The American Editor, August 2000

Table of Contents

A note from the President

• Traditional values will be our future advantage, by Richard A. Oppel

Getting humor into newspapers

• The tricky business of using humor, It's not nearly as dangerous as you might think..., by Rick Horowitz

International

• A ringside seat for history in the making, by Rick Rodriguez

Diversity

• Working to reach immigrant readers, America's smaller newspapers are trying a variety of methods to reach Spanish-speaking newcomers to their communities, by Kathy Silverberg
• Alabama newspaper aims De Nosotrous pages at growing Spanish-speaking population
• Elevating journalism in Indian Country, There are complex reasons why young Native Americans often overlook journalism as a career path, but promising new projects are planting the seeds of change, by Dennis McAuliffe Jr.

Ask Dr. Ink

• Digital manipulation and the Cheerios test, ASNE's good doctor weighs in on when to spoil a reader's breakfast, when to fiddle with photos and how to handle editors who let great pitches pass them by

Institute for Journalism Excellence

• Pulitzer 'shocks' small paper, by Warren Watson
• Reinventing Lloyd Dobyns, The TV veteran and journalism professor pulls a stint at The Virginian-Pilot as part of ASNE's Institute for Journalism Excellence, by Warren Watson
• The wit and wisdom of Lloyd Dobyns

History

• Coolidge's 1925 remark is a textbook 'quote out of context'
• '...the chief business of the American people is business'

Good writing

• Reporters might edit their own work best, Editors who shift their efforts to helping writers shape stories early in the process are rewarded with hurs of saved time and reporters who understand how to edit, by Don Fry

An American Editor

• Battling against the dinosaur label, Jeannine Guttman sees exciting times in newspapers and challenges her staff to take risks, by Arlene Notoro Morgan
• Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
• Jeannine Guttman

Pages across America

• Dallas reclaims 'dumping ground', by Chris Kelley

ASNE on the move

• ASNE begins project to aid high school journalism
• New faces in new places
• ASNE hires new communications director
• Calendar