Edelstein Laid Off from the Loaf
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »After 11 years as editor, Ken Edelstein on Monday was fired from Creative Loafing. "This was an involuntary termination," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an article published today. According to the AJC, neither side would comment on Edelstein's layoff. ...
Senate Debate Cancelled
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Atlanta Press Club Events, local | No Comments »Atlanta Press Club cancels U.S. Senate debate Thursday, November 20, 2008, 04:39 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A few minutes ago, the Atlanta Press Club officially canceled its plans for hosting U.S. Senate runoff debate for Sunday, executive director Lauri Straus said. Neither Democrat Jim ...
Nichols’ Death Penalty Trial Begins
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »Today is the day that a jury begins deciding whether Brian Nichols lives or dies for murdering four people during a shooting spree in March 2005 that began at the Fulton County Courthouse. I still have vivid memories of that day, as ...
What was it like?
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Atlanta Press Club, local | No Comments »I would imagine I am not the only Atlanta Press Club member curious to hear from fellow journalists about what it was like to cover this historic presidential election. If you were out there in the thick of it -- ...
Election countdown…
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in APC programs, Atlanta Press Club Events, local | No Comments »Coverage of Election Day is becoming more urgent and -- in some instances -- a bit shrill. Many of the local stories are focusing on problems and issues associated with early voting (which, for full disclosure, I did this week ...
Creative Loafing Files Chapter 11
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in local | 2 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, ...
Go, Cynthia Tucker! Read this…
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Posted in local | 1 Comment »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...
Storm Rips through Atlanta
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in local | No Comments »Looks like the storm over the weekend set the Atlanta blogger community a-twittering among other things. For photos and video footage captured by MSM and citizen journalists, check out Grayson Daughter's blog.