The American Editor, March 2001

Table of Contents

A note from the President

• Industry involvement in hard times, by Tim J. McGuire

The Editorial Pages

• Editorial pages: Don't plan the future without them, by Lynnell Burkett
• To a new editorial writer: Advice from an editorial page editor
• A rookie editorial writer's first lessons
• Pointed pictures, St. Louis experiments with photo-editorials and finds they grab readers and sometimes prompt angry responses, by Rena Pederson

The Pulitzer

• Good, old-fashioned hard work often wins, by Will Corbin

Photojournalism

• Speaking in tongues, Newspapers work to develop a common language so photographers and editors can discuss photojournalism, by Warren Watson

Management Advice

• Getting others to do what you want... and like it, Authority isn't enough; it's going to take persuasion, by Edward Miller

Freedom of Information

• Technology brings new issues to FOI, Information can be more accessible on the Internet, but that accessibility raises privacy and national security issues that could lead to more restrictions, by Sue Hale
  

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Credibility

• Getting a fix on online corrections, by Bonnie Bressers

Ask Dr. Ink

• Profits up, readership down- hmmm

Good Writing

• Rooting out a weak element form stories, ‘It is’ a sentence structure, used by clumsy writers, absent sound and fury, signifying nothing., by Kevin McGrath

An American Editor

• Making a difference, David Stoeffler mixes creativity and concern in Lincoln, by Arlene Notoro Morgan
• Lincoln Journal Star
• David Stoeffler

ASNE on the move

• 2001 candidates for ASNE Board
• Catching up...
• Calendar