• A note from the president: Right-to-know cause reignited by Hall of Fame

Pagination

• Pagination: It's hard, it's painful, it's worth it: The change is wrenching to those involved and quality can suffer in the short term, but the long-term payoff of improved design and better deadlines more than offsets it, by Larry Tarleton

 

• You may need to rethink your whole organization: In choosing the new system for Phoenix, the focus has been on ownership, participation and decisions based on "customer" demands, by Howard Finberg

 

• There are benefits you don't even see yet: Equipment increases opportunities for collaboration, something most newsrooms don't do well, By Dave Fryxell and Jeff Rush

Convention 97

• Here's a chance to let your star ideas shine, by Joe Distelheim

Freedom of Information Act

• FOIA coalition unites disparate groups: Freedom Forum gathering recognizes Hall of Fame honorees, gives FOI veterans chance to brainstorm, recommend future strategies

 

• How Americans got their right to know: Getting Congress to guarantee access to federal information through FOIA 30 years ago was a press triumph, by George Kennedy

 

• Updating FOIA for the 21st century: Making FOIA meaningful again took years of effort, but it boiled down to helping people get access to government information, including a theoretical reporter from Vermont, by Sen. Patrick Leahy
• What EFOIA can do for you
• EFOIA on the Web

Diversity

• Gulf between minority, white journalists wide: APME report finds mirror-opposite answers: Many minority journalists don't think whites have to work as hard while their white counterparts believe the same of minorities, by Gilbert Bailon

 

• Newsrooms must manage diversity better: Majority of journalists agreed that diversity is valuable; answers lie in commitment, communication and training, by Narda Zacchino

Future of Newspapers

• Fighting to remain the "bright soul of a city:" Newspapers executives at API contemplate the future and decide that no matter how information is disseminated, leadership in the newsroom and community are paramount, by Craig Branson

An American Editor

• Milwaukee editor presses ahead after papers merge: Mary Jo Meisner oversaw wrenching change when the Journal and Sentinel were combined; leading readers and staffers afterwards is the challenging thing, by Debbie Price
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Mary Jo Meisner

Good Writing

• Centering your bureau reporters: Don't fool yourself, the staffers in the bureaus feel like they're in the hinterlands; see what you can do to make them feel they're part of the "bright center," by Don Fry

Book review

• The Pentagon Papers from a different view: Thorough examination of landmark case convinces book's author that legitimate U.S. security interests were at stake, but he doesn't make the case, by Dave Zweifel

The Write Stuff

• Sound-influenced heads lead the way, by Brian Cooper

What would you do?

• When should a reporter hold back information?, by Kathy Silverberg

 

• The problem

On Journalism

• Beacon of truth shines brighter than ever: In a changing world of talk shows, diminishing audiences and attempts to squelch the facts, the press' vital role as watchdog and truth-teller is the same, by Lou Boccardi

ASNE on the move

• Oppel elected

 

• Klos named Project Director of ASNE

 

• New members approved

 

• Committee names changed

 

• Deaths

 

• 1997 convention preview

Letters to The Editor

• Even with better media-military relations, reporters should always check it out, by Alf Pratte