Monthly Archives: June 2009

Mandatory contest dates selected

Mandatory contest dates were selected Saturday during the awards banquet at the APSE convention in Pittsburgh. The Sunday date is April 5. The weekday date is...

Wannstedt won’t shy away from media

Dave Wannstedt has answered many questions during his 34-year coaching career – and there was no question this question was coming. ...

General Meeting closing minutes

Meeting held Saturday, June 27 Sheraton Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh Called to order by President Garry D. Howard at 12:35 p.m. Motion to open meeting by...

Red Smith Award winner Doria continues to have impact on sports journalism

PITTSBURGH – Between the apples he habitually devoured whole and his legendary escapades behind the wheel on ...

Future is now for newspaper industry

"The state of the industry," Martin Kaiser pondered aloud, searching for the right opening line for his statements on that topic. "How about, 'Confusing?'...

How can newspapers afford to cover the big event

Joe Sullivan lost an arm wrestling match with a Boston Globe football writer over a Pro Bowl trip. Then he lost a coin flip...

Lots of alternatives available to tell stories

Alternative story forms do more than address the space crunch many newspapers face across the country. They tell stories in a creative, yet informative way...

Sharing of ideas, changes within AP discussed at small newspaper caucus

Editors from a dozen small newspapers joined APSE third vice president Toby Carrig in a newspaper exchange and Mary Byrne, the deputy sports editor...