AltWeeklies Wire
The Creative Loafing Birthday Issuenew
Past and present staffers take a look back at 25 years of loafing creatively.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
David Warner |
05-07-2013 |
Media
The Louisiana Newspaper War of 2013new
What the sale of The Advocate in Baton Rouge could mean for New Orleans' Times-Picayune.
Where's the Diversity At in the Orange County Register's Recent Hiring Spree?new
A funny thing has emerged as Aaron Kushner basks in the limelight of positive press for turning himself into the Daddy Warbucks of print. Notice all the new Orange County Register reporters? They're so...white.
Award Tournew
Bohemian wins two CNPA awards for excellence in journalism
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabe Meline |
05-02-2013 |
Media
Tags: journalism, awards
Paywall? Philly Papers' Elusive Effort to Make Journalism Paynew
The long-awaited Inquirer.com and PhillyDailyNews.com are online this week, liberating the dailies from the bikini-and-gossip-coated digital stinkpit of Philly.com and locking content behind pay walls, where readers will finally have to pay for it. Sort of.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
04-18-2013 |
Media
Why Does the Pulitzer Prize Committee Hate “Alternative” Editorial Cartooning?
hese are the kinds of choices that I have seen over the last two decades as a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist. These choices were no worse or better than any other year that I can remember. Just same old, same old. And that’s the problem. And that’s the point.
Death to the Pulitzers
The top award in journalism makes journalists miserable.
Clip Job, or How KSBW misappropriates contentnew
The Weekly wrote a neato-keen story about which city is the pet friendliest of them all to send out on its food newsletter; 15 minutes after hitting send, the story appeared on the website of the local Hearst station KSBW, as if it were the station's own. The Weekly's cephalopod columnist, Squid, breaks down what happened.
Monterey County Weekly |
Squid |
04-09-2013 |
Media
Will the San Francisco Chronicle's Paywall Work?new
Newspapers around the globe are finally starting to charge for online content that is costly to produce. But did they wait too long?
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-08-2013 |
Media
Smoldering Keyboardsnew
The student press in Chattanooga is alive and well, but it has cooled and struggles to connect with an audience awash in social media.
Tags: college papers, student press
Lessons from the Pressnew
We don't all have to be newspaper people. But we can all find that niche, that way to contribute.
Jackson Free Press |
Kathleen M. Mitchell |
03-29-2013 |
Media
Is Darius Anderson Buying the Napa Valley Register?new
According to a post earlier today by the Sonoma Valley Sun, the "word on the street" is that Sonoma Media Investments will soon buy the Napa Valley Register.
North Bay Bohemian |
Jenna Loceff |
03-29-2013 |
Media
NSFWCorp Betting on Printnew
What's a media maverick to do in an age of online innovation? If you're Paul Carr and NSFWCORP, the obvious answer is … print?
Las Vegas CityLife |
Scott Dickensheets |
03-21-2013 |
Media
Truth Citizens: Media Literacy in the Digital Agenew
How do you teach someone what is a trusted news source, and on whose shoulders does that responsibility rest?
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
03-20-2013 |
Media
Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?new
Why do so many rich men want to buy L.A.'s paper of record? And how did it get to this point?
L.A. Weekly |
Hillel Aron |
03-01-2013 |
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