"We've never sent a reporter to Idaho Falls, much less Havana," Weekly editor Shea Andersen tells the Idaho Press-Tribune. But last week, when Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and his trade mission group traveled to Cuba, they were accompanied by Nathaniel Hoffman, who is reporting on the trip and on Cuban life for the Weekly. Access was arranged "using nothing more magic than a letter to the Cuban government requesting a visa," according to New West Boise. A spokesperson for Gov. Otter says they "were amazed" that Hoffman's visa was approved. "We were told that the Cubans were not allowing reporters in," Jon Hanian says. "They turned down over 2,000 requests, including Barbara Walters'."
Dean Kuipers' Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke was selected as one of the 20 most notable books about Michigan from 300 nominees. Published in June 2006, the book examines the lives of Michigan marijuana activists Tom Crosslin and Rolland Rohm, who were shot and killed by the FBI and state police during a standoff at their 34-acre campground in the fall of 2001. Kuipers, a Michigan native, tells the Dowagiac Daily News that national interest in his book remains strong, and a movie deal could be in the cards.
Co-publisher/co-editor Paula Routly says the remaining advertisers on her paper's voice-personals system now have a choice: "Find an internet connection at the local library, or a real one at the nearest bar." The Burlington, Vt., weekly switched to online personals about a year ago but kept the old system "for those dial-up, off-the-grid or never-adopter readers." Nevertheless, it has seen the number of users dwindle "to a handful." One 36-year-old reader isn't happy about the switch. "I have an old-fashioned view of what it means to be close," Nick Zandstra says. Although he admits his resistance is "futile," he has no intention of getting a computer. "I can better observe the phenomenon by not being in the phenomenon," he says.
The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented a total of seven First Amendment awards to Fort Worth Weekly and the Houston Press last week, the Houston Chronicle reports. The Weekly won a first-place award in the "Student" category for their collaborative effort with students on excessive use of Tasers by law enforcement. In addition, the Weekly won two second-place and one third-place awards, while the Houston Press won two third-place and one second-place award.
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