The American Editor, May-June 2001

Table of Contents

A note from the President

• Lessons in courage and sensitivity, by Tim J. McGuire

Readership

• Readership: Forget what you know, Landmark research gets inside the reader’s head and points to a window of opportunity that will soon close, by Rick Rodriguez

Diversity

• Retention in focus after diversity drops, ASNE to take a hard look at why, during a strong year of hiring for new minority journalists, more minorities left the newsroom than entered it, by LaBarbara Bowman

Capitol Steps controversy

• The lessons to learn from Capitol Steps skit, by William F. Woo
• Walking the walk, by Terry Greenberg

2001 Convention

• Pentagon Papers, then and today, by Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.

Journalism and the law

• Court backs publishing illegally intercepted info, Justices rule that public interest is paramount, provided media didn’t participate in the illegal means used, by Kevin Goldberg

The credibility conversation

• When the comics are no laughing matter, by Michelle McLellan and Bob Steele

Writing

• What’s so wrong with writing long?, by Roy Peter Clark
• Journalists got into the business because they love to tell stories, but do readers have the time to read them?, by Clark Hoyt

Ethics

• Living by the core principle of integrity, When newspapers approach the community with accuracy, fairness and independence, the public answers with their trust and respect, by Joann Byrd

Tough times

• Don’t forsake training, even in tough times, by John Winn Miller

Management advice

• The oft-bungled task of criticizing, by Edward Miller

An American editor

• Committed to diversity, Charlotte Hall saw a community changing and knew the newspaper would have to change, too, by Arlene Notoro Morgan
• Newsday
• Charlotte Hall

Ask Dr. Ink

• Cold clam chowder, straight from the can, Free advice on corrections, anonymous sources

ASNE on the move

• Calendar