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More on the last three $1,000 grants awarded by the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture Also tagged Amanda Uhle, Bill Streety, Blues, Jazz, local music, micro-philanthropy, Perkins Pickles, photography, Tom Perkins, Trevor Stone 2 Comments
AnnArbor.com heroically pushes yet further into the post-journalism frontier, selling their front page to Pete Hoekstra for a desperate, ill-conceived Stabenow smear
I’m tempted to express outrage, but, the truth is, it’s a weak campaign, and, as Hoekstra is polling a full 16 points behind Stabenow, I don’t think it really matters. In fact, I’m kind of happy to see team Hoekstra pissing away what’s left in their coffers like this. In fact, here’s hoping the folks […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged advertising, Debbie Stabenow, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, Pete Hoekstra, political ads, Senate, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism 29 Comments
Please write to AnnArbor.com and ask them to cover the Eller race
A few days ago, in the wake of the Jaycees’ candidate meet and greet event, AnnArbor.com wrote a story about Ypsilanti’s City Council race. In the article, they had the following to say about Mike Eller. Mike Eller, 45, a lifelong Ypsilanti resident, is the owner of local business Populist Cleaning Company. Eller has never […]
In Defense of Ypsi… An idea for a new AnnArbor.com related project
[I have no idea if something like this is even possible, but I thought that I’d throw the idea out there, just in case someone wanted to take it on. We can debate the content of the message, but I like the idea of having some kind of automated response on behalf of our community, […]
Is “Oh, shit, I’m about to crash” a suitable headline for an article about a young woman’s violent death?
I think it’s commendable that AnnArbor.com is marshaling their considerable resources in order to draw attention to the risks posed by distracted driving, but I found their headline today to be unnecessarily sensationalistic, to the point of being offensive. “Oh, shit, I’m about to crash,” while it may have well been what the young woman […]
