Monthly Archives: June 2012

First mandatory contest dates are March 26 and May 20

The first mandatory dates for the 2012 APSE contests were selected during the APSE awards banquet in Chicago. They are Monday, March 26 for...

Former Longview (Wash.) sports editor Rick Alvord dies

Rick Alvord, former sports editor of The Daily News of Longview, Wash., died Tuesday morning after a battle with colon cancer. He was 50.  Before...

APSE survey: Editors remain optimistic about state of the industry

Associated Press Sports Editors members remain confident in the future of the industry by a 2-to-1 margin as they cope with new technology, changing reader habits, and a sluggish economy according to an online survey conducted this spring.

2012 Summer Conference: President Gerry Ahern’s inaugural address

Text from the inaugural address of new APSE President Gerry Ahern of USA Today Sports Media Group, delivered Saturday during the awards banquet of the 2012 Summer Conference in Chicago:

2012 Summer Conference: President Michael Anastasi’s farewell address

Text from 2011-12 APSE President Michael Anastasi's farewell address delivered Saturday at the awards banquet to conclude the APSE/AWSM Summer Conference in Chicago:Good Evening...

2012 Summer Conference: Q-and-A with APSE President Michael Anastasi

Before he passed leadership of APSE to new president Gerry Ahern, Michael Anastasi answered a few questions from Newport News (Va.) Daily Press Sports Editor Andi Petrini.

2012 Summer Conference: APSE Award winners

The awards ceremony honoring the top newspaper, digital and writing work produced by member organizations in 2011 wrapped up APSE's 2012 Summer Conference in Chicago.

APSE survey: Editors support new beat writing contest category

Associated Press Sports Editors members supported the 2012 contest change that introduced a beat writing category, but showed no consensus opinion on eliminating the game story category to alleviate the overall judging workload, according to an online members survey conducted this spring.

2012 Summer Conference: Unlocking SEO

Jamie Mottram, the former director of blogs, social media and SEO at Yahoo!, and Kim McDaniel of the Salt Lake Tribune led an “Unlocking SEO” workshop on improving search engine results during the AWSM/APSE Convention.

2012 Summer Conference: Ambitious Journalism

Newspapers of all sizes can – and must – dedicate time, resources and space to enterprise journalism.