http://andyvogel.com/blog1 "The reality of Milwaukee is Laverne and Shirley don't work here anymore. ...if you're looking for a cutting edge city, come to Milwaukee." Mayor Tom Barrett in an address to the Milwaukee Interactive Marketing Association. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:23:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TheMash, the paper's collaboration with Chicago Public Schools on a weekly newspaper for and largely written by Chicago teens, is scheduled to make its debut Sept. 4 with an initial distribution of 100,000 copies in the city's 130 public high schools. Student contributors will receive training and guidance from Chicago ... http://andyvogel.com/blog1/2008/09/05/tribune-works-with-public-schools-in-chicago/ There are plenty of people in the Washington area who've cursed out the Examiner for its penchant to throw papers willy-nilly on lawns and stoops. Yet Shepherd Park resident Don Squires came up with perhaps the most original protest. At an advisory neighborhood commission meeting earlier this year that addressed ... http://andyvogel.com/blog1/2008/09/04/washington-examiner-dumping/ The Tampa Tribune is said to be considering publishing as a one-section broadsheet newspaper weekdays, with very few stories "jumping" or continued off the front page. (http://blogs.tampabay.com/media/2008/08/will-the-tampa.html 8/29 via http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45) http://andyvogel.com/blog1/2008/09/04/tampa-may-go-to-one-section/ City Paper arts editor on the state of book coverage at alternative weeklies. (http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/2008/08/guest-post-mark-athitakis-on-state-of.html 8/27 via http://aan.org) Good thing for Milwaukee that the Shepherd Express both reviews books and publishes extended author interviews. Shepherd Express Books Shepherd Express Authors Voices http://andyvogel.com/blog1/2008/09/04/book-coverage-alive-and-well-in-milwaukee-thanks-to-the-shepherd/ More staff cuts are coming for Washington City Paper. According to a newsroom insider, parent company Creative Loafing told City Paper staff that they would need to cut the publication's budget by $170,000. (http://dcist.com/2008/08/27/more_staff_cuts_at_the_washington_c.php 8/27 via http://aan.org) http://andyvogel.com/blog1/2008/09/04/alt-cuts/