It's a cheap form of propaganda: now they are offering
prizes to people who trick newspapers into publishing fake
letters.(Masth
Making my umpteenth pass of the day through my e-mail inbox,
deleting spam, moving legitimate letters to the proper slot, and
discarding the anonymous rants, I noticed a few missives from
"Kyle," . . .
Turf: a threat, or just a little sport?(Editor's
Note)(Editorial)
THE MASTHEAD symposium has two inspirations:
* NCEW's past president, John Taylor, suggested last winter
that we focus on this topic in The Masthead and provide a follow-up
program at the . . .
Nancy Q. Keefe: crusader with a mischievous
twinkle.(Obituary)
The best line came from Nancy Keefe herself. She considered
becoming a nun, she said, but ruled it out because she doubted she could
master the vow to obey.
No, obedience was not the quality on . . .
Kent Warneke, editor of the Norfolk Daily News in Nebraska, has
won the Francis L. Partsch award for editorial leadership.(Membe
Kent Warneke, editor of the Norfolk Daily News in Nebraska, has won
the Francis L. Partsch award for editorial leadership. Warneke was cited
for editorials that helped a torn community through a . . .
Deborah Locke of the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minnesota, has,
for the second consecutive year, won the Frank Premack award for
Deborah Locke of the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minnesota, has, for
the second consecutive year, won the Frank Premack award for opinion
writing. Established in honor of a Minneapolis Star-Tribune . . .
Randy Bergman, editorial page editor of the Asbury Park Press of
Neptune.(Member news: milestones, awards, educational
opportuni
Randy Bergman, editorial page editor of the Asbury Park Press of
Neptune, New Jersey, was one of two runners-up in the ASNE editorial
writing . . .
Mark Mahoney, editorial page editor of The Post-Star in Glens
Falls, New York, received the American Society of Newspaper Editor
Mark Mahoney, editorial page editor of The Post-Star in Glens
Falls, New York, received the American Society of Newspaper Editors
award for editorial writing during the ASNE's annual convention . . .
Let's look at ghost-writing question.(President's
letter: straight talk from Lynnell Burkett)(Editorial)
In this high-stakes political year, members of editorial page
staffs who handle letters to the editor are being bombarded as never
before. Both major political parties, and other interest groups of . . .
A question of ethics: civic involvement makes for
conflicts.
SITUATION: A small town newspaper editorial writer is promoted to
editorial page editor and finds she's inherited a number of
obligations her predecessor had assumed.
Among them is membership on . . .
Donors ask, 'do your members give?'.(NCEW Foundation:
projects and programs for journalism education)(Editorial)
Like any good editorial writer, let me make just two major points
in my first column as Foundation president.
The NCEW Foundation exists solely to raise money to pay for
professional development . . .
Wrigley Field beckons members.(Convention 2004)
As an incentive to encourage prompt registrations for the NCEW
convention in Chicago, organizers have arranged for two pre-convention
Wrigley Field excursions.
Ten tickets have been reserved for . . .
Lineups ready for 2004 elections.(Convention 2004)
Candidates for secretary
Vanessa J. Gallman
Several years ago, I felt as if I had stumbled into a parallel
universe: a convention full of journalists who gathered around a piano
with official . . .
Censorship, or legitimate church discipline, at Baylor
University?(Pro Con)
TRACY WARNER: Students on the staff of The Baylor Lariat should be
commended for their courage in publishing an editorial February 27
supporting gay marriage.
"Just as it isn't fair to . . .
Don't sit still for low readership.
Editorial pages are important. But only if people read them.
Yet editorial departments often are so focused on writing that they
don't pay enough attention to whether people are reading. Or . . .
Why we dropped signed editorials.
As a child of the Fifties, I roamed a semi-rural neighborhood where
many households kept some kind of livestock. On summer days, my pals and
I ran in packs, accompanied by our dogs, forewarned by . . .
Goal-setting is an essential task.
People responsible for opinion pages should have two goals in mind.
One is to deal promptly and authoritatively with topics in the news.
The other is to deal effectively with everything else, . . .
Something's missing in J-school.
"What do you mean we could be sued for something in a letter
to the editor?"
The student, editor-in-chief at his small college newspaper, may
have been the lone voice to ask the question, but he . . .
You'll recognize the 'voice' when the fine prose
sings.
I call it the "arid aria," the ear-splitting,
soul-stirring moment I knew Annabelle had a special voice.
The Bays were crossing Nevada--through desert at high noon--as
Annabelle's mezzo-soprano . . .
Editorial pages--a future in doubt.
Opinion is not worth a rush; In this altar-piece the knight, Who
grips his long spear so to push That dragon through the fading light,
Loved the lady; and it's plain The half-dead dragon was . . .
Never forget the paper's own DNA: get to know your
paper's personality.(Who really calls the shots?)
Readers, at least the ones who also listen to talk radio, deeply
and sincerely believe that everything we do is driven by ideology. Some
think that every morning the red phones on the editor's desk . . .
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