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APME-ASNE CONFERENCE RECAP
From the Editor
Andrew Oppmann
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ur cover story on the new digs for The Dailas Morning News resonates on a couple of levels with me. I was an intern for The News during one magnificent summer in 1984, working in the newsroom at the Rock of Truth on Young Street. Legendary editor and APME icon Stuart Wilk ran the City Desk back then – and, man, he taught me more about journalism in that summer than I had picked up in three years of classes. I fell in love with newspapering there.
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Fast forward a few years later, when I welcomed a rising star, Robyn Tomlin, as an intern at the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader, where I worked as an assistant metro editor. Today, she’s the managing editor of The News and played a big role in the design of her organization’s new home in the old Dallas Public Library. She’s helping interns fall in love with platforms and reporting tools beyond my wildest dreams when I was there. Read all about The News, and other points of interest from our industry, in this last issue of 2017.
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The President’s Corner: NewsTrain is essential to APME’s mission Ken Paulson: Recently launched First Amendment databases are a true gift Meet Paula Froke: APME executive director brings experience, enthusiasm A New Space: Dallas Morning News sets up new shop and a new culture Social Shift: Facebook explores surfacing local news for local audiences Award Season: Journal Sentinel wins innovation honor; award winners list Impact in Indiana: Ball State meth project captures college innovation prize Ideas & Ideals: Leonard Pitts urges journalists to take a strong stance Great Ideas: Creative new features, web projects and social media tools Welcome Aboard: APME board welcomes new members Drone Zone: Looking to the sky for ways to enhance news coverage Truth Seekers: Fake news, politics and reporting in the age of Trump Miles to Go?: Speakers urge more progress in diversity coverage The Youth Beat: Students provide sights and sounds of D.C. conference Conference Briefs: APME accepting entries for award competitions Editors in the News: Promotions, appointments and awards NewsTrain: Program spans the country for last three workshops of 2017 Member showcase: APME recognizes contributions to the AP photo report 2018 APME Officers: Roster of APME Board of Directors
EDITOR Andrew Oppmann Adjunct Professor of Journalism Middle Tennessee State University Andrew.Oppmann@mtsu.edu DESIGNER Steve Massie smassie@crain.com
APME News is the quarterly magazine of the Associated Press Media Editors, a professional, nonprofit organization founded in 1933 in French Lick, Indiana. Its members include senior editors and leaders from news operations in the United States and Canada who are affiliated with The Associated Press, including more than 1,400 newspapers and online sites and about 2,000 broadcast outlets. The group also includes college journalism educators and college student media editors. APME works with AP to support and recognize journalism excellence and the First Amendment. To learn more about APME’s programs and activities, visit apme.com.
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