- Gambit Weekly
Infobox Newspaper
name = Gambit Weekly
caption =
type =Alternative weekly
format =Tabloid
foundation =1981
ceased publication =
price =
owners = Gambit Communications, Inc.
publisher = Margo DuBos
editor = Clancy DuBos
language =
circulation = 50,020cite web|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A29|title=Gambit Weekly|publisher=Association of Alternative Newsweeklies |accessdate=2007-01-19]
headquarters = 3923 Bienville St.
New Orleans, LA 70002United States
ISSN =
website = [http://bestofneworleans.com/ bestofneworleans.com] [http://blogofneworleans.com/ blogofneworleans.com]"Gambit Weekly" is a
New Orleans, Louisiana -basedalternative weekly newspaper that was established in 1981. "Gambit" provides residents of the New Orleans area with information about local politics, news, restaurants, arts, music, film, events and many other topics.The paper has won many local and national honors,cite news|author= AAN Staff|url=http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewArticle?oid=oid%3A2100|title=Alternative Newsweekly Awards Announced|publisher=
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies |date=2001-06-25 |accessdate=2007-01-19] cite news|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2002-06-11/news_feat2.html|title=Gambit Weekly Tops National, Local Journalism Awards|work=Gambit Weekly |date=2002-06-11 |accessdate=2007-01-19] and former "Gambit" writer Katy Reckdahl has been awarded both Hunter College'sJames Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2002 for her series on the mistreatment of the homeless,cite web|url=http://filmmedia.hunter.cuny.edu/aronson/pastwinners.html|title=The James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism Recipients|publisher=Hunter College , Department of Film & Media Studies |accessdate=2007-01-19] 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 .cite web|url=http://www.cjc.umd.edu/awards/pastwinners.cfm|title=Casey Journalism Center 2002 Awards: Nondaily Newspaper (any circulation)|publisher=Casey Journalism Center |accessdate=2007-01-19]Gambit Weekly currently publishes 40,000 papers each week, which are distributed to 400 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.
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