Editors to hear high-profile speakers
BY JOHNNY 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.
Jay Harris emphasizes need to balance public trust with bottom line '
BY JOHNNY LEWIS
Former newspaper publisher Jay T. Harris told editors at ASNE Friday that his decision to speak out against market pressures in the newspaper industry was not an “act of betrayal.” Rather than an act against a newspaper company, it was an “act of fidelity” to the values of journalism. “I had watched a long train of corporate abuses against the traditions and core values of a great profession and a great company,” Harris said at the organization’s closing luncheon. “I had witnessed enough.” “It was like watching a loved-one commit suicide-- unintentionally.”
Bush: 'Chinese have got to act'
BY MARY VUONG
W“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.”
Senator Clinton challenges budget-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.
Cronkite encourages editors to stick with ideals of "legitimacy"
BY MARY VUONG
Walter Cronkite entertained editors with anecdotes of his 60 years in the news business Wednesday and encouraged them to continue upholding the ethics of journalism.
Ashcroft says government needs help from citizens
BY JASON BEGAY
America is going to require more than the help of “all the president’s men,” to create a safer society, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said at an ASNE luncheon on Wednesday. During his 30-minute speech, Mr. Ashcroft presented three issues that his department is going to focus on. Specifically, he addressed implementing gun control, curbing drug use and ending the law enforcement practice of racial profiling.
