Creative Loafing Files Chapter 11
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »Creative Loafing Inc., publisher of Atlanta's Creative Loafing alternative newsweekly and five others (including Washington, D.C.'s popular City Paper), has filed for bankruptcy protection, CEO Ben Eason announced to company leaders in a conference call today. The company, based in Tampa, ...
Atlanta Press Club salutes AJC’s “Ones that got away”
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The AJC newsroom has seen significant changes over the past year or so. Most notably, the departure this summer of 73 journalists who took a voluntary separation package. That came in the wake of a similar buyout about a year ...
Legendary Actor, Alan Alda, Brings Down the House
Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »It was great to see a soldout house at Friday's luncheon with Alan Alda at The Commerce Club. Alan was absolutely terrific. He's so witty, such a terrific storyteller ... exactly what you would expect from someone who's a terrific ...
R.I.P., Pioneering Women Journalists
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This morning I bought an actual newspaper for the first time in who knows how long. (I went for the AJC but they were sold out at my coffee shop, so I got a New York Times.) Taking a few ...
Calling all “guest bloggers”!
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Atlanta Press Club | No Comments »Please let us know if you'd like to be a guest blogger! We want to hear from our membership what's important to you as journalists. Email or call the Press Club office and let us know who you are and ...
Shameful non-coverage
Sunday, September 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The day before Hurricane Ike blasted the Texas coast, a horrific train accident outside Los Angeles claimed the lives of at least 25. I was shocked that there was little -- if any -- coverage of this tragedy on the ...
In Remembrance…
Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Please take a few moments today to remember those lost seven years ago...and those who continue to give their lives in service to this country through the U.S. Armed Forces. Though the events of 9/11/01 are so "far" behind us, we ...
Go, Cynthia Tucker! Read this…
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »I can't even paraphrase it...you must read Jay Bookman's blog post today for yourself. Whatever your politics, I think we can ALL agree that that Bill O'Reilly is a piece of work...
Journalists Present Petitions to Drop Charges Against Their Own
Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today, independent journalists and advocates presented a petition with 50,000 signatures at the city hall in St. Paul, Minn., demanding charges be dropped against journalists who were arrested covering anti-war protests during the Republican National Convention this week. Media groups who have critized the arrests include ...
Magic Mixer at Dogwood!
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in Atlanta Press Club Events, Mixers | No Comments »There was hardly room to move at last Wednesday's Atlanta Press Club mixer at Dogwood restaurant in Midtown. View photos of the event at the blog for Jill Lerner of Lerner Communications. Special thanks to Miglena Sandmeier for organizing another ...