APME Update
June 26, 2006
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This week: Editors share examples of diversity coverage ... Journalism Excellence Awards ... Submit your Great Ideas.

EDITORS SHARE EXAMPLES OF DIVERSITY COVERAGE
APME's Diversity Committee asked editors nationwide to share their examples of diversity coverage from their markets. Find out what editors are doing to increase diversity coverage in Richmond; San Jose; Bakersfield; Lancaster, Ohio; and St. Cloud, Minn.

If you have any examples from your print, online or niche publications, please e-mail a few paragraphs about the project, its web site address and a visual element to Marisa Porto of The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal at mporto@delawareonline.com.

JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Don't put off entering your work in APME's Journalism Excellence Awards. Entries in four categories – First Amendment, Public Service, International Perspective and Online Convergence – will be accepted through July 7.

Visit APME.com for full rules and entry information

 The awards will be presented during APME's annual conference Oct. 25-28 in New Orleans. Visit APME.com for background and registration information on the conference.

Also, consider submitting a nomination for the Robert G. McGruder Awards for Diversity Leadership, presented by The Freedom Forum in partnership with APME and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. That deadline is later: Sept. 8.

SUMBIT YOUR GREAT IDEAS
The search for contributions to the 2006 APME Great Ideas booklet is under way. By contributing, you will gain exposure for your staff's best work, while helping other editors.

Each year, Lance Johnson, executive editor of The Day in New London, Conn., puts together the Great Ideas booklet, a collection of more than 200 cutting-edge content strategies from newspapers in the United States and Canada. Contributions from Europe have been received this year.

The best ideas will be included in a full-color booklet and showcased at the 2006 APME conference, Oct. 25-28, in New Orleans.

Content categories include community news, improving readership, diversity in coverage, features, global understanding, niche publications, online (must expand on print content), projects, presentation and design, reader involvement in print and online, young readers and newsroom management.

For each submission, please describe your Great Idea in no more than 300 words. More than one idea can be submitted. Please include your paper's name, contact editor, title, phone number and email address.

E-mail ideas and electronic page images to:

Lance Johnson
Executive Editor
The Day
47 Eugene O'Neill Dr.
New London, CT 06320
l.johnson@theday.com
1-860-701-4379

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