From young reporters needing basic skills to veteran editors in need of a recharge, alt-weekly writers of all experience levels will find training and inspiration at AAN's eighth annual Alternative Journalism Writers Workshop, on August 11-12 at Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, Ill. Presenters will include Laura Dell, Bruce Shapiro, Michael Tisserand, Alan Prendergast, and AAN editors Patricia Calhoun, Julia Goldberg and Donna Ladd.
It's no mystery why Cornelia Read chose to make the protagonist of her debut novel an alt-weekly journalist: Read drew from her own experience at Syracuse New Times. The similarities end there, however, as the heroine of "A Field of Darkness" not only writes, she also solves a double homicide. "Mystery lovers will enjoy 'A Field of Darkness,'" says Diane La Rue of The Citizen in Auburn, N.Y., and the book will keep them "guessing as to what happens next."
The finalists in the National Association of Black Journalists' 2006 Salute to Excellence Awards were announced Friday, and six of the nine nominations in the "Newspaper - Circulation Under 150,000" division are Village Voice Media newspapers. The other three finalists are not alt-weeklies. Riverfront Times is the leader with three nominations: "Newspaper - Enterprise" for Randall Roberts' "It Was Just Like Beverly Hills"; "Newspaper - Sports" for Mike Seely's "Alley Cat"; and "Newspaper - Features" for Ben Westhoff's "Rap vs. Rapture." Dallas Observer has two contenders in the "Newspaper - Sports" category: Keven McAlester for "Balls Out" and Paul Kix for "Alone No More." Finally, Chuck Strouse of Miami New Times is nominated in the "Newspaper - Commentary" category for "Free this Priest." The awards recognize exemplary coverage of people or issues in the African diaspora. Winners will be announced August 19 at the NABJ convention in Indianapolis.
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