Last Updated: May 26, 1999
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ASNE reports
ASNE’s committees published several reports that were released during
this year’s convention. The following reports are available from the Society’s
headquarters. Later, versions of the report will be available on the Internet
(http://www.asne.org)
The Newspaper Journalists of the ’90s: This comprehensive survey
of newsroom attitudes, demographics and values explores what journalists
think of their jobs, their bosses and the future of the craft. Based on
a representative sample of employees at daily newspapers, the study finds
strong positive attitudes, but not as widely held as in a similar study
eight years earlier. 62-page report. $9 (The original 1988 report, "The
Changing Face of the Newsroom," is only $3 more when both reports are ordered
together.)
A Return to Quality Editing: This report tackles the "Mount Everest"
of copy desk discontent by examining several newspapers’ solutions. Based
on conferences and conversations, the 32-page booklet examines "blowing
up" the copy desk, modern quality techniques, and pagination. $5
Change: Living It, Embracing It, Measuring It: As newsrooms wrestle
with change, ASNE seeks solutions. This 28-page tabloid explores how newsroom
staffers see change — and how they resist it. A thorough list of questions
editors should ask before instituting newsroom improvements is included.
Photocopies, $5
@ Small Newspapers: Not every journalist aspires to work at a
large metro. In this compact booklet, journalists from around the country
explain why they’re happy to work at small newspapers. Journalists ranging
from photographers to managing editors discuss the thrill of getting the
story and the importance of small-town newspapers to their communities.
An excellent recruiting tool. Single copies are free.
Writing and Reading Today: The relationship between the language
journalists use and newspaper reading is explored in this 27-page booklet.
How are the best-retained leads written? Which forms of story-telling are
the most and least comprehensible? Thinking about the mechanics of writing
could go a long way to increasing readership, the authors say. $4
Best Newspaper Writing 1997: The writing that wins the ASNE Distinguished
Writing Awards and Jesse Laventhol Prizes is presented in Best Newspaper
Writing 1997, produced by The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. This
year’s will include winning articles as examples of writing — deadline
(by an individual as well as a team), non-deadline, commentary, editorials
and religion/spirituality, plus interviews with the winners and more. Order
from The Poynter Institute, 801 Third St. South, St. Petersburg FL 33701.
$12.95.
For orders other than Best Newspaper Writing 1997, send a check
in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank or an international money order made
out to the ASNE Foundation. Send it to Publications Fulfillment, 11690B
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston VA 20191-1409. Foreign orders must add $2.50
per copy for handling. There is a 20 percent discount on orders of 20 or
more.
