• Professors find they make grade in newsrooms, by Robert Giles

The Olympics

• Training for the big story: In this case, the world's largest peacetime gathering - the 1996 Olympics, by Thomas Oliver
• The Jewell Controversy
• Dos and Don'ts
• By the Numbers

• What we can learn from the tabloids: Sure, those supermarket tabs are full of tawdry stories, but they can teach us something, by Tony Sutton

• Why journalism needs Ph.D.s: Investing in advanced-degree programs will help make what we do more of a profession and less of a craft, by Philip Meyer

The role of retired members

• Retired members have role in ASNE, but it takes extra effort: While editors "actively engaged in the work of running newspapers" run the Society, there's no reason retired members can't play a large part on its committees, by Patrick McCauley
• What do retired members do with their time now?

• Gaining women, balance on the sports pages: Poll indicates that gymnastics and swimming are popular with female readers, yet poorly covered, by Guido H. Stempel III and Thomas Hargrove

• News people can erase military-media suspicion: "America's Team: The Odd Couple" explores how military personnel and journalists can work together, build trust, by Frank A. Aukofer

National Judicial Conference

• Legal issues discussed (and argued) at gathering: O.J. Simpson civil case exposes several issues from National Judicial Conference on Media and the Courts, by Linda Lightfoot
• The recommendations

An American Editor

• Newhouse bureau chief bucks political babble: Under Deborah Howell, Newhouse News Service has introduced unusual beats like gender and morality to stay relevant in an ocean of Washington pundits, by Ellen Shearer
• Wire service: Newhouse News Service
• Deborah Howell

• Values examination from someone who knows: Chicago Tribune publisher says accuracy, honesty, avoidance of deceit are the basics that must be upheld, by William F. Woo

• Take a chance: Give readers some corn: To lure your readers (and keep them) use emotion, detail and strong quotes, by Kevin McGrath

• Readers, editors rank things differently, by Susan H. Miller

• The Write Stuff: These smooth-as-silk headlines and leads are uniformly good, by Brian Cooper

• After the fall II: Being a good human being is an integral part of being a good journalist; the world will remember you for the good works you did, not your place on an organization chart, by William F. Woo

ASNE on the Move

• Electronic FOIA passes
• HR committee conducting newsroom attitude survey
• ASNE people
• Hispanic-targeted videotape, '97 internship poster available
• ASNE committee, NAA team up on demographics
• IJE taking applications
• Price increase for The American Editor
• Calendar