AltWeeklies Wire
The Revolution Will Be Digitizednew
The Media Mobilizing Project works to bring grassroots organization into the 21st century.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
03-18-2008 |
Media
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Bad News All Aroundnew
Pasadena Star-News and LA Times hit hard in latest round of newspaper cuts.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Kevin Uhrich |
03-17-2008 |
Media
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Ain't No Sunshinenew
Records are often difficult to get, and now, even more so, since President George W. Bush designated entire categories of federal documents off-limits in the name of "national security."
What's Going On?new
Never mind the information age. When it comes to the war, we're still in the dark.
Boston Phoenix |
Vanessa Czarnecki |
03-13-2008 |
War
Battleship Metadatanew
California legislation on mapping software would create an expensive new category of public records.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-12-2008 |
Media
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Bay Area Beatdownnew
Looking for the soap-operatic significance of the Bay Guardian-Village Voice Media battle.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
03-11-2008 |
Media
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Is Fox News Backhandedly Promoting Obama?new
Hey, don't get the wrong idea. We think it's great that not everyone with this arch-conservative "news" network is howling disapproval over the first viable African-American presidential candidate. Then again, maybe it's good to be a little bit paranoid about what the folks at FOX are putting on the air.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-10-2008 |
Media
The Washington Post's Cozy Year with the Fenty Administrationnew
Just after the New Year, we submitted a records request for all e-mails sent to Washington Post employees from high-level mayoral aides and communications staffers during 2007. Call it the Year of Scooping Effortlessly.
Washington City Paper |
Mike DeBonis |
03-06-2008 |
Media
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Online Cameraderienew
The web has always been a playground for voyeurs and a landing pad for found items. Now there's a site that re-united orphan photographs with their owners.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin E. Curran |
03-06-2008 |
Media
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These Colors Don't Wash Feetnew
Little Saigon's Nguoi Viet Daily News earns anti-commie wrath -- again.
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'Citizen McCaw': The Wendy Chroniclesnew
The new documentary reports on the trials and tribulations of the Santa Barbara News-Press.
Santa Barbara Independent |
D.J. Palladino |
03-03-2008 |
Media
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See No Evilnew
A surveillance-camera tape may help explain the murder of Revere, Massachusetts police officer Daniel Talbot, but Suffolk DA Dan Conley won't let the local newspaper see the evidence.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
02-29-2008 |
Media
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Bay Area Newspapers Are About to Take Another Big Hitnew
MediaNews has offered buyouts to about 1,100 employees at newspapers across the Bay Area. If a "significant" number of people don't accept them, the company will resort to layoffs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
02-28-2008 |
Media
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Whats Up Magazine Finds a New Homenew
Thursday marks a new era for Boston's independent media -- Spare Change News and Whats Up Magazine will merge into one superpaper.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
02-28-2008 |
Media
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New Editor Pushes Evenhandedness at the Washington Timesnew
John Solomon is stripping loaded language -- think "illegal aliens" -- from the Moonie paper.
Washington City Paper |
Erik Wemple |
02-28-2008 |
Media
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