A note from the President

• Government relations, past and present, by Richard A. Oppel

X-rated

• Kinky sex and bizarre murders...What's a family newspaper to do?, by Marilyn Greenwald
• Tips for handling graphic news

Memorial

• Unpredictable twists, turns of a pioneer, by Ellen Goodman

Diversity

• Diversity matters and it's worth it, by Margaret Sullivan

The Pulitzer

• Paths to two Pulitzers lead through Columbine High, by Will Corbin



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Election coverage

• And the winner is...we don't know yet, The Gore Wins! Bush Wins! Nobody Wins! election night had editors around the country twisted into knots and caused a rare sleepless night in Vero Beach, by Larry Reisman

Controversy

• Bush comments draw cries of foul; do satirists have different rules?, Cocaine, alcohol-abuse strips were dropped by some papers, edited by others, by Lee Salem

Ask Dr. Ink

• Theater critics and a bullet-riddled corpse, The doctor offers prescriptions for balancing the critic and the art, when to run difficult pictures and what to do when the funny pages are no laughing matter

Good writing

• Sharpen your vision to find best point of view, by Kevin McGrath

Management advice

• Several stoppers to plug newspapers' brain drain, Watergate, the great motivator for boomer journalists, is ancient history to Generation X, but editors can find other ways to attract and retain new talent, by Edward Miller

An American Editor

• Setting the community agenda, Tucker finds the editorial page isn't a place to make friends, but it's a great place to connect with readers, by Arlene Notoro Morgan
• The Atlanta Constitution
• Cynthia Tucker

Pages across America

• Owensboro is flying a new flag and design, by Bob Ashley

ASNE on the move

• Former ASNE president Wiggins dies
• Deadline for ASNE awards is Feb. 1
• ASNE brings top foreign editors to America
• Training to cover the new Latino community
• ASNE high school project progresses
• Calendar