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OWNING LOCAL: THREE SIDES TO EVERY STORY And he's guiding his efforts around one word: PLAN, which breaks down to: P, prioritize and prepare L, leave the job descriptions behind A, ask two questions when planning a project N, no limits Get the details on PLAN and see examples of the News' success at www.apme.com/committees/readership/2006/030706newcastle_main.shtml AP SHEDS LIGHT ON SECRECY Get details at: www.apme.com/news/2006/030306secrecy.shtml PROMOTE DIVERSITY COVERAGE COOPERATION KUDOS: MEMBERS CITED FOR AP CONTRIBUTIONS APME recognizes outstanding cooperation by AP members by issuing Instant Citations. These news organizations will be cited for their recent assistance: — The Star-Gazette, Elmira, N.Y., for immediately notifying AP upon getting word that a New York state trooper had been shot dead March 1, allegedly by two men who had robbed a bank. The newspaper shared its stories and best photographs with other AP members on cycle, and offered an AP reporter office space from which to work and file. — The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for quickly sharing photographs of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito unexpectedly showing up at the funeral of a senior U.S. Circuit Court judge Feb. 9. — The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa., where Managing Editor Ronald W. Hosie arranged in early February for his staff to call AP on two separate days with the verdict and death sentence for a man charged with killing two sheriff's deputies in northern Pennsylvania. — The Daily Post-Athenian, Athens, Tenn., for quickly sharing its coverage of the capture of an escaped inmate from Kansas in southeastern Tennessee on Feb. 24. — The Shelbyville (Tenn.) Times-Gazette for quickly sharing its news and photo coverage of a fatal car crash involving a school bus Feb. 23. — The Brainerd (Minn.) Dispatch for swiftly sharing words and photographs from the scene of a Jan. 23 house fire near Pequot Lakes, Minn., that killed a father and three daughters. — KSDR radio, Watertown, S.D., for quickly alerting AP to the possible abduction of a child in Watertown. — The Black Hills Pioneer, Spearfish, S.D., for e-mailing the Sioux Falls AP bureau state plans for a mountain lion hunting season. Last year was the first-ever mountain lion hunting season in the state and both the build-up and the season itself were controversial. To receive e-mail notification of new APME Updates, write to APME@ap.org Previous issues: Feb. 20, 2006 | Feb. 13, 2006 | Feb. 7, 2006 | Feb. 1, 2006 | Archive |
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