Seattle, Wash., alt-weekly The Stranger has tabbed five creative types for its annual Genius Awards, reports Regina Hackett of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The awards, which Stranger editor-in-chief Dan Savage describes as a middle ground between the MacArthur and Publishers Clearinghouse Awards, debuted in 2003. Like last year, each of this year's winners receives a cake frosted with the words "You're a genius!" and a promise of $5,000. A party for the winners will be held Oct. 15 at Western Bridge, a Seattle art space.
Finalists have been announced in the annual Salute to Excellence Awards sponsored by the National Association of Black Journalists. More than half of the finalists named for papers with a circulation under 150,000 are from New Times papers. The Riverfront Times of St. Louis has four stories nominated, including two by staff writer Mike Seely. The Cleveland Scene boasts two finalists. Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer and New Times Broward-Palm Beach are also represented on the short-list. Winners will be announced at the NABJ's awards banquet Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C.
News from the 27th annual Association of Alternative Newsweeklies convention in San Antonio has been archived online, allowing members to review any of the goings-on they may have missed. Coverage of this year's convention far exceeded that of past years, with a team of writers and editors producing an AAN Convention Daily newsletter. Contributors included Academy for Alternative Journalism fellows, alt-weekly staff members and AAN's editor.
After Colorado Springs Independent Publisher John Weiss received a Small Business Person of the Year award from the local Chamber of Commerce, an office-supply store owner named Ed Bircham took out newspaper ads questioning whether Weiss deserved it. Responding to allegations made in Bircham's ads, Weiss admits in his latest column that, yes, the Independent had indeed used profanity in the paper recently when it quoted what Vice President Dick Cheney said to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Weiss also pleaded guilty to running same-sex personal ads in the paper. But the alt-weekly publisher didn't sound the least bit remorseful.
Chicago Reader has been named to Editor & Publisher's "10 That Do It Right" list. It is cited for its singular achievement in attracting young, single readers while producing a thick, substantive paper that doesn't fit the mold. "Long-form journalism is a staple, but screechy commentary on national issues isn't," E&P's Greg Mitchell comments. The Reader and nine other winners are profiled in an online article available only to E&P subscribers.
The Denver alt-weekly writer won a 2004 medal in the nondaily newspaper category for her story “Nowhere Boy,” which chronicles the struggle of an adoptive family to obtain mental health services for their severely emotionally troubled son. The article "touches on funding of the mental-health system, high-risk adoption and the various mental disorders and conditions linked to fetal alcohol syndrome. It’s a compelling subject done nicely," the judges commented. The awards are sponsored by the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families.
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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