The New York Observer reports that Steven Thrasher, Camille Dodero, and Victoria Bekiempis have been let go today.
Steven Thrasher has been named Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association for his work appearing in the Village Voice, the New York Times, and Out magazine.
Reporter David "Goldy" Goldstein was finally allowed to attend the press conference after an attorney for The Stranger got involved.
Putting a twist on its annual Queer Guide, The Portland Mercury says "it's simply a matter of time" before same-sex marriage is legal, so it's time to start planning.
Miami New Times, Jackson Free Press and The Memphis Flyer each received first-place Green Eyeshade awards from the SPJ southeastern division.
Pacific Northwest Inlander picked up the General Excellence award.
From the Village Voice in 1981 to The Stranger in 2012, a brief history of alt-weekly Pulitzer Prize winners.
Sanders is the first alt-weekly writer to win a Pulitzer since Jonathan Gold in 2007.
The daughter of Independent Weekly (Lafayette, La.) publishers Steve May and Cherry Fisher May was reportedly punched and knocked unconscious by a local developer who has been engaged in an ongoing dispute with the paper over its coverage of a state property tax loophole.
