The Jeff Beckham Weblog

For years, Texas Monthly has been at the top of the list in the City and Regional Magazines Association contest, consistently winning for writing, design, layout and photography. That was the case again this year, as the magazine won first place (or gold) awards for general criticism, writer of the year, excellence in writing, and [...]

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The Statesman’s entertainment site, Austin360.com, won a Newspaper Association of America Digital Edge Award for Best Local Guide or Entertainment Site in its circulation category.
The Digital Edge Awards categories, part of the Media Innovation Awards, drew more than 200 entries from U.S. newspapers of all sizes. The volunteer team of judges, who are all [...]

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Over at the University of Texas, lots of folks.
First it was me:

Now it’s this guy:

Statesman photo by Kelly West

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Got this email today to remind me that my donation to the Longhorn Foundation is due. I’m looking forward to contributing to the “tradition of execllence”.

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A couple of additional reviews from this past weekend’s shows:

Austin360.com: Review: The Reivers at the Parish
KUT.org: Live on Music with Jay Trachtenberg
TheReivers.net: Setlists and photos
Spinning in a Miasma: Lots of posts, including this great video. Listen to the crowd sing along to “In Your Eyes”:

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The Reivers were one of Austin’s top bands in the mid-80s, packing clubs and turning out gorgeous songs. Last weekend, they played together for the first time in 16 years with a pair of special reunion shows.
And it was a reunion in the best sense of the word: happy, nostalgic, and heartfelt. Opening with “Ragamuffin [...]

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Texas Monthly editor Evan Smith has found himself in the middle of quite the dust-up after pointing out that this month’s cover of Rhode Island Monthly magazine (”Steak”) bears a striking resemblance to the December 2007 issue of Texas Monthly (”Steak”).

Smith’s post has nearly 50 comments at this point, more than any other post in [...]

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When it comes to the right way for local media to embrace the online world, I’ve been tempted for some time just to link to Rob Curley and add “What he said”.
My man just hit it out of the park again, this time with a piece in Harvard’s Nieman Reports that lays the the strategies [...]

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I posted an item today over at Austinist about the city hosting a series of town hall meetings to hear what folks in the community would like to see as part of the new City of Austin website. City officials have already done a web survey, and they plan to share the results of those [...]

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Over on the Austin Chronicle’s sports blog, Mark Fagan passes along the welcome news that the NBA Development League has announced that they will be streaming video of every league game for the remainder of the season. According to league president Dan Reed, this is the first time any professional sports league has enabled free [...]

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