The American Editor, September 1997

Table of Contents

A note from the President

• Looking through anothers lens is part of credibility project, by Sandy Rowe

Leadership vs. Management

• Leadership vs. Management, Charting the right course is more than hacking through daily stuff, by David Zeeck

• What leadership challenges do you face?, by David Zeeck

USA Today at 15

• Good news for 'McPaper', After 15 years it climbs from money pit to profitability, by Paul Farhi

Institute for Journalism Excellence

• Editors, educators benefit from IJE, by Diana Mitsu Klos

• Newsroom experience has kept me up-to-date, by Tendayi Kumbula

• Being scared reminded me why I love news, by Jane Harrigan

• Getting out and doing again is rejuvenating, by Ed Williams

• We needed a hands-on person and we got him, by Andy Young

• Thoughts for the classroom

• Project opened my eyes to personal ethics issue, by Beth Haller

• I wouldn't trade this rush for anything, by Michael Berlin

• 1998's Institute for Journalism Excellence

On Journalism

• Hometown photographers aren't the paparazzi, Covering the ball game or a local car accident, daily newspaper shooters are members of the community, by Hunter George

Journalism Credibility Project

• Liberalism's role in our collapsing credibility, ASNE project doesn't address a fundamental problem, by Ross Mackenzie

Free Press

• Puerto Rican paper struggles against boycott, Despite loss of advertising and government pressure on a sister company, El Nuevo Dia expands investigative team, by Luis Ferre-Rangel and Maria Luisa Ferre-Rangel

An American Editor

• An editor looks ahead in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose (Calif.) Mercury NEws editor JErry Ceppos finds innovation in covering news is part of covering innovation and believes that credibility must be paramount, by Peter Bhatia

• About the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, by Peter Bhatia

• Jerry Ceppos, by Peter Bhatia

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The Write Stuff

• Of the Wienermobile, bass and holes-in-one, by Brian Cooper

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Good writing

• Consult your compass before starting to write, Ordering - organizing before the draft - saves time and stress and delivers a better story, by Kevin McGrath

What would you do?

• When can a reporter not identify herself?, by Kathy Silverberg

Book Review

• Episodes illustrate power of the press, 'Mightier than the Sword' takes 14 moments where media people affected history from Rush Limbaugh to Sam Adams, by Janice Hume

ASNE on the move

• Star Tribune's McGuire named to ASNE ladder

• 11 new members elected to ASNE

• The ASNE board also...

• Credibility writing top ASNE's '98 convention topics

• Journalism Short Courses

• Internship poster is here

• @ Small Newspapers online

• Moved on...

• Moved up...

• Moved out...

• Moving out...

• Calendar