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Posted 1/23/2012 12:52:00 PM After hosting weekly Twitter chats since August 2011, ASNE yesterday added a new wrinkle to the program by alternating the Twitter discussions with weekly live web chats using the CoverItLive chat platform. The first live #ASNEchat was a conversation on the changing role of ombudsmen in the digital era, moderated by Steve Buttry, director of community engagement and social media for the Journal Register Co. Joining Buttry on the lively chat were Arthur Brisbane, public editor, New York Times; Geneva Overholser, professor and director, USC Annenberg School of Journalism; Patrick Pexton, ombudsman, The Washington Post; and Craig Silverman, editor, RegretTheError.com and adjunct faculty, Poynter institute.
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Posted 1/18/2012 11:27:00 AM The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) had bipartisan support and its eventual passage appeared inevitable on Dec. 14, when ASNE became the first journalism organization to oppose the bill. By this past weekend, the bill’s progress had stalled, leaving almost no chance that it would pass in its original form.
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Posted 1/11/2012 11:50:00 AM Membership dues will decline dramatically for most American Society of News Editors members and prospective members under a new dues structure unveiled today. Under the new plan, ASNE returns to graduated dues rates based on the size of a member’s organization and his or her position within the company.
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Posted 12/14/2011 12:27:00 PM The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which is likely to be voted on by the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Dec. 15, would violate the constitutional rights of free speech and due process, and stifle innovation in the news business, ASNE says in a letter sent today to members of the committee. ASNE opposes piracy and supports the committee's efforts to eradicate it, but a scalpel is needed to strike the proper balance between copyright and free speech. SOPA is a sledgehammer.
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Posted 12/14/2011 8:53:00 AM The Internet exploded in umbrage last week when a federal court ruled that blogger Crystal Cox doesn't qualify for protection as a journalist under the Oregon shield law. But a close examination of the judge's opinion reveals that the online anger over his interpretation of the shield law is largely misplaced. ASNE counsel Kevin Goldberg explains.
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Posted 10/18/2011 9:11:00 AM The next survey measuring diversity within U.S. newsrooms, a major initiative of the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) for 33 years, will be conducted by the Center for Advanced Social Research (CASR), an affiliate of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.
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Posted 10/12/2011 10:00:00 AM In a live webcast on Monday, Oct. 10, at the University of Kentucky, nine current and former editors and academic leaders put aside philosophical conversation for a pragmatic, behind-the-scenes discussion focused on the challenges facing editors today. View the article to see the video.
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Posted 9/28/2011 2:00:00 PM Finding good, diverse talent on the business side is just the beginning. Convincing them to join your organization is the real challenge. Growth in mobile is going to be huge and companies need to plan an aggressive strategy. The ability to collaborate and innovate are essential for today’s executives. Those are just three key take-away messages from the second day of the “Leadership in Diversity: New Models for Growing Audience, Talent & Revenue” held last week at the New York Times Conference Center.
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Posted 9/21/2011 10:22:00 AM NEW YORK – A panel of six online and television news leaders provided a vibrant cross-section of ideas on developing and working toward profitability for news aimed at niche markets—many for ethnic and cultural minorities—that are becoming more accessible in the digital age. The panelists expressed enthusiasm about the ability to innovate to reach targeted audiences in new ways.
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Posted 9/19/2011 5:12:00 PM NEW YORK -- Leon Carter’s formula for diversity is fairly simple: Among other steps, recruit talent from places where others don’t always look, leave your comfort zone to find voices unlike yours, advocate for diversity when the newsroom staff levels are cut, and grow your own from among newcomers to the business.
Carter, vice president and executive editor of ESPNNewYork.com, was interviewed by Columbia Journalism School Dean of Student Affairs Sree Sreenivasan in a session titled “ESPN: Blueprint for Success" during the second “ASNE Leadership in Diversity: New Models for Growing Audience, Talent and Revenue” summit at The New York Times Conference Center.
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Posted 9/19/2011 1:46:00 PM NEW YORK -- Frans Johansson, author of the groundbreaking bestseller, “The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation,” encouraged those at the “ASNE Leadership in Diversity: New Models for Growing Audience, Talent and Revenue” summit to leverage their existing diversity. “We are attracted to people similar to ourselves. So we need to make new combinations occur,” he noted. “It’s easier to come up with creative ideas if you surround yourself with people who are different from yourself.”
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Posted 9/19/2011 9:56:00 AM NEW YORK --Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., the publisher of The New York Times, today challenged the news industry “to embrace diversity and take action to transform your organizations” in the face of tremendous changes in technology, demographics and the economy.
His remarks opened the second “ASNE Leadership in Diversity: New Models for Growing Audience, Talent and Revenue” summit at The New York Times Conference Center. Sulzberger was upbeat about some responses to the news industry's financial difficulties. "Nevertheless," he said, "without a diverse group of journalists crafting the news that people want to read, there would be no audience, no monthly uniques to measure, no subscribers or followers on Twitter."
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Posted 9/16/2011 10:25:00 AM Social media tools like Twitter and Facebook help young people learn about the value of open discourse and tolerance for the views of others, according to a survey of high school students and teachers released today by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. "For many, the First Amendment is an abstract concept, but this new study tells us that social media bring the importance of free speech home to young Americans," said Ken Paulson, president of ASNE and the First Amendment Center. But the Future of the First Amendment study also comes with a dark cloud: Many high school teachers still do not do not support free expression for students.
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Posted 9/8/2011 3:33:00 PM More than 60 media company executives have signed up to participate in the second in a series of ASNE Leadership in Diversity sessions that will be held Monday and Tuesday, September 19 and 20 at The New York Times. Participants will include publishers, CEOs, advertising, news and digital media executives from media companies throughout the country.
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Posted 8/25/2011 8:49:00 AM ASNE will hold hourlong Twitter chats beginning Tuesday at noon, using the hashtag #ASNEchat. The weekly chats will feature a guest who will be “interviewed” on a specific topic, but the format will be conversational and participatory.
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