Thirty-seven AAN member publications completed the survey, sharing information on staff demographics, readership, and diversity in coverage.
Editor/Publisher Jimmy Boegle asks community for help in expanding news coverage and strengthening distribution.
Tucson Weekly editor Jimmy Boegle will step down at year's end to launch an alternative publication in Southern California's Coachella Valley.
AAN's Diversity Committee has compiled a 3-page list of tips on fostering diversity and inclusion within the alternative news industry.
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has launched an individual mentorship program to further the exchange of knowledge among its member publications.
AAN's Diversity Committee is continuing its work to make alt-weeklies more diverse as it tries to move the panel's mission beyond editorial and reconfigures the process for applying for Diversity Grants.
In an interview with AAN, Tucson Weekly editor Jimmy Boegle describes the events of Jan. 8 and reflects on a period he calls, "the four most emotionally draining days of my journalism career."
AAN members voted on several key matters during the association's annual meeting on Saturday, July 17. Eleven seats on the Board of Directors were filled, three publications were admitted into the association, and a bylaws amendment allowing online-only publications to apply for membership was passed by an overwhelming majority.
Elections for several positions on the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Board of Directors will be held today (Saturday, July 17), during the association's annual meeting in Toronto.
