Best AltWeekly Writing and Design 2005 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977047105 ISBN 13: 9780977047109

Publisher: AAN Press, 2005

Synopsis

Best AltWeekly Writing and Design 2005 is a collection of the 40 best pieces published in alternative newspapers last year. It includes Nigel Jaquiss's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into sexual abuse committed by one of Oregon's leading political figures, Mara Shalhoup's account of the night an 18-year-old Atlanta prostitute became a serial killer, Renee Downing's examination of the significance of a cancer cluster in Arizona, and much more. Critical comments by the judges of the 2005 AltWeekly Awards contest introduce each chapter.

About this title

About the Author

Ruth Hammond is the editor of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, where she oversees the AltWeekly Awards contest and the collaborative news site AltWeeklies.com. She has done investigative reporting for three alternative weeklies and has been a staff writer for five daily papers. La Shonya McNeil is a communications specialist in Washington, D.C., who has worked on public health and national service awareness projects. She has a communication studies degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Edition details

• Publisher: AAN Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977047105
• ISBN 13: 9780977047109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254
• Editor: Ruth Hammond, La Shonya McNeil