AltWeeklies Wire
Fighting for Privacy
Google snubs the Bush adminstration on its demand for search records.
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook |
01-25-2006 |
Media
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Interactive Journalism?new
Memphis' daily paper, The Commercial Appeal, asks elected officials to sign a campaign finance pledge -- but why won't the paper disclose its 2005 profit margin?
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
01-23-2006 |
Media
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"Rediscovering Kate Bush," "Case of the Missing Heart," The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-20-2006 |
Media
Flying High With Boeing
Why the heck is a political show on public television getting a lot of its budget from one of the biggest players in the Washington sweepstakes for Pentagon contracts?
Random Lengths News |
Norman Solomon |
01-19-2006 |
Media
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All the News They Forgot to Printnew
This book examines the media's sins of omission, led by the lack of reporting on the Bush administration's slow but sure elimination of open government.
The Texas Observer |
Molly Ivins |
01-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
On Backgroundnew
If the Baltimore Sun's Michael Olesker is a plagiarist, then who isn’t?
Baltimore City Paper |
David Simon |
01-18-2006 |
Media
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A Higher Frequencynew
How the rise of Salem Communications' radio empire reveals the evangelical master plan.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Adam Piore |
01-16-2006 |
Media
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Pretty Hate Machinesnew
The celeb-bashing blogs are sick, sublime and joyful.
The Village Voice |
Corina Zappia |
01-13-2006 |
Media
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DIY Radio: Podcasting 101new
Podcasting has become a powerful international media tool -- learn how to get in on the fun.
Media Madness
As a South Carolina weekly cries arson, Howard Stern makes $220 million and Book of Daniel creates a stir.
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook |
01-11-2006 |
Media
A Year Without Journalismnew
The author proposes an answer to the new media trends that are killing the newspaper business: a year-long journalism strike! (pdf)
Chicago Reader |
Michael Lenehan |
12-30-2005 |
Media
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The Atlantic Goes Southnew
After 148 years in Boston, the magazine of "the American idea" dreamed up by Ralph Waldo Emerson, et al., has produced its final issue from home. Owner David Bradley is moving The Atlantic Monthly to Washington, D.C.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
12-15-2005 |
Media
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Taking on the Timesnew
A New York Times article that described widespread abuse of hurricane relief in the Jackson, Miss., area drew strong criticism from state residents, among them Governor Haley Barbour.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
12-01-2005 |
Media
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From Watchdog to Lap Dognew
Bob Woodward’s "Plamegate" blunder showed the world what many knew for years: we need a bunch of new Bob Woodwards.
Boston Phoenix |
Mark Jurkowitz |
12-01-2005 |
Media
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