The Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke this week filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against the city, Mayor Daley and two Freedom of Information officers with the Chicago Police Department after they allegedly rejected his legitimate requests for information.
Seven Days this week released its Green Issue, the cover of which features potted plants wrapped in old issues of the Burlington alt-weekly. And the paper also includes a handy step-by-step guide on how to do the same with your old newspapers.
With taxes on the minds of most Americans, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) member papers are doing what they do best: providing an antidote to the myths that the mainstream media, local television news and politicians perpetuate about tax policy.
AAN's Diversity Committee is continuing its work to make alt-weeklies more diverse as it tries to move the panel's mission beyond editorial and reconfigures the process for applying for Diversity Grants.
Last Friday, Seattle's The Stranger hosted its first-ever fashion show, Worn Out, which delighted a sold-out crowd with work by 13 Seattle-based designers.
On July 21 through 23, industry leaders from all over will descend on New Orleans to share knowledge, network and enjoy the Big Easy as the 34th annual AAN Convention comes to town. Want to join them? Register today to take advantage of unbeatable early bird rates that are only available for a short time.
Former AAN member Hour magazine, an English-language Montreal weekly, will indeed launch a revamped publication known as Hour Community this week. The new publication "will provide substantial space to activities, festivals and other events organized by Montreal's various anglophone communities" as well as "cultural news coverage," according to a press release.
The Long Island Press brought home a total of 23 awards at the New York Press Association (NYPA)'s 2010 Better Newspaper Contest when winners were announced last weekend.
Halifax alt-weekly The Coast is nominated for three Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) this year, "showing that it punches above its tiny weight," as news editor Tim Bousquet writes. Winners of the contest, which honors "journalistic excellence and achievement in print and electronic news media in Atlantic Canada," will be announced on May 7.
Following the recent dustup over its Photoshopped images of Toronto mayor Rob Ford, NOW Magazine last week launched a contest asking readers to "Frock Ford" themselves.
