APME UPDATE --- MARCH 22, 2016

  

SAVE THE DATE

April 9 -- NewsTrain in Lincoln, Nebraska

May 6-7 -- NewsTrain in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sept. 12-15 -- ASNE-APME Conference in Philadelphia

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 -- NewsTrain in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Head to Halifax for NewsTrain!

Registration is open for NewsTrain in Halifax on May 6-7. Come for the digital training and stay for the sights in scenic Nova Scotia.

Sessions include:

• maximizing your social media for personal branding and audience engagement,
• using social media for sourcing, including verifying user-generated content,
• making smart choices in digital storytelling,
• planning for breaking news on multiple platforms,
• writing for mobile, 
• using audience analytics to get your stories read, and
• shooting compelling news video and photos with your smartphone.

Instructors for the workshop at the University of King’s College include:

 ·      Matt Frehner, senior editor for mobile and interactive news at The Globe & Mail.

 ·      Kathy Kieliszewski, visuals director for the Detroit Free Press and four-time Emmy Award winner.

 ·      Daniel Victor, senior staff editor for The New York Times and a former social media editor at the Times and ProPublica.org.

Competitive diversity scholarships, and discounted hotel rooms are still available in Halifax. Info and register for $75 at http://bit.ly/HalifaxNewsTrain.

SAVE THE DATE: NewsTrain will also bring its digital-skills training to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Please sign up here to be notified when that program is set.

Questions? Email NewsTrain Project Director Linda Austin. 

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WATCHDOG REPORTING

AP Investigation: Suspected rapist goes AWOL; no Army search

Dallas Morning News: Danger the psyche ward

Oregonian: EPA orders national review of glassmakers in pollution scare

New York Times: In Louisiana, the poor lack legal defense

Newark Star-Ledger: Tax hikes, layoffs loom in N.J. as Sandy funds dry up

Kansas City Star: Who will do right by the Teamsters broken pension promises

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Minnesota links insecticide to damaged bee hives

Portland Press Herald: Pay raises contrast with health co-op performance 

Honolulu Star Advertiser: Required testing of rape kits removed from bills

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Can prosecutors be fair in police shooting cases?

Orlando Sentinel: Personal bankruptcies plunge with stricter law

Stamford Advocate: Is your food safe?

Denver Post: Colorado reduces prison population but at what cost?

San Francisco Chronicle: BART chased glamorous projects while core decayed

USA Today: Excessive lead levels found in water systems in 50 states

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EDITORS IN THE NEWS: Fahey, Moore

 

OPEN RECORDS, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

Indiana governor concerned about Notre Dame police bill

City refusing to turn over documents in Alabama shooting

Video shows trooper refusing to cooperate during OWI arrest

Hawaii dispute could impact lawmakers' disclosures to public

Illinois Legislature exempts self from open records review

US gov't sets record for failures to find files when asked

Obtaining police emails can take months, cost thousands

Critics say Kansas proposal would reverse open records law

Clerk rescinds ban on journalists' access to court motions

 City Council in Texas approves using online message board

Michigan lawmakers announce open records bill package

AG says North Dakota Health Council violated meetings laws

Notre Dame may have to release documents to ESPN

Pennsylvania orders public release of Sunbury police report

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Must-see TV: Cubans marvel at rare questioning of Castro

Judge approves sale of 2 Southern California newspapers

Gannett investing in Billy Penn news site, allowing growth

Orange County Register to be sold to Digital First Media

Next in Hulk Hogan sex tape suit: punitive damages, appeals

Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115 million in Gawker sex tape suit

To preserve language, South Dakota website posts news in Lakota

Wrongful death suit filed over Massachusetts plane crash

Chinese-language newspaper settles pay suit for $7.8 million

Court: Media can't access police files during criminal case

PBS to launch weekly series for 'civil' debate of issues

CBS plans to sell its radio business

Missouri House passes limits on student reporter censorship

Report: Texts, bold proposition led to coach's firing

Town calls for demolition of abandoned newspaper building

Proposal to end sales tax exemption for newspapers stalls

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