The Buzz
BY ICESS FERNÁNDEZ
Today's Question: What one idea would you suggest to improve retention in the newsroom?
Sen. Clinton fields questions, wins praise
BY ANGELIQUE SOENARIE
Even before her role as first lady, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., has been called many things in politics -- from the best first lady next to Jackie Kennedy to a "femi-Nazi."
Sen. Clinton challenges tax-cut plan
BY KRISSAH WILLIAMS
An hour before President George W. Bush took center stage in the J.W. Marriott's Grand Ballroom, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told newspaper editors that the president's proposed tax cuts would strangle the federal government.
Friday forecast: thunder
BY CHRISTINA DENARDO AND ICESS FERNANDEZ
In his first public interview since his resignation, former San Jose Mercury News publisher Jay Harris said he will continue to serve the public but did not say whether it would be in journalism.
Newsrooms must walk the 'diversity' walk, not just talk the talk
BY AMY LEANG
Looking around the hotel room that was to be our makeshift news lab, I felt a surging sense of pride -- pride for the accomplishments that have led me to this convention, pride at being a journalist of color among other journalists of color and pride for this association at realizing our value and potential. All that pride soon disappeared though, with the first night of the conference.
5 incumbents, 1 newcomer elected to ASNE board
BY JASON BEGAY
Five members of the ASNE board of directors were re-elected to three-year terms, and one new director was elected to a two-year term in voting that ended Thursday.
Bush: 'Chinese have got to act'
BY MARY VUONG
"The Chinese have got to act, and I hope they do so quickly,'' President Bush told editors at the ASNE convention Thursday. "They need to realize it's time for our people to be home."
Cartoonist McGruder gives editors a view from the 'Boondocks'
BY CHRISTINA DENARDO
Aaron McGruder bears a striking resemblance to Huey, a pre-teen, passionate and intelligent black revolutionary who moves with his grandfather and brother from an all-black neighborhood in the city into the middle of white suburbia -- the boondocks.
That also happens to be the name of Mr. McGruder's comic strip. But, he said, "The Boondocks" is not autobiographical, although the premise of the strip is based on his experiences.
Minority departures: who and why
BY JEWEL GOPWANI
Carolina Garcia, managing editor of the San Antonio Express-News, wants to know "what happened. Why did they leave?" These pressing questions refer to minority journalists who are leaving the industry faster than they are entering it. ASNE hopes that by this time next year it will have some answers based on the results of an in-depth survey the organization has decided to launch, said Ms. Garcia, the new chairwoman of ASNE's Diversity Committee.
Why the exodus? NABJ members give views
BY JEWEL GOPWANI
Excerpts from "Voices of Anger, Cries of Concern: Some NABJ Views of the Retention Problem -- And Some Solutions."
Knight gives $4.8 million to ASNE for high school initiative
BY ANGELIQUE SOENARIE
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has given ASNE a $4.8 million grant to boost the organization's efforts in attracting minority high school students into journalism.
Repaying some debts through journalism
BY WILLIE J. ALLEN JR.
There seemed to be one simple truth in my life. I was black and it didn't matter how much money I had, what neighborhood I lived in, my intelligence or skill on the playing field. I just wasn't good enough to be equal.
Interest in Hispanic issues rises with population
BY OLIVIA MUÑOZ
Newspapers have a lot of ground left to cover regarding Hispanics, from hiring more to improving coverage of their communities, according to editors at the 2001 ASNE convention.
Award winners offer ingredients for excellence
BY JOHNNY LEWIS
ASNE will present awards to seven individuals or teams for outstanding examples of writing and photography at its closing session on Friday.
The Jesse Laventhol Prizes are given to recognize outstanding reporting on deadline. Two winners will be awarded $10,000 each.
Online journalists have major-league issues over sports credentials
BY CICELY K. DYSON
ASNE editors and representatives of Major League Baseball Thursday tackled a new entry in the complex field of intellectual property rights: who owns the rights if online journalists obtain the same sports credentials as traditional print and broadcast journalists?
Student journalists fight on for press freedoms
BY SHANNON COMES AT NIGHT
More than a decade after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting high school student press freedoms, the number of calls from students for legal assistance concerning censorship increases yearly, according to Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press Law Center.
Designing editors emphasize teamwork
BY KIMBERLY MOY
More than a decade after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting high school student press freedoms, the number of calls from students for legal assistance concerning censorship increases yearly, according to Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press Law Center.
Hot topics, good coverage lands Miami Herald editor E&P honor
BY JASON BEGAY
Teamwork is what it's all about. Faced with declining readership, a shrinking news hole and a reduction in page size, editors are increasingly thinking about the importance of visual presentation -- and how everyone in the newsroom should work together to improve it.
