Gambit Weekly
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| Gambit Weekly | |
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Gambit Communications, Inc. |
| Publisher | Margo DuBos |
| Editor | Clancy DuBos |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | 3923 Bienville St. New Orleans, LA 70002 United States |
| Circulation | 50,020[1] |
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| Website: bestofneworleans.com | |
Gambit Weekly is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based alternative weekly newspaper that was established in 1981. Gambit provides residents of the New Orleans area with information about local restaurants, arts, music, and many other topics.
The paper has won many local and national honors,[2][3] and Gambit writer Katy Reckdahl has been awarded both Hunter College's James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2002 for her series on the mistreatment of the homeless,[4] as well as a 2002 Casey Journalism Center Medal for Distinguished Coverage of Children and Family Issues for her report titled "Louisiana Juvenile Justice" on the Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth .[5]
Gambit Weekly currently publishes 40,000 papers each week, which are distributed to 375 locations in the New Orleans metro area. On October 1, 2007, Gambit Weekly launched [blogofneworleans.com] to supplement their website [bestofneworleans.com] with daily news coverage.
[edit] References
- ^ Gambit Weekly. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
- ^ AAN Staff. "Alternative Newsweekly Awards Announced", Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, 2001-06-25. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
- ^ "Gambit Weekly Tops National, Local Journalism Awards", Gambit Weekly, 2002-06-11. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
- ^ The James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism Recipients. Hunter College, Department of Film & Media Studies. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
- ^ Casey Journalism Center 2002 Awards: Nondaily Newspaper (any circulation). Casey Journalism Center. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
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