Monthly Archives: December 2008

July 6, Nov. 28 final two mandatory contest dates

 New awards for under-20,000 papers and Web site writing contest added irst off, Happy New Year to you all! ...

Be willing to fight your high school association over photo reprints

 Challenge in Illinois benefited newspapers Don't like your state high school association's current policy on photo reprint sales ...

Weekly high school tab a money-maker

 For nine months of the year, football fields sit restless in towns framed by far-as- ...

Important contest change for under-40,000 members

 Separate section judging for under-20,000 Fellow under-40,000 APSE member: ...

Des Moines innovation on Web increases traffic/profile

The Des Moines Register is driving traffic to its Web site with the launch of searchable databases for high school records in track and...

AWSM explores APSE partnership

 Letter from AWSM president Jenni Carlson The Associated Press Sports Editors recently contacted us about the possibility of partnering together for national conventions. The AWSM board...

AWSM spurns APSE

 Lynn Hoppes: I'm a little surprised to hear from second vice president Tim Wheatley of the Baltimore Sun that AWSM doesn't want to look...

SJI seeks two hosts

 The Sports Journalism Institute is beginning the process of selecting its intern class for the summer of 2009. Newspapers that are interested in hosting...

Dramatic change at East Valley Tribune decimates sports staff

 We've had quite a bit of news in the past month – none of it good. While newspapers everywhere have made substantial cuts, what...

College football unplugged, thanks to the Internet

College football in the South, especially in the SEC, is not just a regional obsession. There are no boundaries thanks to the Internet. Here is...