The opinion pieces about the late president are missing the sentimentality found in much of the media this week. Recalled not so fondly are the Iran-contra affair, appointments of right-wingers to the bench, attacks on welfare mothers, soaring deficits and trickle-down economics. Political commentaries can be found in the Opinion section of AltWeeklies.com.
The Denver alt-weekly's Julie Jargon, 29, tied for first in the national reporting category for "The War Within," a series on rape of female cadets at the United States Air Force Academy. The Livingston Awards are given only to journalists under the age of 35. The $10,000 awards are the largest all-media, general-reporting prizes in the country.
Judges have chosen finalists in the Cover Design category for the 2004 Alternative Newsweekly Awards. For newspapers with circulation under 50,000, finalists are Tak Toyoshima, Boston’s Weekly Dig; Gregory Dickens, MetroBEAT; and Julie Barnett, San Antonio Current. For papers with circulation of more than 50,000, finalists are Joe MacLeod, Baltimore City Paper; Andrea Diaz-Vaughn, Larry Dalton and James McHughes, Sacramento News and Review; and Tim Silbaugh and Johanna Goodman, Seattle Weekly. The AAN News article about the contest has been updated to reflect the announcement.
Advertising expenditures rose to $31.5 billion in the first quarter of 2004, an increase of nearly 10% over the same period the year before, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR.
After being displaced by the Sudanese civil war, two orphaned Dinka refugees, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor, came to the U.S. to start over. Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk document the first year of the young men's new life in the film "Lost Boys of Sudan." Metro Silicon Valley reviewer Richard von Busack describes the film as a devastating study of the gulf between the U.S. and the rest of the planet. Read the latest film reviews in the Movies section of AltWeeklies.com.
Started nearly 10 years ago by soft-spoken software engineer Craig Newmark, Craigslist went from a small e-mail list of local events and parties to become a national and international phenomenon providing local residents with a cheap, simple way to sell junk, find a new job, or find a mate quickly. And as it has grown to encompass 45 cities -- with more to come -- Craigslist has resisted buyout offers and paid advertising while becoming a powerful alternative to daily newspaper and alternative-weekly classifieds -- especially in its hometown.
Four newspapers lead the pack with five nominations each for the Alternative Newsweekly Awards this year. They are Colorado Springs Independent, SF Weekly, L.A. Weekly and Orlando Weekly. The order of finish in each category of the ninth annual contest will be announced Friday, June 25, at the Alternative Newsweekly Awards luncheon at the AAN convention in San Antonio. New York Times media reporter David Carr will host this year’s awards luncheon.
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