SN&R has launched a GoFundMe campaign aimed at offsetting legal costs associated with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's lawsuit against the paper.
At just 27 years of age, Piper is the youngest in the newspaper's 30-year history.
Editor & Publisher's annual 25 Under 35 list recognizes "people who are young, bright, and capable of tackling whatever the changing newspaper climate throws at them."
Two long-time SN&R employees, arts & culture editor Rachel Leibrock and managing editor Nick Miller, will become co-Editors. They will replace founding editor Melinda Welsh, who announced earlier this year that she is stepping down.
Editorial staffers at City Pages (Twin Cities), Dallas Observer, OC Weekly, Seattle Weekly, and SF Weekly are hit.
Illinois Times took home five awards Friday during the Illinois Press Association's annual convention.
Rachel Hutton's 2009 exploration of the impact of anonymous online reviewers on Twin Cities area restaurants has been selected to appear in the annual anthology of food writing.
