The Alternative History of 2013: Alt-Weeklies Year in Review

Posted in Articles, Communications/Media Studies, Media Archive, United States on 2014-01-03 18:38Z by Steven

The Alternative History of 2013: Alt-Weeklies Year in Review

AAN News
Association of Alternative Newsmedia
2013-12-19

Jason Zaragoza

For our first-ever Alt-Weeklies Year in Review, we asked AAN editors and reporters to share the stories they are the most — and least — proud of from the past year. What follows is an edited version of their responses.

Stephen Segal, Philadelphia Weekly

Philly Weekly produced an awful lot in 2013 that I’m proud of — but if I have to pick one single piece I found most noteworthy, I’ll point to an issue where our staff got out of the way and let the primary source speak for itself. We excerpted as a cover story Prof. Yaba Blay’s provocative new book “One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race,” which presents stunning photographic portraits of variously-hued and multiracial Black Americans alongside essays by those subjects in which they discussed how their specific skin color, and its relationship to their lives, has shaped their unique identities. Just fascinating reading. (And an editorial note: Among other things, I find this story has pushed me into the school of thought that, AP style notwithstanding, “Black” should indeed be a capitalized ethnic term.)…

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