Salt Lake City Weekly writers held sway at the Top of the Rockies competition, a regional contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Competing against papers from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming in the 10,000 to 75,000 circulation range, the paper garnered a dozen awards, four of them first place.
Baltimore City Paper reporter Van Smith's article on a local record store owner who pleaded guilty to "possession with intent to distribute cocaine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone," included a disclosure that the author had previously purchased marijuana from the store.
Alt-Weekly writers are well-represented in the list of finalists for the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards. Winners will be announced on May 6.
With its March 11 issue, Washington City Paper debuts a comics page, once again making funnies a significant part of the paper’s editorial mix.
Charleston City Paper and Columbia Free Times picked up several awards at the South Carolina Press Association Awards over the weekend.
In an open letter to readers, Washington City Paper publisher Amy Austin says that "more than 600 supporters have given checks, most of them for just $20, to ring up more than $28,000 to a legal defense fund" set up fight a lawsuit brought by Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder.
The D.C. Area Online News Meetup Group will be addressing the legal dispute between Washington City Paper and Redskins owner Dan Snyder. First Amendment attorney Kevin Goldberg will be on hand to lead the discussion, as will City Paper senior staff.
City Pages (Twin Cities) publisher Mark Bartel has departed after twenty-nine years with the Minneapolis-based publication, thirteen of those were as publisher.
Baltimore City Paper art director Joe MacLeod has been named to The Awl's "20 People To Follow On Twitter" list.
Rather than add to the existing commentary on Dan Snyder's attempt to silence criticism with money, we're standing in solidarity with Washington City Paper by using the most valuable asset we have: our voice.
