The Buzz
BY CHRISTINA DENARDO
Today's question: What is your major tip for newspapers confronting the economic downturn in the industry?
Oppel issues ‘A Call to Leadership’ to advance quality journalism
BY JEWEL GOPWANI
Election night tested the leadership of many newspaper editors nationwide. They had to decide what to put on their front pages with no clear winner in the presidential race.
McGuire ready to tackle economic struggles, diversity, readership
BY ANGELIQUE SOENARIE
Tim J. McGuire started his career in journalism 33 years ago, delivering papers. Now, as he becomes the president of ASNE this week, his challenge will be to deliver solutions to the country’s newspaper editors.
Oppel’s term ends but not his crusade
BY ICESS FERNANDEZ
His term may end in a matter of days, but outgoing ASNE President Richard A. Oppel still considers himself a crusader for the organization.
"As editors we have to be leaders," said Mr. Oppel, editor of the Austin American-Statesman.
Overcoming the Prefix Syndrome
BY JASON BEGAY
I hate being a minority.
I wouldn’t mind it so much if it wasn’t flashed in my face like a finger-pointing strobe light. I wouldn’t mind it so much if it didn’t set me apart from other students and a "Native American" prefix was attached to me to prove that diversity in journalism is on the rise.
Poynter waives seminar fees through December
BY CHRISTINA DENARDO
In an unprecedented move, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies says it will waive tuition and hotel expenses for journalists participating in training seminars from June through December.
ASNE Reporter staffers bring diverse experiences
BY SHANNON COMES AT NIGHT AND JOHNNY LEWIS
This year’s student journalists at the ASNE Reporter include everyone from the founder of an industrial music Web magazine to a reporter who has covered a Wienermobile to a photographer who won an award for documenting the life of a woman with cerebral palsy.
Ready, set, vote: The race is on among 12 board candidates
BY KRISSAH WILLIAMS
Twelve candidates are vying for six spots on the ASNE Board of Directors this year, among them five incumbents.
The candidates stressed the importance of strong leadership as the economy slows and the value of increasing diversity in newsrooms, despite shrinking budgets. A few editors emphasized the importance of further integrating small newspapers into ASNE and developing more programs and initiatives addressing their needs and concerns. Members of ASNE can vote for six of the 12 candidates until 4 p.m. Thursday at the ASNE registration desk.
Editors play a role in ‘I Spy’
BY CICELY DYSON AND JEWEL GOPWANI
On a tour of the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency, about 35 editors and reporters met with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; Gen. Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and CIA Director George Tenet.
Minority count falls for first time in ASNE newsroom census
BY JASON BEGAY AND SHANNON COMES AT NIGHT
In spite of an increasingly diverse America, the number of minorities in the newsroom has fallen for the first time since ASNE began tracking it in 1978.
Kalb Report addresses profit-vs.-quality
BY MARY VOUNG AND ICESS FERNANDEZ
Editors wrestled with the challenges of meeting the public’s expectations of news quality and Wall Street’s demand for high profits Monday at a forum led by veteran journalist Marvin Kalb.
Editors to hear high-profile speakers
BY JOHN LEWIS
Editors will hear from a number of high-profile speakers at this year’s ASNE convention, beginning with "the most trusted man in America" and concluding with a celebrated publisher who recently resigned over philosophical issues.
