Last Updated: December 29, 2000
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ASNE on the move
ASNE hires new director for projects
ASNE named Cristal Williams as project director in September.
Williams comes to ASNE from the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal, where she
served in a variety of editorial positions before becoming the manager
of recruiting and development. Williams has a bachelor's degree in journalism
from The University of Maryland.
"Having spent 16 years in newspapers as a reporter, editor and in recruitment,
I am very familiar with ASNE and the critical role it plays in maintaining
the highest standards of quality and preserving core journalistic values,"
Williams said. "I'm excited about this opportunity."
Williams will oversee several key ASNE projects, including the ASNE
Institute for Journalism Excellence and the Freedom Forum/ASNE International
Journalism Exchange.
The Institute for Journalism Excellence builds stronger ties between
newsrooms and college journalism programs through placement of college
journalism professors in newsrooms for work experience. It is funded by
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The Journalism Exchange, founded by ASNE in 1984 and funded by The Freedom
Forum since 1994, brings senior-level editors to the U.S. from countries
where press freedoms are threatened for five-weeks of newsroom management
training, including a month at a daily newspaper.
Williams will also play a key role in the Journalism Credibility Project,
in its fourth year with funding from the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation.
Williams succeeds Diana Mitsu Klos, who was promoted to senior project
director in May.
