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How The Village Voice Changed Journalism

2024/4/10
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Micah Owenshire: 本期节目探讨了另类周刊的兴衰,以及《村声报》对新闻业和美国文化的影响。Tricia Romano详细介绍了《村声报》从创办初衷到最终衰落的过程,以及其对新闻报道风格、音乐评论、同性恋权利运动等方面的影响。 Tricia Romano: 《村声报》创立于1955年,其创办者希望创造一份反映格林尼治村文化,并反对当时政治机器的报纸。他们更注重作家的写作天赋,而非专业的新闻报道技巧,这使得报纸拥有独特的风格和内容。早期,《村声报》录用了许多在其他媒体无法立足的具有独特风格的作者,例如漫画家Jules Feiffer和电影评论家Jonas Mekas。Richard Goldstein等早期摇滚乐评论家,以第一人称视角和专业的报道技巧,为摇滚乐评论树立了新的标准。1962-1963年纽约主要日报罢工期间,《村声报》抓住机会扩大读者群体和影响力。Mary Perot Nichols等记者凭借对社区事件的关注和主动性获得报道机会,并通过持续报道和巧妙运用人脉关系,成功阻止了Robert Moses对华盛顿广场公园的改造计划,并间接促成了Robert Caro名著《权力经纪人》的诞生。 Tricia Romano: 《村声报》对石墙暴动的报道,虽然在篇幅和严肃性上超过其他媒体,但用词和视角引发了同性恋社群的抗议,这促使报社反思自身在报道中的不足,并推动了内部的进步。Robert Christgau以其严苛的音乐评论风格而闻名,他的评价对乐队和音乐产业产生了深远的影响。在1970年代后,《村声报》逐渐走向专业化,但同时也面临着来自新所有者的压力和内部的冲突。默多克收购《村声报》后,员工进行工会化,争取到了更好的福利待遇,其中包括同性伴侣医疗福利,这具有开创性意义,对同性婚姻合法化运动产生了积极的影响。《村声报》早期主要依靠刊登公寓广告盈利,但互联网的兴起和911事件的发生,共同导致了其商业模式的崩溃。被New Times收购后,《村声报》的核心价值和特色逐渐丧失,最终导致了纸质版报纸的停刊。现在的《村声报》已经失去了往日的辉煌,其影响力大不如前。《村声报》的消失,意味着一种具有独特视角和凝聚力的本地新闻报道方式的丧失,但其对当今新闻业产生了深远的影响,其报道风格和价值观仍然影响着许多媒体。

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The Village Voice, founded in 1955, is widely credited as the first alternative weekly newspaper, or alt-weekly. The big show this week is all about the rise and fall of the alt-weekly—the type of off-beat, fearless publication that, once-upon-a-time, you could pick up on a street corner in cities across the country. For the mid-week podcast, Micah interviewed Tricia Romano), the author of a new oral history titled, *The Freaks Came Out To Write: *)The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture). Their conversation about this legendary New York publication was wide-ranging, and too long for the radio. And too profane for the radio. So we’re bringing you a longer, uncensored version here. Don’t listen to this one with kids.

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