Writers from the Chicago Reader, L.A. Weekly and Westword all took home top prizes at this year's James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards, which recognize excellence in food writing. The Reader's Cliff Doerksen won in the Newspaper Feature Writing category for his feature on mince pie, and Westword's Jared Jacang Maher came out on top in the Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs category for his piece on the pay-what-you-want SAME Cafe. Meanwhile, the Weekly's Pulitzer-winning food critic Jonathan Gold added another awards notch to his belt with a win in the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews category.
The Twin Cities alt-weekly is in line for 17 awards this year in the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' annual Page One Awards. Specific placements will be announced at a May 21 awards banquet.
Newslaw, the legal hotline provided by AAN exclusively for its members that is owned and operated by Washington attorney Alice Neff Lucan, is in the midst of an office move from D.C. to Harrisonburg, Va. As of May 1, the new office phone number will be 540-568-8400; the email address -- newslaw (at) newslaw.com -- will remain the same.
The 33rd annual AAN Convention is heading north to Toronto, where NOW Magazine will host a three-day gathering of enlightening programming, unforgettable parties and crucial networking with your AAN peers. The convention website, which launched today, has the details thus far on programming, registration deals, travel and accommodations, and more.
Just months after San Dieguito Printers filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Reader, publisher Jim Holman has filed a cross-complaint against the printer, alleging that it has been profiting off the Reader to the tune of $1 million per year, despite telling Holman its rates were the lowest possible it could charge while still making a minimal profit.
Each year, Gambit throws a party to announce the winners of its Big Easy Awards, which honor the best in New Orleans theater and music. This year's attendees included New Orleans actors Harry Shearer (The Simpsons), Bryan Batt (Mad Men) and John Goodman (Treme), along with local musicians including Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Irma Thomas, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and the Imagination Movers.
By taking the job as spokesperson for Toronto mayoral candidate (and current deputy mayor) Joe Pantalone, former NOW writer Mike Smith is giving himself the chance to potentially replace another former NOW writer in City Hall. Don Wanagas, who wrote for the alt-weekly until 2005, is the communications director for current mayor David Miller. Miller is not running for re-election.
Schaffer was named the paper's new editor on Monday, replacing Erik Wemple, who departed for a local news website earlier this year. Schaffer, who currently lives in Philadlphia, was a reporter and senior editor at City Paper from 1997 to 2000. He went on to work at U.S. News & World Report and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and is the author of the best-selling book One Nation Under Dog, which examines America's mania for pets. "I'm sort of over the moon right now," Schaffer says. "City Paper was the first job I ever had and the most fun I've ever had at a job. I cherish the place." MORE from Politico.
Marc Keyser has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for perpetrating a nationwide anthrax hoax in 2008. Before mailing out 100 packages in 2008, Keyser sent a hoax anthrax package to the Sacramento News & Review in January 2007. He was questioned and warned by FBI agents, but not arrested, after he mailed a cylinder marked "anthrax" to the alt-weekly because he wanted publicity for a novel he had written.
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