AAN News
New Times Dominates NABJ Awardsnew
Newspapers in the Phoenix-based alt-weekly chain
picked up seven of the 11 awards handed
out last month in the under 150,000 circulation
category of the National Association of Black
Journalists' annual contest. Dallas Observer's Jim
Schutze and Julie Lyons, Cleveland
Scene's Thomas Francis and Riverfront
Times' Jeannette Batz all were named
first-place winners.
National Association of Black Journalists |
09-24-2003 1:05 pm |
Industry News
Dallas Observer Wins Round One in Libel Suitnew
An appeals court panel rules that a March 2000 story about Dallas restauranteur Dale Wamstad's troubled family life was not libelous. Wamstad's advertising for his chain of restaurants promotes his "family man" image, which the Dallas Observer helped puncture with a story about his ex-wife's claims of abuse. The court found that Wamstad's advertising and court battles had made him a "public figure," and therefore a legitimate target for media attention.
Dallas Observer |
06-23-2003 12:23 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Dallas Observer
AAN Papers Take Four Firsts in Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awardsnew
Dallas Observer won two first place awards in the 2003 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, and The Village Voice and Phoenix New Times each took one. East Bay Express won second place in the General Excellence category for papers with circulations 50,001 to 100,000, and New Times papers were finalists in nine other categories.
Missouri School of Journalism |
06-17-2003 2:04 pm |
Industry News
AAN Writers Are Winners and Finalists in James Beard Awardsnew
New Times writers swept the Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique category of the 2003 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards with Jason Sheehan of Westword winning, while Jill Posey-Smith of Riverfront Times and Robb Walsh of Houston Press were finalists. Mark Stuertz of the Dallas Observer was the winner in the Newspaper, Magazine or Internet Reporting on Consumer Issues, Nutrition and/or Health category for his article “Green Giant." Dara Moskowitz,
City Pages (Twin Cities) and Walsh
were finalists in the newspaper series category.
James Beard Foundation |
05-14-2003 1:14 pm |
Industry News
Finalists Announced in Alternative Newsweekly Awards
Washington City Paper leads the
field with six nominations in the eighth
annual awards contest,
followed by the Dallas Observer
with five. Among individual contestants,
Thomas Francis of Cleveland
Scene and Heather Swaim of OC
Weekly are nominated twice. The order of
finish in
the contest will be announced June 6 at
the AAN Convention.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
05-02-2003 2:28 pm |
Industry News
Alt-Weekly Columnist Asks: What's Wrong With Sex Ads?new
Dallas Observer's Eric Celeste understands why the local daily rejects them, but he's not sure why his own paper is cutting back. Publisher Alison Draper says it's because sex ads are "a managerial nightmare." And Editor Julie Lyons, who thinks the ads are "disgusting," calls Draper's decision to scale them back "the most courageous thing I've ever seen a publisher do."
Dallas Observer |
07-25-2002 10:55 am |
Industry News
Texas Satire Case Leaves Writers Exposed
"At the mercy of the humorless reader"
(FULL STORY)
Alice Neff Lucan |
06-26-2002 11:33 am |
Association News
Tags: Dallas Observer
Dallas Observer Faces Libel Suit for Satirical News Articlenew
Earlier this month, a Texas appeals court
declined to dismiss a case in which the
Dallas Observer and reporter
Rose Farley were sued for libel
by local officials who were offended by a
"news story" penned by Ms. Farley. The
article wasn't labeled as satire,
so
Denton County Judge Darlene Whitten
and District Attorney Bruce Isaacks
apparently are concerned that readers
may have believed Ms. Farley's satirical
tale, which has the pair jailing a first
grader for a book report on Maurice
Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are."
New York Times |
05-19-2002 1:25 pm |
Industry News
Miller Wins Mayoral Election in Dallasnew
Laura Miller, firebrand ex-Dallas Observer columnist, wins the runoff mayoral election in the Big D. "She is intelligent, articulate and dedicated to her
goals," says The Dallas Morning News in an editorial. "And the fact that she is a former investigative reporter is certain to attract national attention."
Dallas Morning News |
02-19-2002 10:08 am |
Industry News
Tags: Dallas Observer, Laura Miller
Former Alt-Weekly Columnist Faces Runoff in Mayoral Racenew
Populist firebrand and former Dallas
Observer columnist Laura Miller
received 48.8 percent of the vote in
yesterday's mayoral election in Dallas,
and now faces a runoff against Tom
Dunning, a well-connected
businessman. Miller's campaign
stressed a return to basics: fixing
potholes, building parks and improving
the police department.
Associated Press |
01-20-2002 2:39 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Dallas Observer, Laura Miller
More on the Changes at fwweeklynew
Eric Celeste muses in the Dallas Observer on the departure of Lee Newquist from New Times and the future of Fort Worth Weekly in the post-John Forsyth era.
Dallas Observer |
10-23-2001 9:10 am |
Industry News
New Times Buys Assets of Dallas Competitor
With The Met Shuttered, New Times Has Dallas-FW All to Itself.
(FULL STORY)
Christine Iwan |
09-22-2000 11:50 am |
Industry News
FW Weekly Sold to New Times Inc.
New Times says it was attracted to paper's "editorial success."
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
08-11-2000 11:51 am |
Industry News
