Congratulations to Nicci Kadilak of Burlington Buzz on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Newsletter for “The Daily Buzz.” Read more from Burlington Buzz: https://bit.ly/49lCjN0

Check out this week's Cover Show featuring The Austin Chronicle, North Coast Journal, Pacific Sun, The Paper, Charleston City Paper, The Source Weekly, Dallas Voice, Las Vegas Weekly, Boise Weekly, Memphis Flyer, Eugene Weekly, and Willamette Week,

Congratulations to Cassie Arredondo, Zeke Barbaro, and Cassidy Frazier of the Austin Chronicle on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Marketing and Promotion for “Free Press Forever.” Read more from the Austin Chronicle: https://bit.ly/4r68571

Congratulations to Erick Doxey of Inlander on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Photography for “Erick Doxey Photo Portfolio.” Read more from Inlander: https://bit.ly/4hZI2KQ

Check out this week's Cover Show featuring North Bay Bohemian, Monterey County Weekly, Chronogram, Source Weekly, Pittsburgh City Paper, Santa Barbara Independent, The Pitch, Erie Reader, North Coast Journal, Isthmus, Arkansas Times, and Worcester Magazine at: https://bit.ly/4pbXaHh

Congratulations to Sean Metcalf of Seven Days on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Illustration for “Welcome to the Fabulous Las Daysies.” Read more from Seven Days: https://bit.ly/498WHAV

Congratulations to Ian Racoma of Las Vegas Weekly on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Illustration for “Back to School.” Read more from Las Vegas Weekly: https://bit.ly/47B7SRL

Congratulations to Isthmus on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Political Coverage for “Do Newly Competitive Legislative Races in Wisconsin Drive Civic Engagement?” Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3WIEqD8

Congratulations to Adrian Galler and Jennifer Galler of @sourceweekly.bsky.social‬ on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Cover Art. Read winning story here: https://bit.ly/3rezp4W ##AANAwards #MadisAAN2025 #IndependentMedia #AltWeeklyExcellence #JournalismMatters #AANPublishers

Natalie Robbins of Tucson Sentinel earned First Place in the 2025 AAN Award for Solutions Journalism with Tucson Community Bail Fund. Read the winning story here: https://bit.ly/3LcIbhx

Brant Bingamon of The Austin Chronicle took home First Place in the 2025 AAN Award for Right-Wing Extremism Coverage with The Right-Wingification of UT. Read the winning story here: https://bit.ly/431SATm

Taking top honors in the 2025 AAN Award for News Story, Jimmy Boegle of Coachella Valley Independent won 1st Place with Legal but Unethical. Explore the winning piece here: https://bit.ly/47I50lP

Derek Brouwer of Seven Days captured First Place in the 2025 AAN Award for News Story – Long Form with The Fight for Decker Towers: Drug users and homeless people have overrun a low-income high-rise. Residents are gearing up to evict them. Catch the full winning story here: https://bit.ly/4nl4vmi

Check out this week's Cover Show featuring: @northcoastjournal.com‬, Gambit, Dallas Voice, @sourceweekly.bsky.social‬, @metrosiliconvalley.bsky.social, Inlander, New Times SLO, Phoenix New Times, Orlando Weekly,

Aliyah Veal of the Mississippi Free Press won First Place in the 2025 AAN Award for Music Writing with The Beat Goes On: Mississippi’s Music. Read the winning story here: https://bit.ly/474ilVv

Congratulations to Shelby Rae Wills of LOOKOUT on winning First Place in the 2025 AAN Award for LGBTQ+ Coverage with "Why is it so difficult to teach sex-ed in Arizona?" This category also includes a $500 cash award funded by Fran Zankowski. Read the winning story here:https://bit.ly/3WfXKas

Check out this week's Cover Show featuring: Salt Lake City Weekly, Eugene Weekly, Miami New Times, The American Prospect, Cincinnati City Beat, The Source, Santa Barbara Independent, North Coast Journal, Queen City Nerve at https://bit.ly/4ngzLmH

Congrats to Samantha Wohlfeil of @Inlander.bsky.social for taking home the 1st Place 2025 AAN Award for Health Care Reporting: https://www.inlander.com/news/one-month-behind-the-scenes-of-spokanes-ongoing-fight-to-end-the-deadly-fentanyl-crisis/article_e2ad0a26-0d10-56e9-8622-ab0eed331b93.html

Congratulations to Amanda Waltz of @pghcitypaper.com on winning the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Food Writing. Read more from Amanda: https://www.pghcitypaper.com/ ##AANAwards #MadisAAN2025 #IndependentMedia #AltWeeklyExcellence #JournalismMatters #AANPublishers #FoodWriting

Congratulations to Brian Clarey of Triad City Beat for taking home the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Feature Story – Shorter Form. Read the story here: https://triad-city-beat.com/on-election-night-the-guy-who-took-down-mark-robinson/

Congratulations to Chanan Tigay of The Jewish News of Northern California for taking home the First Place 2025 AAN Award for Feature Story. https://jweekly.com/2024/10/06/exclusive-why-israel-turned-to-archaeologists-in-its-search-for-the-oct-7-missing/

Congratulations to Maggie Quinlan of Austin City Chronicle for winning 1st Place in the 2025 AAN Award for Explanatory Journalism with her piece, “Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?” https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-06-14/plantations-to-prison-farms-how-far-have-we-come/

Congratulations to Gale Melcher & Marielle Argueza of Triad City Beat for winning First Place in the 2025 ANN Award for Environmental Coverage. Read the story here: https://triad-city-beat.com/bingham-park-history/

Congrats to Seven Days for decades of success holding the powerful to account, telling incredible in-depth stories and helping their readers live their best lives. www.sevendaysvt.com/da-capo/comp...

Just as an FYI the alternative press still exists ( @aanpublishers.bsky.social )

Congratulations to Josephine Jaye McAuliffe from LOOKOUT on winning first place in the 2025 AAN Beat Reporting Award for the impactful piece, "How Arizona Still Practices Conversion Therapy In Plain Sight." https://www.lookoutnews.org/conversion-therapy-in-arizona-without-a-license/

Congratulations to Chris Farnsworth of Seven Days — First Place winner of the 2025 AAN Arts Feature – Shorter Form Award for "A Look Inside Christine Farrell’s Rare Comics Collection." https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/a-look-inside-christine-farrells-rare-comics-collection-42069251

Congratulations to Mary Ann Lickteig of @‪sevendaysvt.bsky.social‬ — First place winner of the 2025 AAN Arts Feature (Long Form) Award. https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/amid-a-volatile-industry-burlington-may-lose-its-only-cinema-41656851

Congratulations to Andrew Jankowski of Willamette Week— First Place winner of the 2025 AAN Jim Ridley Arts Criticism Award! Read his winning review: https://www.wweek.com/arts/theater/2024/12/03/little-shop-of-horrors-makes-the-yuletide-green-at-triangle-productions/

Big congrats to Derek Brouwer of Seven Days — winner of the 2025 AAN Excellence in Journalism Award! https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/the-fight-for-decker-towers-drug-users-and-homeless-people-have-overrun-a-low-income-high-rise-residents-are-gearing-up-to-evict-them-40200776

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 AAN Awards winners—a powerhouse group of journalists, designers, photographers, editors, and newsroom misfits! To view the full visit: 👉 https://aan.org/aan/announcing-winners-placement-for-aan-2025-awards/

From inspiring panels to unforgettable connections, #MadisAAN2025 was packed with energy, ideas, and excellence. We can’t wait to do it all again. ##AANPublishers #AltWeekliesUnite #ConferenceRecap #Wisconsin

👏 A heartfelt thank you to our amazing 2025 AAN Conference sponsors—your support helped bring our unforgettable event to life! ##AAN2025 #ThankYouSponsors #JournalismMatters #Community

From newsroom deep-dives & revenue-boosting strategies to Dan Perkins’ unforgettable keynote and lakeside cocktails, it was a day (and a conference) to remember. Huge thanks to all our attendees for bringing the energy, ideas, and heart! ##MadisAAN2025 #AANPublishers

Horrifying ICE story in the Santa Barbara Independent (led by Publisher Brandi Rivera, my friend, colleague and new president of @aanpublishers.bsky.social). The Independent is a vital, long-time, truly local and connected news source in Santa Barbara. www.independent.com/2025/07/11/c...

Day 1 = crushed it! 💥 Big cheers to the Wisconsin Historical Society for the stellar exhibit, the powerhouse Isthmus crew for making the magic happen, and Jason Joyce + Katie Drummond for serving up a Fireside Chat that was equal parts brains, brilliance, & inspiration.

We’re grateful to have Dan Perkins—aka Tom Tomorrow—as a keynote at #MadisAAN2025! ##TomTomorrow #AANPublishers

We’re grateful to have Dan Perkins—aka Tom Tomorrow—as a keynote at #MadisAAN2025! ##TomTomorrow #AANPublishers

Shoutout to Innovative Software Solutions, bringing publishers the latest in custom software, cloud, cybersecurity, and data analytics—empowering media to thrive in a digital world. Learn more: https://www.issvalue.com/ ##TechForMedia #CloudSolutions #AANPublishers #InnovativeSoftwareSolutions

We’re stoked to have Katie Drummond, the Global Editorial Director of WIRED, as one of the #MadisAAN2025 keynote speakers! ##AANPublishers #KatieDrummond #AANPublishers #wired #keynote

Huge thanks to everyone registered for MadisAAN 2025! Still deciding? Here are some reasons to join— unconference sessions, legal tips, revenue ideas, audience tools, real connections, epic socials, & speakers from WIRED, The Onion, Knight, GNI & more. https://2025.aan.org/

Proud to have PubGen.ai at #MadisAAN2025! Their AI-driven tools are transforming local newsrooms—boosting content quality and operational efficiency. Learn more: https://www.pubgen.ai/ ##AIForJournalism #NewsroomInnovation #AANPublishers

Introducing Launch It Labs, providing scalable, AI-enhanced cloud backends for Unity multiplayer game development—enabling faster iteration, secure infrastructure, and smoother scaling. Proud to have you supporting #MadisAAN2025! Learn more: https://www.launchitlabs.io/

A big thank you to Subtext, the SMS marketing platform connecting newsrooms, creators, & brands with their audiences through direct, human-first text messaging. We’re thrilled to use it to connect directly with attendees at #MadisAAN2025! Learn more: https://joinsubtext.com/

We’re thrilled to welcome Lede—the platform and growth program designed for subscription-driven and community-focused publishers. Thanks for supporting #MadisAAN2025! Learn more: https://joinlede.com/ ##IndependentMedia #Lede #AANPublishers

Shout-out to Publication Printers for delivering top-quality print that elevates every issue. Your partnership fuels our mission—thank you for helping make this gathering extraordinary! Learn more at https://www.publicationprinters.com/. ##MadisAAN2025 #PublicationPrinters #AANPublishers

Out-of-home, but never out of sight. Thanks to Vistar Media for helping publishers go big and go bold—digitally. Learn more at https://www.vistarmedia.com/. ##MadisAAN2025 #AdTech #VistarMedia #AANPublishers

Big shout-out to Letterhead, making newsletters fun and friction‑free—helping publishers grow without burnout. Thanks for helping make #MadisAAN2025 extra special. Learn more at https://www.tryletterhead.com/. ##EmailMarketing #AANPublishers #MadisAAN2025 #InboxGold #Letterhead

Hats off to News Revenue Hub—helping newsrooms raise over $128 million to sustain free-access journalism without paywalls. Learn more: https://fundjournalism.org/ ##SustainableNews #NewsRevenue #NoPaywalls #AANPublishers #MadisAAN2025

Meet the AI assistant we actually want in our newsroom. Thank you, Digital Media Manager.ai, for the tools that let humans do more human-ing. Learn more at https://digitalmediamanager.com/. ##MadisAAN2025 #SmartPublishing #AANPublishers #NewsroomAI #HumanInTech #DigitalPublishing