The American Editor, July 2001

Table of Contents

A note from the President

• Don’t be silent, by Tim J. McGuire

Local News

• Local News, It's more than the city council, cops and courts, by Frank Denton
• The Impact Study, by Frank Denton
• Building readership with a sense of community, by Frank Denton
• The dimensions of local news, excerpt from The Local News Handbook

Leadership

• Giving front-door access to the truth, Bob Maynard took a beaten-down paper, rebuilt it with a diverse staff and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize, never forgetting what it means to fulfill a promise, by Dori J. Maynard
• Looking for tales of today’s great leaders, A new book project and award will focus the spotlight on a new generation of newsroom leadership, by Paul Tash
• What’s your favorite leadership story?, by Paul Tash

Changing ASNE

• A new day requires a new structure, Opening membership and electing presidents to longer terms will give the organization the strength to battle those who would raise profits at the expense of standards, by Roy Peter Clark

• We stand tall in the face of adversity, Times are tough, but the organization remains a strong voice for core journalistic values and a leader in the fight to improve diversity, credibility and journalism education, by Gregory Favre

Diversity

• Race workshop sparks four breakthroughs, It’s not enough to bring minority journalists to the table; you have to listen harder and empower everyone, by Forrest Carr

Amazoning the news

• What newspapers can learn from Amazon.com, by Ellen Kampinsky, Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis

Pages across the nation

• McVeigh execution front pages focus on the victims, by Ellen Foley

The credibility conversation

• When the public calls, respond, by Don Wycliff

• Tips for responding to readers, excerpts from The Newspaper Credibility Handbook

Tough times

• In cost cutting, time is the first casualty, by Steve Trosley

Management advice

• The not-so-easy task of saying ‘good job’, by Edward Miller

An American editor

• Valuing talent, A love of words leads Caesar Andrews to a career in journalism, where he puts the emphasis on the individual, by Arlene Notoro Morgan

• Caesar Andrews

Ask Dr. Ink

• Jerry Springer, ’gators and assigning editors, When a promotion isn’t and words that make you read

ASNE on the move

• Calendar