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April 6, 2007
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In this week's edition ... Share your best ideas at our annual conference ... Be one of the first to see the new Newseum in Washington, D.C. ... Save $50 on conference registration.

BRAG ABOUT YOUR BEST WORK

Showcase the innovative thinking of your news organization by contributing to 2007 APME/APPM Great Ideas Collection. This year's edition has several new categories, along with many of our old favorites.

Each year, the Associated Press Managing Editors and the Associated Press Photo Managers puts together "Great Ideas," a must-have collection of cutting-edge content strategies from editors in the United States, Canada and Europe.

The very best will be showcased at the 2007 APME/APPM conference Oct. 3-6 in Washington, D.C., as part of a take-home print reference and Web site. They will also be showcased in special program segments at the conference. Content categories include:

   a. Breaking news tactics (print and digital)

   b. Encouraging community conversation

   c. Encouraging reader involvement

   d. Eye-popping presentation (print and digital)

   e. Innovations in photojournalism

   f. Local-local coverage tactics

   g. Managing change

   h. Multimedia tactics

   i. Niche or targeted platforms (print and digital)

   j. Reflecting diversity

   k. Special projects

   l. Story telling (words, images, graphics)

   m. Watchdog journalism

   n. Other innovations (Great Ideas that don't fit easily into any of the above categories)

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 e-mail address. We would also value PDFs and/or digital photos of your examples. URLs welcomed as well, of course. Send to:

Andrew Oppmann
Executive Editor and General Manager
The Post-Crescent
P.O. Box 59
Appleton, WI 54912-0059

E-mail: greatideas@postcrescent.com

Phone: 920-993-1000, ext. 276

HERE'S HOW TO BE AMONG THE FIRST VISITORS TO THE NEWSEUM

Editors attending the 2007 Associated Press Managing Editors Conference in October will be treated to a VIP experience at the new Newseum, the Freedom Forum's interactive museum of news.

APME and its sister organization, the Associated Press Photo Managers, will open this year's conference at the Newseum on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Attendees will get special access to the 250,000-square-foot facility that afternoon, followed by a welcome reception at the site sponsored by the Freedom Forum.

The remainder of the conference, which boasts the theme "Fast Forward to the Future: 500 Great Ideas for Staying Ahead and Producing Great Journalism," will be at the JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.

Workshops and programming at the JW Marriott will begin Thursday, Oct. 4, and go through Friday, Oct. 5. The conference concludes on Saturday, Oct. 6.

REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE NOW AND SAVE

Save $50 by registering on the APME web site now. Click here for details.

And take a look at our convention hotel, the JW Marriott.

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