Jill Stewart

UPDATE: Serial rapist from L.A. killed in Ohio

Jill Stewart
Who is the "Los Angeles Rapist" killed in Ohio about two hours ago? My phone rang in the newsroom minutes ago, and it was "Mitch" at TV station WSYX, the ABC/Fox affiliate in Columbus, letting us know that a black serial rapist suspect had been killed by police in a......

AAN Honors: LA Weekly Wins Four AltWeekly Press Awards

Jill Stewart
LA Weekly led the awards among major circulation weekly newspapers again this year, grabbing four first-place honors from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies at its 14th annual AltWeekly Awards in Tucson.The four winners were Art Director Darrick Rainey for his haunting design of a cover story about the death of......

Jill Stewart versus James Rainey: My Los Angeles Times Op-Ed

Jill Stewart
After James Rainey attacked my form of aggressive journalism in the Los Angeles Times on June 19, a wave of people jumped to my defense. Tim Cavanaugh, a former Web opinion page editor at the Los Angeles Times, took it a step further by asking an online editor there, Paul......
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Rocky Delgadillo Dreams of Being California Attorney General?

Jill Stewart
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo got slammed by voters in his last run for California Attorney General, losing to the "old man," as twenty-somethings call Attorney General Jerry Brown. Now, City News Service says he is thinking of trying again. Brown, of course, was a comeback king who pulled the crappy......

Villaraigosa won't run for governor, Jerry Brown must be thrilled

Jill Stewart
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa just announced he will not run for California governor on Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room on CNN, with a backdrop of the Los Angeles Magazine cover emblazoned with the word "Failure." The mayor says he plans to focus on the major economic problems facing L.A.,......

Max Taves and LA Weekly beat NYT for DeBakey biomedical award

Jill Stewart
LA Weekly freelancer Max Taves is in Washington, D.C., today accepting a cash prize for the best 2008 coverage of biomedical research by a large newspaper for his news story, ""UCLA Profs and Scientists Sued Animal-Rights Radicals."Taves beat several leading papers, including The New York Times. Other winners announced today......