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APME MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: $99 New Member Discount Until April 15
APME President Hollis Towns is offering a special one-time membership
deal for first-time members. Become a new member by April 15 and pay
just $99. That's a savings from the regular annual rate of $150. Editors
who have already joined for the first time at the higher rate will
receive a discount on their conference registration. Members also
receive discounts on contest entry fees and conference registrations.
Take a minute and go to http://www.apme.com,
and join APME's ranks. New members must use the promo code Newdiscount
to sign up. Editors who sign up as a new member by April 15 will receive
a free 2010 Great Ideas thumb drive and an AP "I am not a paper cup"
mug.
To read Town's membership letter, please go to http://www.apme.com/news/58796/New-members-join-and-save-a-letter-from-APME-President-Towns.htm
Community Journalists Chosen to Attend Reporting Symposium On Impacts of the Economic Crisis on American Families
Twenty community journalists from across the United States have been
selected to attend a two-day symposium to learn how to report local
stories and develop multimedia reporting projects on the impacts of the
economic crisis on American families.
The symposium, funded by a grant from The McCormick Foundation and
co-hosted by Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) Foundation and the
Association Press Managing Editors (APME), is part of McCormick's
Specialized Reporting Institutes program. The training takes place April
5 and 6 in Chicago at the Chicago Sun-Times. Continue reading
NewsTrain announces 2011 seminars
 NEW
YORK CITY — Today's journalists will learn relevant skills they can
put to immediate use from two upcoming NewsTrain programs sponsored
by the Associated Press Managing Editors.
APME's NewsTrain
provides low-cost regional training to help frontline editors become
more effective leaders in print and online news operations of all
sizes. Nationally recognized trainers offer practical advice and
proven management techniques that editors can use on the job right
away. More than 5,000 journalists have attended NewsTrain since its
inception seven years ago.
See the schedule
Innovator of the Year: New Program to Highlight Innovations Each Month
The Associated Press Managing Editors’ Innovator of the Year contest enters its fifth year in 2011, and it’s expanding to highlight newspaper innovations all year long. Associated Press-member newspapers are now invited to enter their innovative work at any time. Judges will recognize one paper per month. Find details and the entry platform at http://greatideas.azstarnet.com. Every entry will also be considered for APME’s annual Great Ideas book. Read more
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NewsTrain, Mid-America Press Institute and Wisconsin Newspaper Association
will present
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