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About LA Weekly: Awards
By Webmaster
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
2008
National Entertainment Journalism Awards - Presented by L.A. Press Club
1st place, Best Critic, Print, Ella Taylor
1st place, Best Critic, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best Feature Story, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best News Story, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best News Story, Print, Nikki Finke
2007
Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism
Jonathan Gold
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1st Place, Cartoon, J.T. Steiny
1st Place, Column, Seven McDonald
1st Place, Food Writing/Criticism, Jonathan Gold
1st Place, News Story - Short Form, Jeffrey Anderson
1st Place, Photography, Kevin Scanlon
1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
1st Place, Website Design, LAWeekly.com
2nd Place, Blog, Nikki Finke
2nd Place, Cartoon, Dwayne Booth
2nd Place, Feature Story, Matthew Fleischer
2nd Place, Media Reporting/Criticism, Daniel Hernandez
LA Press Club
1st Place, Entertainment Journalist of the Year, First Place, Nikki Finke
1st Place, Designer of the Year, John Curry
1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Jonathan Gold
1st Place, Special Section, Who We Are: LA People 2006
1st Place, Headline, Libby Molineaux
2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year, Christine Pelisek
2nd Place, Headline, Steven Mikulan
2nd Place, Hard News, Daniel Hernandez
2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Kate Sullivan
2nd Place, Entertainment Feature, Paul Cullum
2006
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1st Place, Media Criticism/Reporting, Nikki Finke
2nd Place, Food Writing, Jonathan Gold
2nd Place, Cartoons, Bruce Eric Caplan
2nd Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
3rd Place, Features, Judith Lewis "Green To The Core"
3rd Place, Cartoons, Mr. Fish
Association of Food Journalists
First Place, Restaurant Criticism, Jonathan Gold, First Place, Body of Work
Best of the West
3rd Place, Project Reporting, Staff, "Clear and Present Danger"
Institute of Biological Sciences
Media Award Winner, Margaret Wertheim
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Finalist, Jeffrey Anderson, "The DWP Files"
James Beard Foundation Awards
First Place, Jonathan Gold, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
Los Angeles Press Club
1st Place, Special Section, "What You Can't See Can Kill You"
2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Jonathan Gold
2nd Place, Entertainment Feature, Brendan Bernhard
2nd Place, Editorial Cartoon, Dwayne Booth (a.k.a. Mr. Fish)
Honorable Mention, Journalist of the Year, Alan Mittelstaedt, "What You Can't See Can Kill You"
Honorable Mention, News Feature, Michael Krikorian, "War and Peace"
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Ella Taylor
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Feature, Robert David Jaffee, "The Vanishing"
Honorable Mention, Special Section, Staff, "Best Of LA"
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards
3rd Place, General Excellence, Staff
2005
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Winner - Excellence in Music Journalism - Robert Lloyd
Assoc of Food Journalists
First Place - Restaurant Criticism - Jonathan Gold - First Place - Body of Work
AAN Award, 1st Place, Editorial Layout, Ryan Ward, Cole Gerst, John Curry
AAN Award, 1st Place, Food Writing, Jonathan Gold
AAN Award, 1st Place, Format Buster, "The Zeitlist"
AAN Award, 1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Film Reviews, John Powers
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Cartoon, Bruce Eric Caplan
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Photography, Teun Voeten
AAN Award, 3rd Place, Media Reporting, "Gary Webb, R.I.P.," Marc Cooper
AAN Award, 3rd Place, Feature Story, "An American Family," Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, 1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
Los Angeles Press Club, 2nd Place, Journalist of the Year, Jeffrey Anderson
Los Angeles Press Club, 2nd Place, Entertainment/Feature, Paul Cullum
Best of the West, 1st Place, Project Reporting, Celeste Fremon
Best of the West, Immigration and Minority Affairs Reporting, Marc Cooper
Best of the West, General Interest Column Writing, John Powers
James Beard Foundation Awards
Winner, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique, Jonathan Gold
2004
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 1st Place, "The Ace is Wild: The Doug Christmas Story," Kristine McKenna
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 2nd Place, "A User's Guide to Kicking," John Curry
AAN Award, Music Criticism, 3rd Place, Kate Sullivan
AAN Award, News Story - In-Depth, 3rd Place, "Harvest of Pain," Vince Beiser
2003
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 1st Place, John Powers
AAN Award, Photo Essay, 1st Place, Max S. Gerber
AAN Award, Cover Design, Honorable Mention, Bill Smith
Los Angeles Press Club, Reviews and Criticism, 1st Place, Ella Taylor
Los Angeles Press Club, Columnist, 2nd Place, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Los Angeles Press Club, Headline, Honorable Mention, Kateri Butler
2002
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Sara Catania
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Celeste Fremon
C. Everett Koop, M.D. Campaign Award, Photo Essay, Max Gerber
The Livingston Awards For Young Journalists, Finalist, Sara Catania
Los Angeles Press Club, Print Journalist of the Year, Steven Mikulan
Los Angeles Press Club, Print Journalist of the Year, 2nd Place, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Los Angeles Press Club, News Feature, 1st Place, Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Series, Honorable Mention, Jennifer Price
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News or Feature, 2nd Place, Steven Leigh Morris
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News or Feature, Honorable Mention, Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism, 2nd Place, Greg Burk
Los Angeles Press Club, Specialized Lifestyle Reporting, 2nd Place, Michelle Huneven, Jonathan Gold, Louise Rafkin, Barney Saltzberg, Nancy Rommelmann, and Gendy Alimurung
Los Angeles Press Club, Photo Essay, 2nd Place, Max Gerber
AAN Award, Health Care, 1st Place, Sara Catania
AAN Award, Illustration, 1st Place, Brian Stauffer
AAN Award, News Feature, 1st Place, Celeste Fremon
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 2nd Place, Anne Fishbein and Bill Smith
2001
PEN West Literary Journalism Award, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Society of Professional Journalists, Journalist of the Year, Howard Blume
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Reporting, 1st Place, Charles Rappleye
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Reporting, 2nd Place, Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News, 1st Place, Nancy Rommelmann
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews, 1st Place, Ben Ehrenreich
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews, 2nd Place, Steven Mikulan
AAN Award, Feature Story, 1st Place, Nancy Rommelmann
AAN Award, Illustration, 1st Place, Dana Collins
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Political Column, 3rd place, Harold Meyerson
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 3rd Place, Bill Smith
2000
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Brendan Bernhard
Best of the West Award, Sports Reporting, 1st Place, John Albert
Los Angeles Press Club, Feature Story Award, Paul Ciotti
Los Angeles Press Club, Editorial Cartoon Award, Lalo Alcarez
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 1st Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Media Reporting, 1st Place, Steven Mikulan
AAN Award, Feature Story, 2nd Place, Celeste Fremon
All Hopped Up at The New Father's Office
By Jonathan Gold
Sang Yoon's latest is bigger and probably better than the original. But can you get a seat?
Speed Racer On the Fast Track to Nowhere
By J. HOBERMAN
Anime on overdrive from the Wachowski brothers
Brix @ 1601: The Newest Home of Rock-Star Sommelier Caitlin Stansbury
By Jonathan Gold
Plus food from former Hollywood Roosevelt chef Michael McDonald ... wined and dined in Hermosa Beach
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About LA Weekly: Awards
By Webmaster
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
2008
National Entertainment Journalism Awards - Presented by L.A. Press Club
1st place, Best Critic, Print, Ella Taylor
1st place, Best Critic, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best Feature Story, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best News Story, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best News Story, Print, Nikki Finke
2007
Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism
Jonathan Gold
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1st Place, Cartoon, J.T. Steiny
1st Place, Column, Seven McDonald
1st Place, Food Writing/Criticism, Jonathan Gold
1st Place, News Story - Short Form, Jeffrey Anderson
1st Place, Photography, Kevin Scanlon
1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
1st Place, Website Design, LAWeekly.com
2nd Place, Blog, Nikki Finke
2nd Place, Cartoon, Dwayne Booth
2nd Place, Feature Story, Matthew Fleischer
2nd Place, Media Reporting/Criticism, Daniel Hernandez
LA Press Club
1st Place, Entertainment Journalist of the Year, First Place, Nikki Finke
1st Place, Designer of the Year, John Curry
1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Jonathan Gold
1st Place, Special Section, Who We Are: LA People 2006
1st Place, Headline, Libby Molineaux
2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year, Christine Pelisek
2nd Place, Headline, Steven Mikulan
2nd Place, Hard News, Daniel Hernandez
2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Kate Sullivan
2nd Place, Entertainment Feature, Paul Cullum
2006
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1st Place, Media Criticism/Reporting, Nikki Finke
2nd Place, Food Writing, Jonathan Gold
2nd Place, Cartoons, Bruce Eric Caplan
2nd Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
3rd Place, Features, Judith Lewis "Green To The Core"
3rd Place, Cartoons, Mr. Fish
Association of Food Journalists
First Place, Restaurant Criticism, Jonathan Gold, First Place, Body of Work
Best of the West
3rd Place, Project Reporting, Staff, "Clear and Present Danger"
Institute of Biological Sciences
Media Award Winner, Margaret Wertheim
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Finalist, Jeffrey Anderson, "The DWP Files"
James Beard Foundation Awards
First Place, Jonathan Gold, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
Los Angeles Press Club
1st Place, Special Section, "What You Can't See Can Kill You"
2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Jonathan Gold
2nd Place, Entertainment Feature, Brendan Bernhard
2nd Place, Editorial Cartoon, Dwayne Booth (a.k.a. Mr. Fish)
Honorable Mention, Journalist of the Year, Alan Mittelstaedt, "What You Can't See Can Kill You"
Honorable Mention, News Feature, Michael Krikorian, "War and Peace"
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Ella Taylor
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Feature, Robert David Jaffee, "The Vanishing"
Honorable Mention, Special Section, Staff, "Best Of LA"
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards
3rd Place, General Excellence, Staff
2005
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Winner - Excellence in Music Journalism - Robert Lloyd
Assoc of Food Journalists
First Place - Restaurant Criticism - Jonathan Gold - First Place - Body of Work
AAN Award, 1st Place, Editorial Layout, Ryan Ward, Cole Gerst, John Curry
AAN Award, 1st Place, Food Writing, Jonathan Gold
AAN Award, 1st Place, Format Buster, "The Zeitlist"
AAN Award, 1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Film Reviews, John Powers
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Cartoon, Bruce Eric Caplan
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Photography, Teun Voeten
AAN Award, 3rd Place, Media Reporting, "Gary Webb, R.I.P.," Marc Cooper
AAN Award, 3rd Place, Feature Story, "An American Family," Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, 1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
Los Angeles Press Club, 2nd Place, Journalist of the Year, Jeffrey Anderson
Los Angeles Press Club, 2nd Place, Entertainment/Feature, Paul Cullum
Best of the West, 1st Place, Project Reporting, Celeste Fremon
Best of the West, Immigration and Minority Affairs Reporting, Marc Cooper
Best of the West, General Interest Column Writing, John Powers
James Beard Foundation Awards
Winner, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique, Jonathan Gold
2004
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 1st Place, "The Ace is Wild: The Doug Christmas Story," Kristine McKenna
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 2nd Place, "A User's Guide to Kicking," John Curry
AAN Award, Music Criticism, 3rd Place, Kate Sullivan
AAN Award, News Story - In-Depth, 3rd Place, "Harvest of Pain," Vince Beiser
2003
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 1st Place, John Powers
AAN Award, Photo Essay, 1st Place, Max S. Gerber
AAN Award, Cover Design, Honorable Mention, Bill Smith
Los Angeles Press Club, Reviews and Criticism, 1st Place, Ella Taylor
Los Angeles Press Club, Columnist, 2nd Place, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Los Angeles Press Club, Headline, Honorable Mention, Kateri Butler
2002
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Sara Catania
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Celeste Fremon
C. Everett Koop, M.D. Campaign Award, Photo Essay, Max Gerber
The Livingston Awards For Young Journalists, Finalist, Sara Catania
Los Angeles Press Club, Print Journalist of the Year, Steven Mikulan
Los Angeles Press Club, Print Journalist of the Year, 2nd Place, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Los Angeles Press Club, News Feature, 1st Place, Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Series, Honorable Mention, Jennifer Price
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News or Feature, 2nd Place, Steven Leigh Morris
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News or Feature, Honorable Mention, Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism, 2nd Place, Greg Burk
Los Angeles Press Club, Specialized Lifestyle Reporting, 2nd Place, Michelle Huneven, Jonathan Gold, Louise Rafkin, Barney Saltzberg, Nancy Rommelmann, and Gendy Alimurung
Los Angeles Press Club, Photo Essay, 2nd Place, Max Gerber
AAN Award, Health Care, 1st Place, Sara Catania
AAN Award, Illustration, 1st Place, Brian Stauffer
AAN Award, News Feature, 1st Place, Celeste Fremon
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 2nd Place, Anne Fishbein and Bill Smith
2001
PEN West Literary Journalism Award, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Society of Professional Journalists, Journalist of the Year, Howard Blume
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Reporting, 1st Place, Charles Rappleye
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Reporting, 2nd Place, Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News, 1st Place, Nancy Rommelmann
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews, 1st Place, Ben Ehrenreich
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews, 2nd Place, Steven Mikulan
AAN Award, Feature Story, 1st Place, Nancy Rommelmann
AAN Award, Illustration, 1st Place, Dana Collins
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Political Column, 3rd place, Harold Meyerson
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 3rd Place, Bill Smith
2000
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Brendan Bernhard
Best of the West Award, Sports Reporting, 1st Place, John Albert
Los Angeles Press Club, Feature Story Award, Paul Ciotti
Los Angeles Press Club, Editorial Cartoon Award, Lalo Alcarez
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 1st Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Media Reporting, 1st Place, Steven Mikulan
AAN Award, Feature Story, 2nd Place, Celeste Fremon
About LA Weekly: Web Advertising
By Webmaster
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
LAWeekly.com offers the stimulating content that our devoted readers depend on each week, online. And the enhancements, such as the searchable articles archive and searchable, comprehensive events listings, make LAWeekly.com an even more valuable resource. We'll feature extended stories online, interviews in their entireties, additional photos, maps; information we just may not have room for in our award winning print version. LAWeekly.com also features daily updates from the wildly popular Rockie Gardner and her Rockie Horoscope, always a top destination. Each month, our devoted readers have come to depend on both our print and online presence.
Demographics
LAWeekly.com provides our active, affluent, passionate readers the information they need about news, entertainment, art, culture & lifestyle in Los Angeles, nationally and globally.
Rates
Our rates are based upon CPM (Cost Per Thousand impressions). Remember, one impression occurs when your ad successfully appears on a user's screen. Please contact Display at (323) 465-4414 or Classifieds at (323) 465-4433 for further rate information.
Contact info
Feel free to contact us (323) 465-4414 or (323) 465-4433, or email classifieds@laweekly.com for your advertising needs.
Display Advertising Director
Bob Dea
323.993.3528
bdea@laweekly.com
Classified Advertising Director
Kevin Thornburg
323.993.3509
kthornburg@laweekly.com
Film
Brian Bullen
323.993.3523
bbullen@laweekly.com
Retail Music/Home Entertainment
Chris Blake
323.993.3691
cblake@laweekly.com
Theater/Events
Jennifer Andreone
323.993.3532
jandreone@laweekly.com
Travel
Paula Miller
323.993.3536
pmiller@laweekly.com
Clubs
Diane Stone
323.993.3530
dstone@laweekly.com
Music/Events
John Hill
323.993.3529
jhill@laweekly.com
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National Advertising
Ruxton Media Group: 1-888-278-9866
Senior Vice President of Sales: Susan Belair
Senior Vice President of Sales Operations: Joe Larkin
Vice President of Sales & Marketing: Yolanda Luszcz
East Coast Account Director: Sara Kaufman
West Coast Account Director: Kevin Radcliffe
Ruxton.com
About LA Weekly: Print Advertising
By Webmaster
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
AD SPECS
AD SUBMISSION
Acceptable Materials:
Camera Ready Ads in the form of film or reflective artwork are not accepted. If you have special requirements for sending your ads, please contact your Sales Representative. All ads should be submitted in electronic form by either disk, e-mail or through our ftp site. Tiff or Jpeg files are acceptable (save tiff’s with Macintosh encoding and LZW compression. Save jpeg’s as baseline standard and quality 10. both should be 300 dpi). We cannot accept native files (Quark, Illustrator, etc.) all files should be converted to PDF FORMAT.
PDF FORMAT
• PDF’s should be created with Acrobat Distiller using the Press Optimized job option. An LA Weekly specific job option file is available on this page.
• Do not use PDF Writer to create a PDF. The file will not be usable for printing.
• All fonts must be embedded.
• File settings from Quark and other page layout programs should be 2400dpi and 100 linescreen.
• 4 Color ads should be created as composite CMYK with all spot colors converted to process. RGB files must be converted to CMYK before creating the PDF.
• DO NOT INCLUDE: OPI tags, ICC profiles or transparency when creating PDFs. Copy will be lost during the production process.
E-MAIL
• All retail e-mail submissions must be sent to ads@laweekly.com
• All classified e-mail submissions must be sent to classifieds@laweekly.com
• Files need to be compressed with either Stuffit Deluxe or DropStuff (for Macintosh) or WinZip (for PC).
• Keep all e-mails under 10MBs
• Include the client name and insertion date in the subject line of your e-mail. (e.g. The Dress Den_10-17-2002)
• Please include your sales representatives name in the body of the e-mail.
• Include the name and telephone number for a contact person in the body of the email.
DEADLINES
The deadline to receive ads electronically or via disk is 6:00 pm on Monday before the issue publication date. ADDRESSES
Please upload your camera ready files or artworks to: http://ads.laweekly.com. Fill out all required fields.
The above address is for final ad and artworks delivery only. Instructions about ad copy, placement, or billing must be sent directly to your sales representative.
LAWEEKLY DESIGN
LA Weekly has a staff of talented designers who can produce ads if these specs are beyond individual capabilities. Please talk to your
sales representative to see if this is the best option for you. For ad rates, sizes or space reservation please contact your sales representative.
Classified Sales: 323.465.4433
Display Sales: 323.465.4414
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About LA Weekly: Awards
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
2008
National Entertainment Journalism Awards - Presented by L.A. Press Club
1st place, Best Critic, Print, Ella Taylor
1st place, Best Critic, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best Feature Story, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best News Story, Online, Nikki Finke
1st place, Best News Story, Print, Nikki Finke
2007
Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism
Jonathan Gold
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1st Place, Cartoon, J.T. Steiny
1st Place, Column, Seven McDonald
1st Place, Food Writing/Criticism, Jonathan Gold
1st Place, News Story - Short Form, Jeffrey Anderson
1st Place, Photography, Kevin Scanlon
1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
1st Place, Website Design, LAWeekly.com
2nd Place, Blog, Nikki Finke
2nd Place, Cartoon, Dwayne Booth
2nd Place, Feature Story, Matthew Fleischer
2nd Place, Media Reporting/Criticism, Daniel Hernandez
LA Press Club
1st Place, Entertainment Journalist of the Year, First Place, Nikki Finke
1st Place, Designer of the Year, John Curry
1st Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Jonathan Gold
1st Place, Special Section, Who We Are: LA People 2006
1st Place, Headline, Libby Molineaux
2nd Place, Print Journalist of the Year, Christine Pelisek
2nd Place, Headline, Steven Mikulan
2nd Place, Hard News, Daniel Hernandez
2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Kate Sullivan
2nd Place, Entertainment Feature, Paul Cullum
2006
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1st Place, Media Criticism/Reporting, Nikki Finke
2nd Place, Food Writing, Jonathan Gold
2nd Place, Cartoons, Bruce Eric Caplan
2nd Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
3rd Place, Features, Judith Lewis "Green To The Core"
3rd Place, Cartoons, Mr. Fish
Association of Food Journalists
First Place, Restaurant Criticism, Jonathan Gold, First Place, Body of Work
Best of the West
3rd Place, Project Reporting, Staff, "Clear and Present Danger"
Institute of Biological Sciences
Media Award Winner, Margaret Wertheim
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Finalist, Jeffrey Anderson, "The DWP Files"
James Beard Foundation Awards
First Place, Jonathan Gold, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique
Los Angeles Press Club
1st Place, Special Section, "What You Can't See Can Kill You"
2nd Place, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Jonathan Gold
2nd Place, Entertainment Feature, Brendan Bernhard
2nd Place, Editorial Cartoon, Dwayne Booth (a.k.a. Mr. Fish)
Honorable Mention, Journalist of the Year, Alan Mittelstaedt, "What You Can't See Can Kill You"
Honorable Mention, News Feature, Michael Krikorian, "War and Peace"
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism/Column, Ella Taylor
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Feature, Robert David Jaffee, "The Vanishing"
Honorable Mention, Special Section, Staff, "Best Of LA"
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards
3rd Place, General Excellence, Staff
2005
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Winner - Excellence in Music Journalism - Robert Lloyd
Assoc of Food Journalists
First Place - Restaurant Criticism - Jonathan Gold - First Place - Body of Work
AAN Award, 1st Place, Editorial Layout, Ryan Ward, Cole Gerst, John Curry
AAN Award, 1st Place, Food Writing, Jonathan Gold
AAN Award, 1st Place, Format Buster, "The Zeitlist"
AAN Award, 1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Film Reviews, John Powers
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Cartoon, Bruce Eric Caplan
AAN Award, 2nd Place, Photography, Teun Voeten
AAN Award, 3rd Place, Media Reporting, "Gary Webb, R.I.P.," Marc Cooper
AAN Award, 3rd Place, Feature Story, "An American Family," Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, 1st Place, Special Section, "Best of LA"
Los Angeles Press Club, 2nd Place, Journalist of the Year, Jeffrey Anderson
Los Angeles Press Club, 2nd Place, Entertainment/Feature, Paul Cullum
Best of the West, 1st Place, Project Reporting, Celeste Fremon
Best of the West, Immigration and Minority Affairs Reporting, Marc Cooper
Best of the West, General Interest Column Writing, John Powers
James Beard Foundation Awards
Winner, Newspaper Restaurant Review or Critique, Jonathan Gold
2004
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 1st Place, "The Ace is Wild: The Doug Christmas Story," Kristine McKenna
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 2nd Place, "A User's Guide to Kicking," John Curry
AAN Award, Music Criticism, 3rd Place, Kate Sullivan
AAN Award, News Story - In-Depth, 3rd Place, "Harvest of Pain," Vince Beiser
2003
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 1st Place, John Powers
AAN Award, Photo Essay, 1st Place, Max S. Gerber
AAN Award, Cover Design, Honorable Mention, Bill Smith
Los Angeles Press Club, Reviews and Criticism, 1st Place, Ella Taylor
Los Angeles Press Club, Columnist, 2nd Place, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Los Angeles Press Club, Headline, Honorable Mention, Kateri Butler
2002
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Sara Catania
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Celeste Fremon
C. Everett Koop, M.D. Campaign Award, Photo Essay, Max Gerber
The Livingston Awards For Young Journalists, Finalist, Sara Catania
Los Angeles Press Club, Print Journalist of the Year, Steven Mikulan
Los Angeles Press Club, Print Journalist of the Year, 2nd Place, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Los Angeles Press Club, News Feature, 1st Place, Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Series, Honorable Mention, Jennifer Price
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News or Feature, 2nd Place, Steven Leigh Morris
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News or Feature, Honorable Mention, Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews/Criticism, 2nd Place, Greg Burk
Los Angeles Press Club, Specialized Lifestyle Reporting, 2nd Place, Michelle Huneven, Jonathan Gold, Louise Rafkin, Barney Saltzberg, Nancy Rommelmann, and Gendy Alimurung
Los Angeles Press Club, Photo Essay, 2nd Place, Max Gerber
AAN Award, Health Care, 1st Place, Sara Catania
AAN Award, Illustration, 1st Place, Brian Stauffer
AAN Award, News Feature, 1st Place, Celeste Fremon
AAN Award, Arts Criticism, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 2nd Place, Anne Fishbein and Bill Smith
2001
PEN West Literary Journalism Award, Erin Aubry Kaplan
Society of Professional Journalists, Journalist of the Year, Howard Blume
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Reporting, 1st Place, Charles Rappleye
Los Angeles Press Club, Investigative Reporting, 2nd Place, Celeste Fremon
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News, 1st Place, Nancy Rommelmann
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment News, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews, 1st Place, Ben Ehrenreich
Los Angeles Press Club, Entertainment Reviews, 2nd Place, Steven Mikulan
AAN Award, Feature Story, 1st Place, Nancy Rommelmann
AAN Award, Illustration, 1st Place, Dana Collins
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 2nd Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Political Column, 3rd place, Harold Meyerson
AAN Award, Editorial Layout, 3rd Place, Bill Smith
2000
PEN Center USA Literary Journalism Award, Finalist, Brendan Bernhard
Best of the West Award, Sports Reporting, 1st Place, John Albert
Los Angeles Press Club, Feature Story Award, Paul Ciotti
Los Angeles Press Club, Editorial Cartoon Award, Lalo Alcarez
AAN Award, Arts Feature, 1st Place, Brendan Bernhard
AAN Award, Media Reporting, 1st Place, Steven Mikulan
AAN Award, Feature Story, 2nd Place, Celeste Fremon
About LA Weekly: Web Advertising
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
LAWeekly.com offers the stimulating content that our devoted readers depend on each week, online. And the enhancements, such as the searchable articles archive and searchable, comprehensive events listings, make LAWeekly.com an even more valuable resource. We'll feature extended stories online, interviews in their entireties, additional photos, maps; information we just may not have room for in our award winning print version. LAWeekly.com also features daily updates from the wildly popular Rockie Gardner and her Rockie Horoscope, always a top destination. Each month, our devoted readers have come to depend on both our print and online presence.
Demographics
LAWeekly.com provides our active, affluent, passionate readers the information they need about news, entertainment, art, culture & lifestyle in Los Angeles, nationally and globally.
Rates
Our rates are based upon CPM (Cost Per Thousand impressions). Remember, one impression occurs when your ad successfully appears on a user's screen. Please contact Display at (323) 465-4414 or Classifieds at (323) 465-4433 for further rate information.
Contact info
Feel free to contact us (323) 465-4414 or (323) 465-4433, or email classifieds@laweekly.com for your advertising needs.
Display Advertising Director
Bob Dea
323.993.3528
bdea@laweekly.com
Classified Advertising Director
Kevin Thornburg
323.993.3509
kthornburg@laweekly.com
Film
Brian Bullen
323.993.3523
bbullen@laweekly.com
Retail Music/Home Entertainment
Chris Blake
323.993.3691
cblake@laweekly.com
Theater/Events
Jennifer Andreone
323.993.3532
jandreone@laweekly.com
Travel
Paula Miller
323.993.3536
pmiller@laweekly.com
Clubs
Diane Stone
323.993.3530
dstone@laweekly.com
Music/Events
John Hill
323.993.3529
jhill@laweekly.com
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National Advertising
Ruxton Media Group: 1-888-278-9866
Senior Vice President of Sales: Susan Belair
Senior Vice President of Sales Operations: Joe Larkin
Vice President of Sales & Marketing: Yolanda Luszcz
East Coast Account Director: Sara Kaufman
West Coast Account Director: Kevin Radcliffe
Ruxton.com
About LA Weekly: Print Advertising
Wed, Jan 25, 2006, 12:00 am
AD SPECS
AD SUBMISSION
Acceptable Materials:
Camera Ready Ads in the form of film or reflective artwork are not accepted. If you have special requirements for sending your ads, please contact your Sales Representative. All ads should be submitted in electronic form by either disk, e-mail or through our ftp site. Tiff or Jpeg files are acceptable (save tiff’s with Macintosh encoding and LZW compression. Save jpeg’s as baseline standard and quality 10. both should be 300 dpi). We cannot accept native files (Quark, Illustrator, etc.) all files should be converted to PDF FORMAT.
PDF FORMAT
• PDF’s should be created with Acrobat Distiller using the Press Optimized job option. An LA Weekly specific job option file is available on this page.
• Do not use PDF Writer to create a PDF. The file will not be usable for printing.
• All fonts must be embedded.
• File settings from Quark and other page layout programs should be 2400dpi and 100 linescreen.
• 4 Color ads should be created as composite CMYK with all spot colors converted to process. RGB files must be converted to CMYK before creating the PDF.
• DO NOT INCLUDE: OPI tags, ICC profiles or transparency when creating PDFs. Copy will be lost during the production process.
E-MAIL
• All retail e-mail submissions must be sent to ads@laweekly.com
• All classified e-mail submissions must be sent to classifieds@laweekly.com
• Files need to be compressed with either Stuffit Deluxe or DropStuff (for Macintosh) or WinZip (for PC).
• Keep all e-mails under 10MBs
• Include the client name and insertion date in the subject line of your e-mail. (e.g. The Dress Den_10-17-2002)
• Please include your sales representatives name in the body of the e-mail.
• Include the name and telephone number for a contact person in the body of the email.
DEADLINES
The deadline to receive ads electronically or via disk is 6:00 pm on Monday before the issue publication date. ADDRESSES
Please upload your camera ready files or artworks to: http://ads.laweekly.com. Fill out all required fields.
The above address is for final ad and artworks delivery only. Instructions about ad copy, placement, or billing must be sent directly to your sales representative.
LAWEEKLY DESIGN
LA Weekly has a staff of talented designers who can produce ads if these specs are beyond individual capabilities. Please talk to your
sales representative to see if this is the best option for you. For ad rates, sizes or space reservation please contact your sales representative.
Classified Sales: 323.465.4433
Display Sales: 323.465.4414
Instructions for Installing the LA Weekly Acrobat and InDesign pdf presets files: After clicking the above link for the compressed file, extract the job options file contained within and save it into the folder titled "settings" located within the Acrobat Distiller folder. The "LA Weekly job option" will then be available in the pull-down menu of Distiller.
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