Gambit Weekly
Encyclopedia
Gambit is a New Orleans, Louisiana
-based free alternative weekly
newspaper
that was established in 1981 as Gambit Weekly. Gambit features reporting about local politics, news, food and drink, arts, music, film, events, environmental issues and other topics, as well as listings. Gambit publishes 50,020 papers each Tuesday, which are distributed to 400 locations in the New Orleans metro area beginning Sunday afternoon.
The paper's columnists include political editor Clancy DuBos, who is also a political analyst and commentator on WWL-TV, and the pseudonymous "Blake Pontchartrain," who answers readers' questions about the history of New Orleans. Former Times-Picayune columnist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Chris Rose began writing a weekly column for Gambit in February 2010. Past columnists have included Andrei Codrescu
and Ronnie Virgets
. Jeremy Alford is a contributing writer based in Baton Rouge, who writes on statewide issues and has won several Louisiana Press Association awards for his coverage. Regular features include "Scuttlebutt," a short takes on political news, and "Bouquets & Brickbats," weekly awards for the city's "heroes and zeroes." Gambit also publishes a weekly editorial and issues endorsements in many political races, with two notable exceptions; it does not endorse in national elections, nor does it endorse in judicial elections (on a longstanding political belief that judges should be appointed, not elected).
The paper has won many local and national honors, and former Gambit writer Katy Reckdahl was awarded both Hunter College
's James Aronson
Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2002 for her series on the mistreatment of the homeless, as well as a 2002 Casey Journalism Center
Medal for Distinguished Coverage of Children and Family Issues for her report titled "Louisiana Juvenile Justice" on the Tallulah
Correctional Center for Youth . Other former writers and editors include Michael Tisserand, author of the books The Kingdom of Zydeco and Sugarcane Academy, Scott Jordan, former spokesman for the Louisiana Democratic Party, and Rich Collins, a member of the children's music group Imagination Movers
.
The paper also sponsors the annual Big Easy Theater Awards and Big Easy Music Awards, honoring New Orleans' best performing artists.
On October 1, 2007, Gambit launched Blog of New Orleans to supplement its Web site Best of New Orleans with daily updates on New Orleans news, politics, arts, sports and cuisine. Its other publications include CUE, a monthly home and fashion magazine, H+W, a monthly health supplement and L'Image, a twice-annual bridal guide.
In January 2009, the paper changed its name from Gambit Weekly to Gambit, the name under which it was founded in 1981.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
-based free alternative weekly
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newspaper
Newspaper
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that was established in 1981 as Gambit Weekly. Gambit features reporting about local politics, news, food and drink, arts, music, film, events, environmental issues and other topics, as well as listings. Gambit publishes 50,020 papers each Tuesday, which are distributed to 400 locations in the New Orleans metro area beginning Sunday afternoon.
The paper's columnists include political editor Clancy DuBos, who is also a political analyst and commentator on WWL-TV, and the pseudonymous "Blake Pontchartrain," who answers readers' questions about the history of New Orleans. Former Times-Picayune columnist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Chris Rose began writing a weekly column for Gambit in February 2010. Past columnists have included Andrei Codrescu
Andrei Codrescu
Andrei Codrescu is a Romanian-born American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for National Public Radio. He was Mac Curdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University from 1984 until his retirement in 2009....
and Ronnie Virgets
Ronnie Virgets
Ronnie Virgets is a New Orleans, Louisiana writer, commentator, and journalist. He is a native of New Orleans and has lived there for most of his life.-Background:...
. Jeremy Alford is a contributing writer based in Baton Rouge, who writes on statewide issues and has won several Louisiana Press Association awards for his coverage. Regular features include "Scuttlebutt," a short takes on political news, and "Bouquets & Brickbats," weekly awards for the city's "heroes and zeroes." Gambit also publishes a weekly editorial and issues endorsements in many political races, with two notable exceptions; it does not endorse in national elections, nor does it endorse in judicial elections (on a longstanding political belief that judges should be appointed, not elected).
The paper has won many local and national honors, and former Gambit writer Katy Reckdahl was awarded both Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
's James Aronson
James Aronson
James Aronson was an American journalist. He founded the left-leaning National Guardian. He was a graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.- Work before the Guardian :...
Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2002 for her series on the mistreatment of the homeless, as well as a 2002 Casey Journalism Center
Journalism Center on Children & Families
The Journalism Center on Children & Families is a nonprofit program of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. The center inspires and recognizes exemplary reporting on children and families...
Medal for Distinguished Coverage of Children and Family Issues for her report titled "Louisiana Juvenile Justice" on the Tallulah
Tallulah, Louisiana
Tallulah is a city in and the parish seat of Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 9,189 at the 2000 census...
Correctional Center for Youth . Other former writers and editors include Michael Tisserand, author of the books The Kingdom of Zydeco and Sugarcane Academy, Scott Jordan, former spokesman for the Louisiana Democratic Party, and Rich Collins, a member of the children's music group Imagination Movers
Imagination Movers
Imagination Movers is a child-centered rock band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003. The lineup includes Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, and Scott "Smitty" Smith. Members of the group were longtime friends and neighbors....
.
The paper also sponsors the annual Big Easy Theater Awards and Big Easy Music Awards, honoring New Orleans' best performing artists.
On October 1, 2007, Gambit launched Blog of New Orleans to supplement its Web site Best of New Orleans with daily updates on New Orleans news, politics, arts, sports and cuisine. Its other publications include CUE, a monthly home and fashion magazine, H+W, a monthly health supplement and L'Image, a twice-annual bridal guide.
In January 2009, the paper changed its name from Gambit Weekly to Gambit, the name under which it was founded in 1981.
External links
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- Gambit daily blog
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