A brief round-up of members’ blog posts and news stories about the convention and Little Rock:
- San Diego Citybeat’s Dave Rolland is “not a big fan” of Clinton but was still impressed by him.
- Max Brantley of host paper Arkansas Times describes Clinton’s prolonged stay and speech content.
- Charlie Smith from The Georgia Straight concentrates on Clinton’s thoughts on oil dependence.
- Laura Fries of Creative Loafing covers seminars (“The 10-Minute Website Remake,” “Goof-Proof Your Website,” “Flash for Journalists“); food (Mexican and BBQ); and, in a lively post (with video), Little Rock nightlife.
- Both Boise Weekly’s Nicholas Collias and Salt Lake City Weekly’s John Saltas are impressed by the sweatiness of Little Rock: Collias calls the temperature “festerlicious,” while Saltas compares it to “walking in a marinade.“
- Tucson Weekly’s Jimmy Boegle calls Clinton the “highlight,” found Ted Conover to be “fantastic” but a “bummer,” and says he believes that Gen. Wesley Clark wants to run for president again.
- Santa Fe Reporter’s Julia Goldberg has photos on her Flickr page, video of a street celebration and of Clinton’s speech, and blog posts on the speech and the Presidential Library.
- Seven Days’ Cathy Resmer is already using what she learned in the “Flash for Journalists” session, thought Clinton “went on forever“, was surprised how “likeable” Clark was, and caught the morning sunrise.
- Weekly Planet’s Wayne Garcia says Clark is “too smart” to be president and agrees with Ted Conover.
- Cincinnati Citybeat’s John Fox recaps the Clinton luncheon in good detail.
- Isthmus’ Vincent O’Hern says a late lunch “was worth it to spend such quality time” with Clinton.
- Orlando Weekly’s Jeffery Billman offers a love letter to his “man-crush” Clinton.
- Donna Ladd relays how Jackson Free Press’ battle against Gannett became a topic of discussion.
- Speaker Martin Gee has lots of photos here and here.
- Advice Goddess Amy Alkon complains about Little Rock’s facility surcharge and posts pictures from the Arkansas Arts Center and the Clinton Presidential Library.
- Independent News, a newspaper from Pensacola that had applied for membership this year, makes the AAN convention their cover story.
- Patty Calhoun provides a peek behind the scenes at the Clinton speech.
- Mary Anna Towler from City Newspaper misses Bill Clinton.
- LEO Editor Cary Stemle’s letter from Little Rock.
- Willamette Week’s Byron Beck finds hope in Little Rock’s tolerance and diversity.
