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LAST-MINUTE CONFERENCE NEWS ■ If you're an editor in the Gulf Coast and just want to attend one day, you can. And for a great price. Click here for details on one-day registration. ■ Sharon Rosenhause, managing editor of the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the Pacific Daily News on Guam have been named winners of the fifth annual Robert G. McGruder Awards for Diversity Leadership. The awards will be presented Thursday. ■ When you pack for the APME conference, please throw in a logo T-shirt from your newspaper or Website (or both). For a special project next year, APME is looking for T-shirts from the news industry. We can't say too much now about what we have in mind other than we expect it will be a fun and creative way to boost journalism education. Your donation will be handled through our charitable arm, the APME Foundation, and will go to a good cause. You can bring the shirt(s) to the conference registration desk or you can mail it to: Adell Crowe If you have questions call Adell at (703) 854-3666 or e-mail her at acrowe@usatoday.com 5 TIPS FOR LAUNCHING YOUR OWN NEWSROOM WEBCAST Response to the Timescast, first launched in December 2005, has spawned a spinoff focused on college sports. Dwayne Yancey, assistant managing editor for content and planning at the Times, has shared with APME.com a list of "5 big lessons we've learned" that is valuable reading for editors considering a jump into webcasting. DIVERSITY COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS INNOVATIVE COVERAGE Visit APME.com for "how we did it" details from editors involved in these packages: ■ The Honolulu Advertiser's coverage of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of Filipinos in Hawai'i, a look back at the Filipino immigrants first contracted to work in sugar plantations, and the growing presence of Korean immigrants in the community. ■ The Arizona Republic's far-reaching print and online project, "The Immigration Equation." The project included a four-part, graphic intensive series that featured case studies of representative undocumented immigrants; the live forum of state and national leaders, law-enforcement officials and prominent researchers; in-depth analyses and commentaries in the newspaper's Viewpoints section; a state poll; a Weblog debate among Arizona opinion leaders; a "sound off" section on readers' reactions to the series; and a week of special TV reports and shows on immigration by KPNZ, The Republic's media partner. ■ Efforts at The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind., to serve non-English speakers in the community. One package contained Burmese translation online, while a second featured exclusive Spanish-only World Cup coverage. ■ The East Valley and Scottsdale Tribune's "Mesa en transicion: The changing face of Mesa," a project designed to trigger community dialogue. FREE DOWNLOAD OF "BUILDING TRUST IN THE NEWS: 101+ IDEAS FROM EDITORS FOR EDITORS" The guidebook, which can be downloaded for free in its entirety or by chapter, "draws from the experiences of 200 news organizations and highlights concrete, practical steps that editors took in important areas: Improving accuracy, building reader connections, controlling bias, reflecting diverse communities, explaining journalism, becoming accountable and instilling ethical standards." The Credibility Roundtable website been redesigned, and is loaded with resources for editors, including how to set up your own "reader advisory network." APME NEWS MAGAZINE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD The 32-page magazine offers conference previews, as well as: ■ A blow-by-blow conference schedule. ■ News of the Society of Metro Editors meeting being held in conjunction with APME's New Orleans conference. ■ A Q&A on the state of civic journalism. ■ A profile of incoming APME President Karen Magnuson. ■ Bios of APME board nominees (please do your homework). ■ An overview of mobile technology and why you should care. ■ Much, much more. To receive e-mail notification of new APME Updates, write to APME@ap.org Previous issues: Oct. 9, 2006 | Sept. 25, 2006 | Sept. 18, 2006 | Sept. 11, 2006 | Archive |
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