Personalize institutional opinions with a face: give
readers/viewers some to like or dislike.(SYMPOSIUM: jumping into the
future
Newspapers should thank broadcasters for being so timid about
airing editorials. If our industry had made this a habit years ago,
editorial pages might be irrelevant. Instead, they remain . . .
Blend substantive journalism with personal connection: use
institutional editorials judiciously.(SYMPOSIUM: Saving journalism an
I'll leave avenues opened by the new technologies to the
techies who have been practicing them for the twenty years since I
retired. I'll stick to print, because I know it and because I
believe . . .
The case for vibrant, engaged editorial pages.(SYMPOSIUM: Saving
journalism and the editorial page)
'... A continuing duty to contribute to collective life'
If I were asked to launch a were daily newspaper today and, as a
first task, to provide a staffing plan, I would reserve a place in . . .
Why the editorial matters: a specific case: editorial board
reaches compromise without lawsuit.(SYMPOSIUM: Saving journalism and
In Grand Forks, we've had a great example recently about the
unique and vital role editorial boards can play. Here's the story:
As you probably know, the NCAA in 2005 ruled against . . .
Pages must preserve best features as they evolve.(SYMPOSIUM:
Saving journalism and the editorial page)
There's no place quite like the editorial page.
What other medium provides such a well-rounded forum for public
discussion?
Talk radio is about outrage, about making the lines light up, . . .
Strengthen, don't abandon, the institutional editorial:
editorials help distinguish newspapers.(SYMPOSIUM: Saving journalism and
This past November and December, a brilliant and accomplished
businesswoman I know gave over some of her "spare" weekends to
tramp the wind-whipped rural precincts of Iowa on behalf of . . .
Editorial pages must change to help save journalism: blow up the
ivory tower: kill the unsigned editorial.(MASTHEAD
SYMPOSIUM)(D
Mainstream American journalists, including the most-aware editorial
page editors, sense a shipwreck ahead. They feel sickened as they watch
traditional readers, viewers, and listeners disappear . . .
Listen closely to critics and do a better job selling our
value.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(editorials)(Editorial)
Last October, Jim Boren of The Fresno Bee posted a comment to the
NCEW list-serve that highlighted some of the pressures editorial page
editors and writers are facing from their own newsrooms. A . . .
Minority Writers Seminar deadline March 10.
The 13th annual Minority Writers Seminar will be held May 1-4,
2008, in Nashville, at the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute at
Vanderbilt University. Sponsored by the NCEW Foundation in . . .
Conference on online opinion innovations.(MEMBER NEWS: Upcoming
events)
NCEW will join with Knight Digital Media Center to hold a
conference in Los Angeles March 2-4, 2008, to explore "best
practice" interactive models for community opinion in cyberspace.
The . . .
Going there, doing that: NCEW Opinion Pool blazes new
trails.(PRESIDENT'S LETTER: Straight talk from Vanessa
Gallman)(National C
Eleven years ago, I took my first job on an editorial board as the
page editor, in a part of the country I knew nothing about.
That wasn't a learning curve; it was more like a learning
maze.
My . . .
Here's $2,000 to get started on your regional conference:
foundation is looking for five takers.(NCEW FOUNDATION)
Though I am writing this in early October, I have my eye on the end
of December, people's last chance to make charitable donations in
2007. Nagging would not be appropriate this year because so . . .
New leadership elected at board meeting.(CONVENTION 2007)(Brief
article)
Dan Radmacher, editorial page editor of The Roanoke Times in
Virginia, was elected NCFW secretary at the organization's
September 29 business meeting in Kansas City. That puts him on the first
step . . .
Dynamic duo enter NCEW's 'Hall of
Fame'.(CONVENTION 2007)(National Conference of Editorial
Writers' John Taylor and Morgan McGin
Imagine Taylor's and Morgan McGinley's surprise when each
received the honor of Life Membership at the NCEW convention's
closing banquet in Kansas City.
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In mischievous . . .
Showdown at the Critique Corral: writer emerged enlightened and
"unleaded".(CONVENTION 2007)
"The first thing you need to know is that your team leader
packs heat." Not just heat, but a Glock 26. "And she likes to
shoot."
This was my welcome on the first night of the National . . .
Newspaper style sheet inspired Hemingway: KC Star's one-page
list still good advice today.(CONVENTION 2007)(Ernest
Hemingway)(Co
Ernest Hemingway's clean, spare prose was groundbreaking in
American letters. His robust, yet understated, style was born during six
and a half months with The Kansas City Star, Mark Zieman, editor . . .
Squaring off on stem cell research--and not moving: Missouri
senators focus on politics, not science.(CONVENTION 2007)(GOP Senat
Inviting two Missouri state senators to argue over early stem cell
research before an audience of NCEW conventioneers was a good idea. An
even better one, though, might have been to have them talk . . .
Military and media give-and-take: one spokesman in Iraq tried to
be more nimble.(CONVENTION 2007)(William B. Caldwell )(Conferen
We've heard this before: The media is overly focused on bad
news in Iraq. Good things happening there go unreported.
But here's a twist: At least one high-ranking Army officer
says the military . . .
Kansas governor dishes up bland but charming platitudes:
impressive style but disappointing speech.(CONVENTION 2007)(Kathleen
Se
Sometimes being even a few minutes late for your next appointment
can have ruinous consequences. Several minutes late to a recent speaking
engagement with the National Conference of Editorial . . .
Political system poses obstacle to finding common ground:
communication is key.(CONVENTION 2007)
Will newly elected moderates help edge Congress away from its often
harsh partisan divisions?
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Don't bet on it.
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, elected last fall in . . .
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