ASNE - February

Can you improve your code of ethics?, (or create a good code if you don't have one?), by Bob Steele and Jay Black
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Barnicle: A consequence of not enforcing a code, If The Boston Globe hadn't exempted columnist Mike Barnicle from the ethics code it enforced on other writers, he might still be there, by Robert Phelps
Making ethics part of the newsroom routine, Shouldn't ethics conversations be a routine as RSI training or sexual harrassment seminars? Only a handful of newspapers discuss their principles regularly, by William Woo

Keep the journalistic oxygen flowing, Without a healthy bottom line, newspapers cannot carry out their mission; people who fail to embrace this economic imperative should leave the business, by Jay Smith
Affirmative action: Telling it like it's not, Study of media reports on affirmative action found women were rarely mentioned, loaded words were often used and the subject was portrayed as a black-white issue, by Rene Redwood
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Changing career tracks in a new media age, As the news model moves away from working toward a daily deadline to updating databases constantly, newsroom roles should also change, by Kerry Northrup

Great projects are closer than you think, Developing a relationship with a communications school in your state can lead to collaborations on series you could never do on your own, by Stan Tiner

Preparing before a disaster strikes, Take the advice of this Texas editor: Get ready now for the catastrophe you hope never happens - the one in your newsroom, by Margaret Edmonson

As copy desk work grows, credibility ebbs, Readers rank little errors - grammar, spelling, etc. - as their first credibility roadblock; copy editors say it's no mystery: errors increase as their workloads do, by Gene Foreman
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An innovation culture in Lexington, Pam Luecke works to make the Herald-Leaer essential by constantly trying new things, tweaking old ones, by Cliff Teutsch
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Pam Luecke

In praise of shorter sentences, Whateveryour writing style, remember that readers need to stop and take a breath now and then, by Kevin McGrath

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