APSE's annual summer conference will be held in Metro D.C. June 25-28, and the reservation deadline for the Crystal Gateway Marriott is May 25 at 5 p.m.

 
To make Crystal Gateway Marriott reservations, go to this link:
 
 
 Or call: (800) 228-9290
 
Ask for APSE Conference rate of $189.
 
 
Conference registration deadline looms
 
Register for the 41st annual conference before the rates go up on June 2.
 
Conference registration fee by June 1
 
— $250 for newspapers with circulation of more than 100,000 and stand-alone websites with monthly uniques of two million or more. Late registration after June 1 — $275
 
— $200 for newspapers with circulation of under 100,000 and stand-alone websites with monthly uniques of more than two million. Late registration after June 1 — $225
 
— $100 for students
 
— $100 for Writers Wing members ($150 for non-members)
 
To register and pay online, go to the following link:
 
 
 
If paying by check, make checks payable to APSE and send to: 
 
APSE
P.O. Box 29743
Richmond, VA 23242
 
 
Recommended airport
Ronald Reagan National Airport: This is the ideal choice for those who are flying to the convention. The hotel offers free shuttle service to and from Reagan National. It runs from 5 a.m.-11 p.m. Call (703) 920-3230 for reservations. Reagan National is also one stop away on the Metrorail yellow line, which connects to the terminal via pedestrian walkway.
 
                                                                                                                                              D.C. CONVENTION PROGRAM 
 
At Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Va.
 
(Times, sites subject to change)
 
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
 
11 a.m.-5 p.m.                                                                                           
Registration
Location: First Floor prefunction area
      
2 p.m.-4 p.m.                                   
APSE Executive Committee meeting
Location: Salons V-VI (First Floor)
 
5 p.m.-6 p.m.                                  
AP Newcomers Reception
Location:  Bin 1700 (lobby level)
 
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Opening Night Reception
Location: Sky View Restaurant, Crystal Gateway Marriott (First Floor)
 
 
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
 
 
8 a.m.-5 p.m.                                  
Registration 
Location: Salons V-VI prefunction area
 
9 a.m.                              
Family Orientation
Location: Alexandria (second floor)
 
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Opening general membership meeting
Location: Salons V-VI (First Floor)
 
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
General session:
Portrayal of women by sports media: A frank discussion about how women are presented in sports coverage. It's not about the level of coverage; it's how it is presented.
Location: Salon V-VI (First Floor)
 

12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.                           

 

Keynote lunch

 

 
Keynote speaker: tba
Location: Sky View restaurant (First Floor)
 
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                            
Workshop
 
The rebirth of long form
While the trend in newspapers has been toward shorter stories, improving story website metrics and adding layers of multimedia, several websites have been investing in long-form journalism. We look at what the future holds for more sophisticated storytelling in the age of the iPad
Location: Salon V (first floor)
 
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                            
Workshop
Management 101
Effective tips from effective managers. How to better communicate with your staff and your superiors. How to better plan, motivate your staff, manage your time and respond to your readers.
Location: Alexandria (second floor)
 
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                            
Workshop
Best practices: Multimedia, GIFS and video
This will be a hands-on session, two-part session. Reporters now have all the powerful resources of their newsrooms in their hands — their smartphones. Learn how to exploit each medium — print, photo and video — to create compelling multimedia story packages in the field with your phone. Then learn how to make GIFs and what you can, cannot and should not do with them as a tool to enhance digital storytelling. These basic multimedia skills can add layers of interactivity to your content. Bring your smartphone and a laptop or tablet.
Location: Salon VI (first floor)
 
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.                               
Workshop
(repeat) The rebirth of long form
While the trend in newspapers has been toward shorter stories, improving story website metrics and adding layers of multimedia, several websites have been investing in long-form journalism. We look at what the future holds for more sophisticated storytelling in the age of the iPad
Location: Salon V (first floor)
 
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.                               
Workshop
(repeat) Management 101
Effective tips from effective managers. How to better communicate with your staff and your superiors. How to better plan, motivate your staff, manage your time and respond to your readers.
Location: Alexandria (second floor)
 
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.                               
Workshop
(repeat) Best practices: Multimedia, GIFs and video.
This will be a hands-on session, two-part session. Reporters now have all the powerful resources of their newsrooms in their hands — their smartphones. Learn how to exploit each medium — print, photo and video — to create compelling multimedia story packages in the field with your phone. Then learn how to make GIFs and what you can, cannot and should not do with them as a tool to enhance digital storytelling. These basic multimedia skills can add layers of interactivity to your content. Bring your smartphone and a laptop or tablet.
Location: Salon VI (first floor)
 
5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
Small news organization caucus
Location: Salon VI (first floor)
 
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
 
 
8 a.m.-5 p.m.                                  
Registration 
Location: First Floor prefunction area
 
9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.                           
General Session
Public records & database reporting
How to find the stories hidden in public records that other people miss, and how to make enterprising and investigative reporting a priority in the 24-hour newsroom.
Location: Salon V-VI (first floor)
 
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.                            
General session
When is THE story a story at all?
We take a closer look at the ethics of reporting on sensitive information, using recent stories on athletes’ sexuality as an intro into the conversation. Michael Sams’ came out before the NFL combine in stories with ESPN and the New York Times. But the Columbia Missourian had knowledge of one of the most talked-about sports stories of the year several months before it became public but chose not to publish it. Grantland.com outed a transgender golf instructor who subsequently committed suicide resulting in a mea culpa by its editor. When do you go with the news? What makes it news? What decisions drive the publication schedule?
Location: Salon V-VI (first floor)
 
12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.                             
Red Smith Award Luncheon
Location: Sky View Restaurant (First Floor)
 
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                               
Workshop
Building a diverse hiring network
Here are some practical things you as a hiring editor can do to build connections and develop diverse candidates in your hiring pool — perhaps even among the employees who already work for you, or who will someday because you invested in their potential.
Location: Salon V (first floor)
 
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                               
Workshop
Made-over NFL Monday
The NFL is the nation’s most popular professional league, and also its most covered. Here are some tips to make your coverage distinctive and useful to readers on Mondays despite the saturation of content available on broadcast, web and print
Location: Salon VI (first floor)
 
2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.                               
Workshop
 
Social media for the small market. Everything is social, social, social these days. In larger news organizations, there are employees dedicated to managing social profiles. But how does it work at the smaller paper where the emphasis remains on print? Here are things small papers — and small staffs — can do to effectively use social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram without undermining the print product that is this the No. 1 priority for neighborhood-style publications.
Location: Alexandria (second floor)
 
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.                              
Workshop
(repeat) Building a diverse hiring network
Here are some practical things you as a hiring editor can do to build connections and develop diverse candidates in your hiring pool — perhaps even among the employees who already work for you, or who will someday because you invested in their potential.
Location: Salon V (first floor)
 
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.                              
Workshop
(repeat) Made-over NFL Monday
The NFL is the nation’s most popular professional league, and also its most covered. Here are some tips to make your coverage distinctive and useful to readers on Mondays despite the saturation of content available on broadcast, web and print
Location: Salon VI (first floor)
 
3:45 p.m.-5 p.m.                              
(new) Quick and easy ways to generate content for slow days
It can be hard to ensure you always have good local content, especially at small new organizations with limited resources. This session will provide examples of ways your staff can quickly generate quality content. Those Monday sections never need to be bare of local copy again.
Location: Alexandria (second floor)
 
5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m. 
APSE region caucuses                                                                                          
SATURDAY, JUNE 28
 
8 a.m.
APSE Craig Stanke Memorial 5K run
Location: tba
 
9:30-10:45 a.m. 
Newsmaker session (or closing executive committee meeting)
 
Location: Salons V-VI
11 a.m.-noon
APSE’s closing executive committee meeting (or Job Fair)
Location: Salons V-VI
 
12:15 p.m.
Job Fair (or open)
Location: Salons V-VI or Alexandria
 
2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Open
3on3 basketball tournament
 
6 p.m.-7 p.m.                                  
Awards banquet reception
Location: Salons V-VI prefunction area
 
7 p.m.-10 p.m.                                 
Awards Banquet 
Location: Salons V-VI
 
10 p.m.                                 
Closing reception
Location: Salons V-VI Prefunction area
 
Questions: Contact Executive Director Jack Berninger (804) 741-1565 or jackapse@aol.com

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