Last week, Village Voice senior associate editor Nick Sylvester became the latest poster boy for journalistic malfeasance when it was revealed that he had fabricated part of a cover story for The Voice. The paper acted swiftly, suspending Sylvester, printing a letter of apology, and removing the offending story from its website. (A Read More
Gotham Gazette has a comprehensive piece about New York’s tradition of controversial art, and focuses on…the cartoon crisis (something I briefly got involved with).
The article mentions a rumor about the Village Voice scrapping its editorial cartoons (“That’s news to me,” VV spokesman Doug Simmons told me) and notes Read More
Village Voice editor Donald Forst told staff he was leaving the Voice this afternoon. Memos from Forst and Publisher Judy Miszner follow:
I have submitted my resignation today as editor-in-chief to Judy Miszner,
effective December 31, 2005. A number of prospects have presented themselves
and I think this is an opportune time to Read More
New York City Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen is shopping his memoirs. In a nine-page proposal submitted to book publishers on Nov. 16, the soon-to-be-former fire commissioner describes a book that will cover his career as a firefighter as well as his experience on Sept. 11.
“I propose to share for the first time Read More
