraining order, and now other publications, including the Boston Phoenix, are joining the lawsuit. (Click here to download a copy of the Weekly Dig's Aug. 29 story on the newsrack ban.)
Boston Phoenix |
09-06-2001 6:32 am |
Industry News
Tags: Circulation, Boston Phoenix
B3 to the Rescue!new
Bruce B. Brugmann, publisher of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, is one of four International Press Institute delegates who went to South Korea to investigate the arrest of three newspaper owners/publishers. The IPI "press freedom mission" met with members of the South Korean government and legislature, and held a news conference in Seoul on Sept. 6.
International Press Institute |
09-06-2001 3:09 pm |
Industry News
