Dallas Observer

Dallas Observer

Type	Alternative weekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Village Voice Media
Publisher	Kevin Thornburg[1]
Editor	Joe Tone[1]
Managing editors	Patrick Williams[1]
Founded	October 2, 1980
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas, USA
Circulation	82 943 (as of January 2010)[2]
ISSN	0732-0299
Official website	dallasobserver.com

The Dallas Observer is a free alternative weekly newspaper distributed around the Dallas, Texas (USA). At its inception, it was conceived as a weekly local arts and cinema review publication, with the credo "Advocate for Excellence in the Arts" on the cover. For a time during the early years, the paper switched to a biweekly publishing scheduling. Eventually, the paper reverted to a weekly schedule, and began concentrating less on the arts. While it is now known for its investigative stories of the local government, it also covers local sports stories, restaurants, events, and concerts.

The former Mayor of Dallas, Laura Miller, previously worked as a reporter for the Dallas Observer. Robert Wilonsky is the Unfair Park editor.

Village Voice Media owns the paper, along with numerous other alternative weekly newspapers in the USA.

The Dallas Observer is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Dallas Observer Staff. Retrieved 2011-07-24
2. ^ Association of Alternative Newsweeklies

External links

	Dallas-Fort Worth portal
	Journalism portal

• The Dallas Observer
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• "Dallas Observer". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://aan.org/gyrobase/Aan/viewCompany?oid=oid%3A21. Retrieved 2007-02-23. 
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• Sportatorium sports blog
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