MetroPulse Stories: From the Editor

Metro Pulse Wins Some Golden Press Card Awards

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:16:00 -0000

At the Golden Press Card Awards, conducted by the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists, Metro Pulse squeezed out a few wins in competition with “large” circulation (over 25,000) daily newspapers for stories published in 2011.

2011's Most Popular Stories at Metropulse.com

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:00:00 -0000

What do our readers feel are our most interesting stories? Well, that’s easy enough to determine at our website by generating a most-popular pages report for the past year. Here are the individual articles that got the most page views at metropulse.com in 2011.

Fare Thee Well

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:51:00 -0000

Some notable departures from our staff.

Metro Pulse Endorsements Redux: 2011 Elections

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:07:00 -0000

As the Nov. 8 election draws near, we’d like to reacquaint you with our candidate endorsements. But rather than just repost last September’s write-up, we thought it might be helpful for voters to consider the resumes of both our mayoral candidates. Therefore, we’ve listed the career highlights of Mark Padgett and Madeline Rogero side by side. Just to put them in perspective for you.

Knoxville Elections '11: Metro Pulse's Endorsements

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:18:00 -0000

Metro Pulse's candidate endorsements for the 2011 primary elections.

A High Point for Midpoint

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:00:00 -0000

Stephanie Piper's Midpoint column earned a second-place showing in the 2011 Alt Weekly Awards.

Talent Show: Introducing Our New Columnists

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:42:00 -0000

For the past few months we’ve been running an open call for new contributors. This has resulted in an onslaught of submissions that has left my inbox dazed and sometimes confused. Although I’m still working my way through them all (I swear), we’ve started running several of the stand-outs.

Metro Pulse Wins 11 SPJ Awards Competing Against Large Daily Papers

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:08:00 -0000

Last Friday night, Knoxville’s media elite gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists’ Golden Press Card Awards. Which is to say, awards were doled out for the best regional reporting of 2010 among newspapers, television and radio stations, and assorted freelancers.

Readers' Picks: The Year’s Most Popular Stories at Metropulse.com

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:00:00 -0000

In our Year In Review issue, we excerpted stories that we either liked a lot or that we felt reflected some of the big issues Knoxville faced in 2010. But what did our readers feel were our most interesting stories? Well, that’s easy enough to determine at our website by generating a most-popular pages report for the past year. Here are the individual articles that got the most page views at metropulse.com in 2010.

In-House Kudos: Some Scripps Awards

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:48:00 -0000

Last week, the E.W. Scripps Company (our corporate overlord) announced the winners in the third-quarter Best of Scripps contest, and we picked up couple of awards in the small paper category.

From the Editor: Good-bye and Hello

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:45:00 -0000

We're sad to see a valued colleague depart, but happy to announce a new hire.

Alan Sherrod Recognized by National Endowment for the Arts

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:38:00 -0000

Alan Sherrod, our fine-arts writer, has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment of the Arts to enter their Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera.

Three is the Magic Number

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:11:00 -0000

Last weekend, at the annual convention of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Metro Pulse picked up three 2010 AltWeekly Awards. These awards are especially important to us because they honor the best writing and reporting from alt weeklies across the U.S. and Canada—and the 2010 contest fielded over 1,000 entries from nearly 100 papers.

From the Editor: Comings and Goings

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:51:00 -0000

It is with no small displeasure that we must announce the departure of staff writer Chris Barrett. But we're also happy to announce that Jesse Fox Mayshark is returning to the fold.

We Knew Him When

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:00 -0000

We’re proud to announce that Metro Pulse theater critic Kieron Barry has been named a Norman Mailer Fellow, an award granted by the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, which was established after Mailer’s death in 2007 to recognize and assist emerging, mid-career, and distinguished writers.

2009 Knoxville City Council Endorsements

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:41:00 -0000

Predicting who will make for the best Hero of the People is always a crapshoot; but we can confidently offer our opinions on who might be good public servants—and this year, we have many fine candidates for Knoxville City Council. The following endorsements reflect the opinions of our editorial staff, after review of our interviews with each candidate, their backgrounds, and their financial disclosure statements. We believe that together these representatives would make for a good mix of experienced hands and fresh faces.

Upward and Onward

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:03:00 -0000

We do hate to say goodbye to writers whose work has distinguished our publication, but we must report that Charles Maldonado is leaving Metro Pulse to strike his fortune in the glittery city of Nashville. (Not to become a country and western singer, as you might expect, but to join his girlfriend in cohabitation as he seeks freelance work.)

Knoxville’s Best Alternative

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:00 -0000

When E.W. Scripps purchased Metro Pulse in June of 2007, the reaction among longtime readers was decidedly unfavorable. Which is easy to understand since the combination of a large, national media corporation and a local, independent paper that often chided that particular corporation did not seem like a comfortable match.

Barack Obama for President

coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0000

Editor Coury Turczyn makes his endorsement for the 2008 presidential election.

For Sale

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:00:00 -0000