Independent Weekly staff writer Mosi Secret is leaving the paper to work for the self-described "non-profit newsroom producing journalism in the public interest," the Weekly reports. Secret, a 2004 Academy for Alternative Journalism fellow who recently won his second Casey Medal in as many years, will join former San Francisco Bay Guardian and SF Weekly reporter A.C. Thompson and former Texas Observer editor and Miami New Times scribe Jake Bernstein on the ProPublica staff.
A bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general urged Senate leadership to quickly pass the measure in a letter (PDF file) that they will deliver July 8 when the Senate returns from its Summer recess, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. (Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote separately to endorse the bill.) The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the bill, and the House has already passed the companion bill. Broadcasting & Cable notes that the prospects for a shield law's passage "look brighter" than in the past, due to bipartisan Congressional support and the fact that both presumptive presidential nominees are co-sponsors of the Senate bill.
"It's scary, or it damn well should be," former free daily paper editor John Wilpers says of Arianna Huffington's recently announced plan to venture into local news. "With her clout and visibility, she may succeed at the aggregation game where others have failed or are struggling. She plans to grab your content and the best local bloggers and citizen journalists -- something we should have done long ago." He says that papers should act now to help fight out the HuffPo incursion, by lining up high-quality local bloggers -- to run not only on your website, but also in your weekly paper. "Your print product is a huge advantage you have over Arianna," Wilpers writes. "She has no external promotional vehicle; you have what amounts to tens or even hundreds of thousands of daily promotional fliers for your bloggers and your website."
Cleveland Scene editor Pete Kotz has been named the new editor of the Nashville Scene in the wake of last week's news that the Cleveland paper will be merged with Cleveland Free Times in July. On July 1, Kotz will replace Liz Garrigan, who announced she was leaving the Nashville alt-weekly in May. "I know Pete from editors' meetings and conventions and can say unequivocally that he's a wonderful guy, a talented journalist and a good soul, if not the 'dangerously handsome man' he claims to be," Garrigan writes. "He has five kids, loves to 'bust a phrase,' holds dear the value of a great story, and prefers to chase his whiskey with beer."
Winners of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' 2008 Column Writing Contest were announced Saturday night in New Orleans. The Village Voice's Lynn Yaeger took first in the Humor (circulation 100,000+) category; judges said she had a "very entertaining style that bounces right along." Edmund Newton, who writes the Tailpipe column for New Times Broward-Palm Beach, placed first in the Notes/Items (all circulations) category; judges said he takes readers on "a tasty ride through life's odder moments."
When the Los Angeles Press Club announced the 50th annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Saturday night, five AAN papers and an Associate Member were honored. LA Weekly took home 16 awards, including first place in Editorial Cartoon, Entertainment Feature, Online Entertainment, News/Feature/Commentary and Signed Commentary. OC Weekly won a total of five awards, including first place for Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Group Blog, and Sports. Ventura County Reporter received a first-place prize for News Feature, while Los Angeles CityBeat won three awards and Pasadena Weekly won two. Associate Member Amy Alkon, aka the Advice Goddess, won four awards, including first place for Column.
The Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists honored the alt-weekly with six awards in general competition, including three first-place awards, for Minority Issues Reporting, Personality Profile and Review/Criticism.
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