APME Update
Sept. 4, 2006
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This week: Proof newspapers can compete with tech innovation ... Rocky series breaks boundaries ... Spokane news meeting webcasts help internally, if nothing else ... In case you missed it ... Editors needed to mentor students at conference ... Conference scholarships available to editors of color ... Summer issue of APME News available ... Updated conference schedule.

IBISEYE.COM: PROOF NEWSPAPERS CAN COMPETE WITH TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Newspapers have long been dogged for getting left in the dust in the technology innovation race. That trend could be changing these days and for proof, look to Sarasota, Fla., for a project that rivals anything Google, Yahoo! or anyone else has come up with in terms of massive information in a usable interface.

Mark Briggs, editor of thenewstribune.com, tells us about Ibiseye.com, the brainchild of Herald-Tribune investigative reporter Maurice Tamman and web producer Charlie Szymanski.

ROCKY'S IMMIGRATION SERIES BREAKS BOUNDARIES
The Rocky Mountain News spent more than a year investigating the local impact of illegal immigration in its community and published a five-day series in June. Ambitious, for sure, but the paper added a serious twist: it published the first installment in both English and Spanish in print, and published all components online in both languages. The online package included rich multimedia.

SPOKANE'S NEWS MEETING WEBCASTS HELP INTERNALLY, IF NOTHING ELSE
When the Spokesman-Review began to webcast its news meetings a few months ago, managing editors at other newspapers at some point probably remarked, "I'm sure glad I'm not on a webcast."

Online Publisher Ken Sands reports that, while the audience is small, the webcasts are worth doing for several reasons.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Cookbook available for citizen journalism ... Denver Post recognized for breaking online news first ...  New York Times pushing forward with Web makeover ... Could you lose one of your bloggers to big money?

EDITORS NEEDED TO MENTOR STUDENTS AT APME CONFERENCE
APME is hosting students during the upcoming annual conference Oct. 25-28 in New Orleans.

Hollis Towns, managing editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer is coordinating efforts to match editors with 30 to 50 students from schools like Tulane, Xavier, University of New Orleans, Loyola, Dillard and others.

"Over the last year, our industry repeatedly has focused on the tragedy, loss and pain in post-Katrina New Orleans," Towns said. "As editors, this is our chance to have an immediate and lasting impact on local students who will follow our lead in years to come."

Visit APME.com for more information on how to participate.

CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE TO EDITORS OF COLOR
APME will award three scholarships to editors of color to attend its annual conference in New Orleans in October.

The $1,100 scholarships are a part of the organization's continuing effort to increase participation in APME by editors of color who want to help the organization accomplish its goals, help improve diversity efforts in the industry and to rise to greater leadership positions.

Visit APME.com for details or click here to download an application in PDF format.

SUMMER ISSUE OF APME NEWS AVAILABLE
The Summer issue of APME News magazine is out, and is loaded with great ideas and details on the upcoming APME conference in New Orleans. Print issues have been mailed, and the magazine also is available in www.apme.com/apmenews PDF format at APME.com.

UPDATED CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
The schedule for the APME Annual Conference in New Orleans, Oct. 25-28, is loaded with great speakers, relevant topics and timely advice for busy editors at newspapers big and small.

Details on the schedule can be found at APME.com.

You can register by clicking here.

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