The American Editor, January-February 2001

Table of Contents

A note from the President

• The 'call' and the passion to be right, by Richard A. Oppel

Leadership

• Leadership: It may never matter more, At a critical juncture in the rapidly changing newspaper business, ASNE leaders meet to discuss what leadership is and how to make it flourish, by Jennie Buckner
• Ten Lessons from ASNE's Leadership Conference
• What’s the difference?

Memorial

• Wiggins created Post as we know it, by Katharine Graham

The Census

• Basic questions to help cover the census, Planning to cover the unfolding story of people and political power, told through numbers, by LaBarbara Bowman

The Pulitzer

• Varied paths end at journalism's top prize, by Will Corbin

Transitions

• From the business side of the business, Moving from editor to GM or publisher might sound like a painful proposition,

  but life on the other side can be interesting and rewarding, by Wendy Zomparelli
  

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Credibility

• 10 Tips to get better connected with readers, Many newspapers are making strides in improving credibility by creating an environment where people inside the newsroom hear from the public and respond, by Michele McLellan

International Media

• Russia's new media struggles for freedom, by William B. Ketter

Recognition

• Digital future depends on lessons of the past, 163 years after his murder, Elijah Parish Lovejoy serves as a model for journalists now struggling to find their way in a new business and technological climate, by Bill Kovach

Management advice

• Meetings cost millions, Make sure they're worth it, by Edward Miller

Good Writing

• How to make your late culture early, by Don Fry

Ask Dr. Ink

• Making lemonade and dancing on Wall Street, The doctor discusses what to do with those embarrassing election headlines, how to get Wall Street to take newspapers seriously and convergence queasiness

An American Editor

• Embracing change, Tonnie Katz finds the scariest part of the job in Orange County is also the most important, by Arlene Notoro Morgan
• The Orange County Register
• Tonnie L. Katz

Pages across America

• Fun pages that keep readers coming back, by Bill Dunn

ASNE on the move

• Calendar