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Association of Alternative Newsweeklies

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Tommy Russo, FOW (Friend of the Weekly) and Maui Time Publisher, Gets Support in Legal Fight with Cops

    FacebookTommy Russo​Longtime readers may recall the Anthony Pignataro byline from OC Weekly print editions of past. Foes, friends and close readers know that the investigative reporter left our little slice of paradise for an island paradise, Maui, where he was editor of the Maui Time Weekly.Pigna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Honors Navel Gazing and 2009 Best of OC Issue

    ​OC Weekly left Toronto, the site of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' (AAN) annual convention, with a couple honors.Navel Gazing, the staff news blog that your eyes are feasting on right now, won the second-place award in the "Blog (Group or Staff)" category for papers with weekly circ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    The Good, The Bad, The Stereotypical, and the Strange About Eating a Burrito in Toronto

    ​A gig as the master of ceremonies for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies annual convention took me to Canada last week--specifically, Toronto. Dave raved about the West Indian food there, and I've long known Toronto offers one of the world's great multicultural mixes--but I was resigned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2009

    Orange County to Lose Bankruptcy Crown to Jefferson County, AL?

    ​Am in Chicago right now for an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) conference, and during a meeting at a bar, three good ol' boys went up to me. "So you're from Orange County, California," one drawled. Yep. "Home of the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history?" Why yes. "We're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Arellano Honored Nationally for ¡Ask a Mexican! Columns

    Gustavo Arellano and his ¡Ask a Mexican! column was honored in the large ciculation category at last week's 2009 AltWeekly Awards presentation during the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) convention in Tuscon, Arizona. Arellano received honorable mention in the "Column: circulation 50,0 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    For Immediate Release: LA Weekly, Editor to Part Ways

    The LA Weekly is announcing that Editor in Chief Laurie Ochoa and the paper are parting ways after eight years. A former intern, contributor, and special sections editor at the LA Weekly from 1984-1988, Ochoa returned to take over the editor in chief role in 2001. LA Weekly wishes her luck in all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Our Mexican Up For Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award

    Congrats, Gustavo! The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has nominated "¡Ask a Mexican!" as a finalist in the Column (circulation 50,000 and over) category for 2009. He won the award last year, and the AAN press release says this is his "third award" -- though it's not clear whether that incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2008

    OC Weekly Winners!

    Am about to return to la naranja after a week in Philadelphia for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' annual convention. Am happy to report yours truly won the Best Column award for alt-weeklies with a circulation over 55,000 for the second time in three years. And il cappo di tutti capi of ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 22, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Am about to return to la naranja after a week in Philadelphia for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' annual convention. Am happy to report yours truly won the Best Column award for alt-weeklies with a circulation over 55,000 for the second time in three years. And il cappo di tutti capi of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Alt-Newsweeklies publish links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Apaio's home address in solidarity with Phoenix New Times

    In 2005, our sister paper, the Phoenix New Times, published Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's home address on its website and was subsequently threatened with felony prosecution. After an adjoining jurisdiction declined to press charges, the sheriff's political pal, Attorney Andrew Thomas, conven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    More Fallout from Anti-OC Weekly Article in The Nation

    On newstands now is what we wrote about last month: A Nation piece by UC Irvine professor Jon Wiener criticizing the Weekly's new ownership and the tumultuous turnover here earlier this year. Rumor has it the Nation will print a response by Weekly jefe Ted Kissell, which means our own must be out of ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 29, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    June 21 - June 27

  • Columns

    June 29, 2006

    Letters

    'You are smart and funny. And have a very cute cooter'

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2006

    Simply the Best (AltWeekly Awards edition)

    If you are told something you already know, can it still be called news? If you're a reader of OC Weekly, you already know that Rebecca Schoenkopf, who is as brilliant as she is beautiful, and the remarkable and indefatigable Gustavo Arellano are the best at what they do, so is there any point in t ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 8, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Hooray for the Evil Queen! Crazy sex, evil, awards top local communists perfect month!

  • Columns

    June 29, 2000

    Letters

    Hooray for the Evil Queen! Crazy sex, evil, awards top local communists perfect month!

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