YEAR-OLD SERIES CONTINUES TO MAKE CITY PROUD
It's been a year since the (Terre Haute, Ind.) Tribune Star published "Terre Haute's Top 40," an epic eight-week series featuring the people, places and things about the community. A year later, the series continues to resonate within the community.

Editor Max Jones looks back on the series, its interactive elements and what made it so popular with readers and educators then and now.

CREDIBILITY ROUNDTABLE LESSONS COMPILED IN NEW BOOK
APME has invested thousands of dollars and hours, and countless sessions of hand-wringing, helping newspapers improve their credibility. Much of what we've learned has now been compiled into a "Good Ideas" guidebook, written by Carol Nunnelley, APME's Credibility Roundtables director. APME has provided the ideas. All you have to do is, well, do them. That book, packed with great ideas from journalism's front lines, will be available the last week September. Here's a preview of what you'll find in the book:

• Most journalists think the newsroom is a circus, but what about setting up shop – and putting yourself on display – at the county fair? The Orange County (Calif.) Register did.

• Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune reader advocate Connie Coyne lets readers learn about Tribune staffers by using uses her column about once a month for a staff profile.

• In mid-2006, The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., began webcasting its news meetings. Editor Steve Smith described himself as "an advocate of one" for the idea. He said the prospect made his news staff, usually receptive to public involvement, "real nervous

We'll include more highlights from the book in upcoming editions of APME Update.

LOOK WHO'S RUNNING FOR THE APME BOARD
The affairs of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association are managed by its 31-member board of directors. Approximately a third of the board's seats are up for election at next month's conference. Six at-large directors will be elected, as will two representatives from newspapers under 35,000 circulation and two representatives from online operation. For the first time ever APME members will cast their ballots online, both before and during the conference. Editors who have registered for the conference will receive log-ins and passwords shortly. If you are unable to attend the conference you still may vote; request a ballot from APME election chairwoman Jennifer Houtman at jhoutman@mariettatimes.com or by calling (740) 376-5437.

See who's running and their personal information here.

'REJUVENATE, REINVENT AND REJOICE' IN NEW ORLEANS
The APME annual conference is Oct. 25-28 in New Orleans will focus on leadership, management and moving forward into a multimedia future. Pulitzer Prize-winning editors Jim Amoss and Stan Tiner will discuss how their newspapers performed a vital public role during a time of great crisis. APME will be joined again by the AP Photo Managers for sessions on presenting information in print and online, and on photo ethics. AP leaders will discuss the latest developments at the news cooperative, and the new Society of Metro Editors will participate in Friday's program. Bus tours Saturday of neighborhoods devastated by Katrina, narrated by reporters from The Times-Picayune, will help editors better understand the ongoing national story about the emergency response and recovery. Register online here. For information and the schedule, click here.

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