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FAST LINKS WE'RE OVERFLOWING IN SAN JOSE! BUT YOU CAN STILL REGISTER AND GET LOW HOTEL RATES   Click on the above photos to view a larger version.
The Montgomery is offering king or queen deluxe rooms for $149 a night and junior suites for $179 a night for the entire conference, including three days before and three days after. To reserve call toll-free 1-866-823-0530 or 1-408-282-8800; ask for the "Associated Press Managing Editors" rate. The APME code has not been added to the hotel's Web site so online booking at the lower rate is not available. To learn more about the Hotel Montgomery go to: It is not too late to register for the conference, which runs Oct. 26-28 with a NewsTrain session on the 29th. See the program at: www.apme.com/conferences/2005/080205schedule.shtml Register online at: Or download a mail-in form at: WINE ... NEWSTRAIN ... MUSIC ... PROGRAMS GALORE • The Monterey County Vintners and Growers Association will be on hand to pour samples during a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. The wineries include some readily recognized names as well as unique local vintners with their own excellent reputations. • An expanded version of NewsTrain, APME's traveling training program, that will welcome frontline editors and executive and managing editors to a combined session. • An opening reception featuring Los Tigres del Norte, a Grammy-winning norteno band from San Jose. The night also will include the APME Foundation auction with lots of great items. And did we mention it's at the San Jose Museum of Art? • A jam-packed schedule that looks at the issues we're all facing, from new demands and new products to shrinking ethics, access and more. And the popular embedded readers will return for a readers' perspective. APME MAGAZINE IS ON THE WAY TO YOUR MAILBOX  Click on the photo to view a larger version of the cover.
• Tommy Miller, who teaches journalism at the University of California-Fresno, weighs in on whether long is always wrong for story lengths. • Andrew Small, design editor/art director at the Dothan (Ala.) Eagle, discusses how to do more with less news hole. • Mary Rothschild gets up close and personal with incoming APME President Suki Dardarian. • John Affleck, national reporting team editor for The Associated Press, writes about the religious movement and issues it poses for journalists. • Donna Reed holds an ethics discussion about whether and how to cover the suicide of a local star athlete. • And AP Managing Editor Mike Silverman answers questions from members, including whether the increased focus on selling AP services pulls bureau chiefs away from the news. Also: The Fall issue contains the APME conference schedule and forms to use to register and to reserve a room. It also includes a letter to clip out and leave on the publisher's desk to justify attending the annual conference. YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE ON NEW BOARD MEMBERS Seven candidates will be elected, along with one representative from a small newspaper and one from an online operation. Each newspaper may vote only once. Voting at the conference will take place up to Friday, Oct. 28, with results announced that afternoon. If you are unable to attend the conference, you may vote by absentee ballot, which will be collected by the Election Committee prior to the conference. To request an absentee ballot, contact Jennifer Houtman of the APME Election Committee at jhoutman@mariettatimes.com or by phone at (740) 376-5437 by Oct. 17. Ballots must be returned by Oct. 21. The editors seeking to serve on the APME board are listed below. This is for information purposes only and is not a ballot. (Seven to be elected) Small newspapers representative (one to be elected) Online (one to be elected) A BULLETIN ABOUT APME 2006 The hotel, located on the corner of Bourbon and Canal Streets on the edge of the French Quarter, suffered minimal damage during Hurricane Katrina. It continued to operate on emergency power but without many services in the weeks following the storm, housing employees, their families and evacuees until the forced city-wide evacuation. APME leaders have been in touch with local hotel management, who say the facility is being cleaned and refurbished. They expect it be fully operational by the end of 2005. With business returning quickly to the French Quarter and the neighborhood, they say they are confident they will be able to host APME in 12 months and do a great job. To receive e-mail notification of new APME Updates, write to APME@ap.org Previous issues: Sept. 30, 2005 | Sept. 26, 2005 | Sept. 19, 2005 | Archive |
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