RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Newspaper Editors has selected writers at The Boston Globe; Chicago Tribune; The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.; The Oregonian, Portland; and The Washington Post, plus a Newsday news team, to be the recipients of its 1997 Distinguished Writing Awards and

RESTON, Va. –– The American Society of Newspaper Editors has created a section on its Web site for postings by journalism educators seeking to secure summer work at newspapers.

Interested educators should write a four-sentence description using the following format:

RESTON, Va. — The president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors has expressed the ASNE’s opposition to a bill before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee that would tie federal education funds to pledges by schools and libraries to install filtering software.

RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Newspaper Editors has named 24 educators to participate in the third Institute for Journalism Excellence. The 1997 Fellows, representing colleges and universities from around the country, will be working this summer at newspapers across the country and in Canada. The project is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

RESTON, Va. -- The American Society of Newspaper Editors has urged President Clinton to make sure that the federal government does not oppose the opening of a Cable News Network news bureau in Cuba.