A note from the President

• Rewarding good writing: A happy ASNE mission, by Sandy Rowe

Readership

• Reader Respect, Finding out what it means (and how to get it), by Ellen Shearer

 
• Class appeal vs. mass appeal in newspapers, Dumbing down news and titillating readers has cheapened our product; we should go after those willing to pay for news, by Jim Willis

 
• Reaction: Market for readers isn't that simple, by Frank Denton

Diversity

• A meeting of the minds on diversity, ASNE brings together participants of many backgrounds, experiences, to discuss the goal beyond 2000; the message: keep diversity goals and try to do better, by Rick Rodriguez

Online sports

• Watch out or real-time coverage will be shot down, Teams, officials, events are shutting out or restricting real-time online sports operations - some of which are affiliated with newspapers, by Kevin Goldberg

Thinking internationally

• International journalists face incredible hazards, An editor visiting as part of ASNE's International Journalism Exchange opens eyes about the plight of our brethren overseas, by John Hughes
• Program links foreign editors, U.S. papers, by Diana Mitsu Klos
• With distance, newsroom dynamic became clearer, by Juan Luis Font
• Familiar ground thousands of miles from home, by Eluem Emeka Izeze
• Ideas at work, by Eluem Emeka Izeze

Wire Content Review

• A day in the life of the wires: Aug. 13, 1997, Wire Content Committee takes a look at one day's worth of news on several wire services, by Bob Zaltsberg
• What the committee looked for, by Bob Zaltsberg

The ASNE Reporter

• ASNE Reporter staff readying for spring, 17 college students from a variety of backgrounds have been selected to share one experience - covering the 1998 ASNE convention, by George Rede

Portrait of the president

• Seaton races ahead as ASNE president, Man from Manhattan, Kan., does his homework, works hard and is passionate about Latin America and newspapers, by Ned Seaton

The Write Stuff

• Divine lead draws readers into story, by Brian Cooper

Good writing

• Writing buddy systems can help everybody, by Don Fry

What would you do?

• You can name names, but should you?, by Kathy Silverberg

ASNE on the move

• Candidates nominated for ASNE's board of directors
• Urban to research journalism credibility
• San Francisco Examiner executive editor marries
• ASNE opposes federal bill on Internet filters
• ASNE joins public access case
• Valuable tools on Web site
• Members on the move
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