ASNE - October-November

A few tools from the workshop, Writing tips that make a difference in your newsroom: Highlights from the National Writers' Workshops, by Roy Peter Clark
The narrative tool, by Jon Franklin
Literary theft: Lifting technique from classics, Lynn Franklin
10 ways to tune in to your best voice, by Kate Long
The tools of clarity, by Roy Peter Clark
National Writers' Workshop 1999
Subversive storytelling, Strategies for narrative reporting and writing, by Tom French

Too many ingredients ruin the story stew, Trying to include too much information - or trying to use information without organizing it - leads to messy writing; coaching and teaming these reporters can help, by Don Fry

Real training tips from real editors, Low-cost ways for editors at small newspaper to train, by Susan Kille

The scandal: A self-examination, President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky: We got it right, but did we do it right? Are there lessons from Monica?, by Ellen Shearer
Anonymous whispers growing into roars, As the standards on unnamed sources diminish, it leads to unprecedented - and dangerous - use of these sources; much of what is quoted could easily be attributed, by Dan Thomasson
On the record?

Fort Knox, nothing or something in between, Even in the face of the deaths of two newspaper workers by gunmen in one year, newspapers differ in their approaches toward newsroom security, by Mary Lou Wendell

When newspapers focus on race, Winston-Salem, Wichita Falls, Atlanta and Orlando examine their communities - and themselves; projects marked by their humanity and candor, by Sig Gissler
Reporting on race wanted

Open your newsroom to educators, by Diana Mitsu Klos
How to sign up
My time in Sacramento was a bang, by Lori Bergen
Anatomy of a graphic, Beanie Babies and Barbie dolls at the Tribune, by James Stovall

Building a legacy at the Post, Len Downie broadens local coverage, and in this political town, he doesn't vote, by Jonathan Wolman
The Washington Post
Len Downie

Copy editors: Here's how to get what you want, Baltimore publisher gives advice to copy editors on working well with higher-ups; ask for something they can say yes to and interact with them when you don't want something, by Gene Foreman

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