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Not all Village Voice Media stories involve intensive document searches or freedom-of-information requests. Some of our best efforts come from hanging out with fascinating people -- and telling tales that are simply a joy to read. They may not fit neatly into contest categories, but in their own way they require just as much work as the finest investigative masterpieces. We delight in publishing superior feature stories alongside our hard-news hits. Here are a few of our best: |
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OC Weekly
May 22, 2008 Oranges in the Sunset When San Juan Capistrano boots Ignacio Lujano out of his orange grove, Orange County's citrus era will be over. By Gustavo Arellano |
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Seattle Weekly
May 7, 2008 "I'm (Not) With Busey" What happens when the famous person you happen to look like is a bit of a trainwreck? Ask Jeff Swanson, a Seattle man lucky enough--or unlucky enough--to have been born Gary Busey's doppelganger. By Aimee Curl |
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Broward-Palm Beach New Times
April 3, 2008 Spring Break is Still Awesome! Try as it might, Ft. Lauderdale can't shake its depraved and decadent seasonal partiers. By Michael J. Mooney |
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Houston Press
February 2, 2008 "Barack Obama and Me" Think the Democratic sensation is a blank slate? Not if you knew him back when. And our reporter did, having worked on the South Side of Chicago before Obama was famous, before he was a U.S. Senator--and before he no longer screamed at journalists. By Todd Spivak |
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City Pages
November 28, 2007 Mall Rat Our reporter's assignment: Spend a week living inside the Mall of America, the ultimate monument to American consumerism, and see if you live to tell the tale. By Matt Snyders |
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Westword
August 16, 2007 "The Caged Life" Its official name is U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum, but it's better known as ADX, the super-high-security prison where the federal government keeps its roughest customers. You have to work hard to get into ADX--almost as hard as a reporter has to work to get information about the place. In this story, Prendergast managed to pry open the bars and provide readers with a fascinating--and chilling--look at life inside the biggest big house of them all. By Alan Prendergast |
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Dallas Observer
July 26, 2007 "El Tren de la Muerte" To get to El Norte, hop a freight--and pray you make it alive. By Megan Feldman |
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Village Voice
June 12, 2007 "A Neo-Nazi Field Trip to the Met" Our undercover reporter gives skinheads culture shock in New York City. By Maria Luisa Tucker |
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Cleveland Scene
June 6, 2007 "What Would Journey Do?" Welcome to a place where Eighties hair bands still roam--and rule--the earth By Joe Tone |
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Houston Press
May 10, 2007 "Doug Supernaw" Tracking the decline and spectacular fall of a country music superstar. By John Nova Lomax |
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Riverfront Times
May 9, 2007 "Using Their Noodle" Ever catch a 50-pound catfish with your bare hands? He has. So has his dad. And his granddad. And his aunts. By Malcolm Gay |
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Riverfront Times
April 25, 2007 "Chinatown Confidential" Neither rain nor sleet nor language barriers could stop our persevering correspondent from savoring the cuisine of Chinese masterchef Meng Lei. By Randall Roberts |
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Village Voice
April 17, 2007 "New York's Most Obnoxious Lawyer" And that's saying something. By Sean Gardiner |
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City Pages
March 28, 2007 "The Boogeyman Drops the Gloves" If there's blood on the ice, chances are Derek Boogaard had something to do with it. By Kevin Hoffman |
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Cleveland Scene
March 14, 2007 "Amish Girls Gone Wild" Down on the farm, when they let loose, they really let loose. By Denise Grollmus |
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Riverfront Times
January 24, 2007 "Monster Next Door?" For years Michael Devlin was invisible. Then he became Public Enemy No. 1. By Malcolm Gay |
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Seattle Weekly
December 13, 2006 "The Cosby Effect" The modern hipster's dilemma: Is it cool to wear a Cosby sweater? By Mike Seely |
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Riverfront Times
October 4, 2006 "Twist of Fate" One of the NHL's all-time greatest fighters didn't stop scrapping once he left the ice. By Ben Westhoff |
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Dallas Observer
September 7, 2006 "Cruising With the Whore Cop" He finds humor and light in the darkest of places. By Jesse Hyde |
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