Monthly Archives: June 2010
From the convention: Execs say keep experimenting, keep innovating
SALT LAKE CITY -- Newspapers must innovate and experiment to survive, a group of news executives told the first general session of APSE’s convention Thursday. Whether the experiment involves website pay walls, sharing content, adding video features, increasing commentary and analysis, or inviting fans to meet a writer at a sports bar, the industry needs to try new things, the panel said during the “State of the Union” discussion.
From the convention: Sports editors share insight on today’s challenges, particularly integrating web and...
SALT LAKE CITY — Small, yet intimate and informal groups led to interesting insight for newsroom leadership in the Management Doctor panel at the APSE conference. The panel, led by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Jerry Micco and Kansas City Star’s Holly Lawton, was created to help sports editors overcome prickly management situations that arise. The most notable challenges involve leading a department as it continues to sustain a viable print edition and go-to digital services.
From the convention: How to keep the game story relevant — and riveting
SALT LAKE CITY — Mike Wise said it was his former editor at the New York Times who’d said it: “Write big” when the situation calls for it, when the game commands it.
Great Plains Region to meet July 18-19 in Oklahoma City
SALT LAKE CITY — The Great Plains Region voted to meet in Oklahoma City for its annual meeting on Sunday-Monday, July 18-19 2010. The...
From the convention: Everything you need to know about blogging
SALT LAKE CITY — The blog is a beast that must be fed daily, and more than once. In fact, three meals a day might not be enough, depending on the circumstances, three blogging gurus explained.
From the convention: Red Smith winner Albom rejects cynicism in sports writing
SALT LAKE CITY – Years before he made it look easy, Mitch Albom made sports writing appear distressingly difficult. So much that Dave Anderson, the legendary New York Times columnist, told the young Albom to settle his nerves
From the convention: Learning how social media drive a story
SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Stephens of the Orlando Sentinel, Rob King, vice president and editor-in-chief of ESPN digital, and moderator Tom Jolly, sports editor of the New York Times, provide guidance about how to use Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and other forms of social media in the sports department.
Photos from the 2010 Salt Lake City Convention
Photos from the 2010 APSE Convention — Day 1 and 2.
West Region votes to meet on Monday, Nov. 8 in Reno
SALT LAKE CITY — The West Region voted to meet in Reno, Nev., for its annual meeting on Monday, Nov. 8. The date was...
From the convention: Checketts recalls early years, says it’s better for an owner to...
“An owner can be seen and heard on occasion,” said Dave Checketts, owner of Real Salt Lake and the St. Louis Blues.