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Former AnnArbor.com Reporter Says Editors Killed His Brendan Gibbons Story in 2009

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 15, 2014 0

IN ANN ARBOR IT is said that some bleed maize and blue. Between its 2009 launch and its 2013 end, journalistic “experiment” AnnArbor.com bled talent. Reporters frustrated by low pay and, several say, difficulty getting hard-hitting stories…

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City Officials Spend Heavily On Advertising In Monthly Tabloid & Rely Less On Advertising In Twice Weekly Newspapers

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 31, 2013 2

THE ANN ARBOR Indepdendent accepts no advertising from local, county or state government, local universities or the Ann Arbor Public Schools. It is a policy that takes direct aim at bolstering the newspaper’s editorial independence. The…

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EDITORIAL: When Content-For-Clicks Trumps Journalistic Ethics

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 13, 2013 0

THE “NEW” ANN ARBOR News is still churning out the same old “content-for-clicks” journalism that it was criticized for serving up to the community by the Columbia Journalism Review, as well as the American Journalism Review in separate…

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AnnArbor.com —30—

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 12, 2013 14

by P.D. Lesko In 2009, AnnArbor.com Kontent King Tony Dearing announced the "future of journalism in Ann Arbor": "Ding. Dong. The Witch is dead," wrote an A2Politico reader in response to a December 2012 piece about the falling…

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Ward 1 Incumbent’s Campaign Literature Criticized As Full of “Half-Truths”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 10, 2013 12

THE DICTIONARY DEFINES propaganda as the deliberate spreading of information, ideas, or rumors in an effort to either help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation. Most commonly propaganda is used in the political arena.…

Ann Arbor Government

Ward 1 Sabra Briere Gets A Challenger for City Council Seat

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 3, 2013 32

At the 4th of July parade as the Backwards Clown Brigade chuckled along the parade route, a man seated on the curb turned to his wife and said, loudly enough for others to hear, "The Backwards Clown Brigade. Ann Arbor City Council." People…

“It’s Embarrassing….” Says AnnArbor.com Staffer

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 19, 2013 13

In a February 2013 piece about AnnArbor.com, the Columbia Journalism Review called the site's work content-for-clicks journalism. Perhaps the assessment was harsh because MLive leadership had refused the CJR reporter access to the…

Mayor Proposes Citizens Advisory Commission Should Continue To Be A Whites-Only Country Club

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 13, 2013 6

by P.D. Lesko John Hieftje is proposing to reappoint 10 people to the Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Commission (CAC) at City Council's May 13th meeting. By law the CAC Board is charged with advising the Board of the Downtown Development…

Ann Arbor Government

Downtown Area Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) Calls Resolution to Rein in DDA Board “Irrational.” Records Reveal All CAC Board Appointments Expired in 2012.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 1, 2013 22

THE DOWNTOWN AREA Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) is supposed to be a group of no more than 15 mayoral appointees who, by Council resolution, live within the downtown area and "advise the DDA and City Council with regard to implementation…

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City Administrator Memo To Council: “At this time, I am not proceeding with reducing the number of fire stations”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 14, 2013 1

John Hieftje and his political pals have a reputation of ignoring public opinion. Perhaps the most egregious example was a 2008 Council meeting at which petitions with 6,000 signatures were presented to Council to urge them to put the…

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