Philadelphia City Paper

Philadelphia City Paper

Type	Alternative weekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Independent
Publisher	Nancy Stuski
Editor	Theresa Everline
Founded	1981
Headquarters	123 Chestnut St., Third Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106  United States
Circulation	83,299[1]
Official website	citypaper.net

Philadelphia City Paper is a free alternative news weekly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in November 1981 as a spin-off of the now defunct WXPN Express newsletter. New issues are released every Thursday.

City Paper regularly covers topics pertaining to news, arts, entertainment, food, and city life in Philadelphia. It also maintains schedules and listings of local events, like concerts, festivals, live performance art and think-tank events.

The paper is circulated around Philadelphia, its suburbs, and southern New Jersey. Within the city limits, copies may be obtained from the paper's signature orange-colored boxes. The Philadelphia City Paper is found on many of the street corners in Center City Philadelphia as well as many points throughout the city and the surrounding region. It can also be found in many local cafes and small businesses, and the dormitories of Philadelphia's many universities.

Its readership is 381,185, which has been verified by Media Audit.

Print Edition

City Paper is broken into a variety of different sections.

Naked City: The paper's news section regularly features A Million Stories, an offbeat analysis of current events in the city, the Bell Curve, the city’s “quality-o-life-o-meter" and Man Overboard, a weekly column by news editor Isaiah Thompson.

Cover Story: Typically a long-form feature, news, or service package, taking on various writing forms such as narrative, question-and-answer, and explanatory. The paper’s front page art or design is usually centered around the cover story’s content.

Arts: Reviews and short show previews of both local and national talent. The section covers a broad swath of genres, including music, photography, performing arts, books and visual arts. Regular columns include Robin Rice’s Re:View, Justin Bauer's Shelf Life, John Vettese’s Full Exposure and M.J. Fine’s Reconsider Me.

Movies: Reviews and picks of local, independent and mass-produced films. Lead reviews are usually written by Sam Adams, Shaun Brady or Cindy Fuchs. The section also includes movie shorts (200-word graded reviews) and local repertory film listings.

The Agenda: A calendar of noteworthy events in the city, highlighting everything from clothing boutiques and book signings to festivals and music performances with quick, witty previews. Regular columns include Julia West's Shopping Spree and Josh Middleton's Queer Bait.

Food: Reviews and features centered around local restaurants, cafes and bars, and also chronicles the goings-on of Philadelphia’s restaurant community, such as openings and closings. Reviews are mostly handled by critic Adam Erace. Drew Lazor writes the weekly restaurant beat column Feeding Frenzy.

Other regular features include I Love You I Hate You, a section where readers submit short anonymous messages to anyone person or group; Tom Tomorrow's weekly political comic strip This Modern World; and Emily Flake's comic Lulu Eightball.

Online Edition

City Paper’s website features the digital version of the print edition, along with links to blogs and social networking pages.

Blogs

The Naked City: The news blog, covering anything from breaking news to quirky stories from the community.

Critical Mass: An A&E blog covering the local arts & culture scene.

Meal Ticket: The paper's food and drink blog.

Social Networking

City Paper has regularly updated profiles on Twitter and Facebook.

Masthead

Editor in Chief Theresa Everline

Senior Editor Patrick Rapa

Associate Editor and Web Editor Drew Lazor

Copy Chief and Arts/Movies Editor Carolyn Huckabay

Associate Editor Josh Middleton

Senior Staff Writer Isaiah Thompson

Staff Writer Dan Denvir

Assistant Copy Editor Carolyn Wyman

Editorial Art Director Reseca Glasser

Senior Editorial Designer Alyssa Grenning

Senior Designer Evan M. Lopez

Staff Photographer Neal Santos

Awards

In 2011, City Paper won two Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards^[2]

• First Place: Arts Feature, circulation 50,000 and over

Holly Otterbein for The Island

• First place: Food Writing, circulation 50,000 and over

Drew Lazor for Minette Men, Here Come The Rooster and Waiting For Good Dough

Also in 2011, City Paper was honored by the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards^[3]:

• Excellence in Non-Deadline Reporting (Non-Daily Publication)

Ralph Cipriano for The Billion-Dollar Boondoggle

In 2010, City Paper won six Newspaper of the Year (NOY) awards, including the prestigious newspaper of the year honor^[4]:

• First Place: Newspaper of the Year (Non-Daily)
• First Place: News Writing Excellence
• First Place: Layout & Design
• First Place: Editorial/Opinion Page Excellence
• Second Place: Best Use of Photography
• Second Place (tie): Special Section
• Second Place (tie): Advertising Excellence

Also in 2010, City Paper won six Keystone Press Awards, awarded by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association^[5]:

• First Place: Investigative Reporting

Isaiah Thompson for Steamrolled

• First Place: Special Projects

Brian Howard for The Big Vision Issue

• First Place: Sports Story

E. James Beale for The Prospect

• First Place: Personality Profile

Carolyn Huckabay & Neal Santos for She's On a Mission

• First Place: Feature Beat Reporting

Trey Popp for Food Beat

• Second Place: Specialty Award for Distinguished Writing

Isaiah Thompson for Cop Detect; Believe It or Not; Meet Your New Neighbor

In 2009, City Paper won three Newspaper of the Year (NOY) awards^[6]:

• First Place (tie): General and Departmental News Coverage
• First Place: Advertising Excellence
• Second Place: Layout & Design

In 2008, City Paper won three Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards^[7]:

• First Place: Editorial Layout, circulation 55,000 and over

Reseca Glasser for "Truth in Prints"

• First place: Photography, circulation 55,000 and over

Michael T. Regan for "Stenton Avenue Reprise"

• Second place: Media Reporting/Criticism, circulation 55,000 and over

Doron Taussig for "The Deluge"

Also in 2008, City Paper won 13 Keystone Press Awards, awarded by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association^[8]:

• First place: Distinguished Writing

Tom Namako

• Second Place: Distinguished Writing

Doron Taussig

• First place: Investigative Reporting

Winnie Atterbury and Stacia Friedman’s "F for Felony"

• First place: Business or Consumer Story

Ted Hesson’s "Betting the House"

• First place: News Beat Reporting

Doron Taussig’s coverage of immigration

• Second place: News Feature

Doron Taussig’s "The Prodigy"

• Second place: Feature Photo

Michael T. Regan’s "We’re Taking Poe Back"

• Second place: Photo Story

Michael T. Regan and Rick Valenzuela’s "Stenton Avenue Reprise"

• Second place: Front Page Design

Reseca Glasser and Evan M. Lopez

• Second place: Page Design

Reseca Glasser

References

1. ^ "Philadelphia City Paper". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A70. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
2. ^ "Association of Alternative News Weeklies". http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/2011-altweekly-awards-winners-announced/Article?oid=4549589. 
3. ^ "Society of Professional Journalists". http://spj.org/sdxa10.asp. 
4. ^ http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/division5%20winners.pdf
5. ^ http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/WEB%202010%20Keystone%20winners-DVI.pdf
6. ^ http://www.pa-newspaper.org/core/contentmanager/uploads/PDFs/Contests/NOYDiv_5.pdf
7. ^ [1] 2008 AAN Awards
8. ^ [2], 2008 Keystone Awards

External links

	Philadelphia portal
	Pennsylvania portal
	Journalism portal

• The Philadelphia City Paper