The Santa Barbara Independent is now one of three AAN publications to take on this monumental project and present their most popular annual edition in 3-D.
Quick's quirky, original and instantly recognizable work debuted in the Aug. 29 issue and appears weekly in the Missoula Independent's pages.
At the AAN Annual Meeting in Miami on July 13, members voted in two new members, filled seats on the Board of Directors, and approved changes to the association bylaws.
Boulder Weekly, Colorado Springs Independent, Salt Lake City Weekly, and the Santa Fe Reporter picked up awards in the Top of the Rockies contest.
Missoula Independent, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Seattle Weekly, and Willamette Week were winners in the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism awards contest.
The Colorado Springs Independent, Houston Press, Miami New Times and The Texas Observer have each won Sigma Delta Chi Awards from the national Society of Professional Journalists.
The decision affirms a 2011 ruling that Santa Barbara Independent publisher Randy Campbell sell his stake in the paper to editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge.
The 2012 year-end "Give!" campaigns by Colorado Springs Independent, Monterey County Weekly, and Willamette Week raised a combined $3.7 million for local non-profits.
Tucson Weekly editor Jimmy Boegle will step down at year's end to launch an alternative publication in Southern California's Coachella Valley.
Woundy moves up from the managing editor position to replace Ralph Routon, who will remain as executive editor.
