http://www.aan.org/ The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) is the trade organization for the alternative newspaper business. AAN is a diverse group of 125 non-daily free-circulation papers that are distributed in all of the major metropolitan areas of North America. en-us Copyright 2009 The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals and non-commercial organizations only. Newspapers, magazines, and other commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact editor@aan.org. editor@aan.org support@desert.net Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:12 EST Dispatch Gyrobase http://aan.org/images/icon_88x31.gif http://www.aan.org/ AAN is the trade organization for the alternative newspaper business. 88 31 http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1238959 The Houston Press and Fort Worth Weekly were the big winners in this year's awards competition sponsored by the Houston Press Club. The Press won a total of 16 awards. In the big papers division, it finished first for Business Story and General Commentary/Criticism, while staff writer Craig Malisow was named Print Journalist of the Year (his colleague Chris Vogel was runner-up.) In the art and web divisions open to all papers, the Press took home first-place awards for Feature Story, Hard News Reporting, Photo Package and Sports Photo. The Weekly, competing in the small papers division, won a total of 11 awards, including first-place finishes in Feature Story, Investigative Reporting, Politics/Government, Sports Story and Business Story (which it swept). Also in the large division, the Dallas Observer won four awards, including firsts for Feature Story, Sports Story; in the small division, San Antonio Current took home three awards. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Honors & Achievements Houston Press Club (pdf) http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1238982 "I felt like the kid who was the first to be picked for the school baseball team," See publisher Todd Kosloski says, describing how he felt at Saturday's annual meeting after his alt-weekly was admitted as an AAN member. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Association News See Magazine http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1238983 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Press Releases DesignHammer Media Group Press Release http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1238984 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Press Releases Arkansas Times http://aan.org/alternative/worcester_magazine_debuts_new_design_and_format__shortens_name/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=1239046 The Massachusetts alt-weekly unveils a new format today with more color pages and a stapled bind. Savvy readers may also notice that the publication's title is five letters shorter: Worcester Mag is the official title of the paper now. "We are embracing the abbreviation so many readers have used for years," publisher Gareth Charter says. "We are not a magazine in the traditional sense of that term. We are an alternative news voice; in print once a week and online 24/7." Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Press Releases Worcester Mag Press Release http://aan.org/alternative/thoughts_on_the_tucson_convention/Aan/Post?oid=1239328 "Dozens of members told me that despite the feeble attendance it was one of the best AAN conventions they've ever attended," says AAN executive director Richard Karpel. But he disregarded their feedback and came up with his own theories about this year's confab. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Executive Director's Blog http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1236384 The alt-weekly won this year's Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in the non-daily category for its story on the growing heroin epidemic among Long Island's youth -- a story the judges called "the epitome of public service journalism." The story -- "Long Highland" -- also won the AltWeekly Award for Public Service last week in Tucson. The Dallas Observer and New Times Broward-Palm Beach received honorable mentions in the Casey Medal competition, which recognizes "exemplary reporting on children and families in the U.S." Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Honors & Achievements The Journalism Center on Children & Families http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1236400 "Somebody broke into the Bay Guardian parking lot last night, rammed through the chain-link fence and drove away with our van," Guardian executive editor Tim Redmond writes. "Kinda crazy -- it's ten years old, it's all beat up -- and it has the Guardian logo all over it and a Best of the Bay mural on the side. Hard to hide." Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Industry News San Francisco Bay Guardian http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1236401 First Call Properties, a Texas real estate company, has sued Craigslist for trademark infringement based on ads posted by users in what Online Media Daily says "appears to be a first." The company alleges that shortly after it began placing ads on Craigslist, rival AAA Apartment Locating began posting Craigslist ads using the phrases "first call," "call first," and "call us first" in a deliberate attempt to confuse consumers. First Call claims that Craigslist knew that AAA was using the First Call trademark and failed to stop the ads from appearing. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Legal News Online Media Daily http://aan.org/alternative/full_list_of_2009_altweekly_awards_winners_released/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=1236419 L.A. Weekly led the large-circulation division for the second year in a row with four first-place wins, while Santa Fe Reporter led the small-circulation division, also with four first-place wins. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Association News AAN News http://aan.org/alternative/aan_elects_new_president__fills_ten_board_seats/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=1236698 At the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies on Saturday, June 27, Willamette Week's Mark Zusman was elected the association's new president. He succeeds Metroland's Stephen Leon, who will take the advisory role of Immediate Past President. The membership voted on nine other board seats on Saturday, including two that were created just minutes earlier when AAN's bylaws were amended. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST Association News AAN News http://aan.org/alternative/full_text_of_lucy_dalglish_s_prepared_remarks/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=1234148 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 EST Association News AAN http://aan.org/alternative/two_newspapers_voted_into_aan/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=1234181 At the annual meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies this weekend in Tucson, AAN members approved the membership applications of Inland Empire Weekly of Corona, Calif., and Edmonton's See Magazine. In addition, the membership status of six current member papers that had changed hands in the last two years was affirmed. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 EST Association News AAN News http://aan.org/alternative/salt_lake_city_weekly_wins_state_awards__including_best_reporter/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=1233866 Salt Lake City Weekly won a total of 19 awards in the Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists' annual awards on June 12. The Weekly's Stephen Dark was named Best Newspaper Reporter (his colleague Ted McDonough received an honorable mention in the same category). "Dark had the most diverse and interesting subject matter," the judges wrote. "His ability to tell a story in a clean and compelling manner also stood out." The alt-weekly also won first-place awards for Consumer Reporting, Government Reporting and Military Reporting. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 EST Press Releases Salt Lake City Weekly Press Release http://aan.org/alternative/Redirector?oid=1233867 SF Weekly's Katy St. Clair took home a first-place Humor column award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in its annual contest. Roy Edroso of The Village Voice, Stephen Lemons of Phoenix New Times, and Chuck Strouse and Elyse Wanshel, both of Miami New Times, were also recognized by the group. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 EST Honors & Achievements National Society of Newspaper Columnists