Our keynote speakers for our inaugural NLA conference will be CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler.com, Maria Ressa, and author of The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg.
You can purchase your lunch tickets through registration or separately in our online store. There are also discounted lunch tickets for students!
Training in data, mobile newsgathering, smart storytelling, podcasting, analytics & management
Milwaukee NewsTrain will offer a full day of digital training on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 333 W. State; Milwaukee, WI 53203.
Christie Swanson, a newspaper veteran with more than a quarter century of journalism experience, is the new editor of The Norman Transcript.
Swanson worked in newspapers in Northwest Arkansas for more than 15 years. She served as managing editor for the Northwest Arkansas Times and coordinated the news coverage of Fayetteville and Washington County, Arkansas, supervising several news reporters and copy editors.
Reneau Stepping Down As Sun Editor; Scott Jenkins Named To Post
Michael S. Reneau, who has served as editor of The Greeneville Sun since 2015, is leaving the post later this month. Sun Publisher Gregg K. Jones has named Scott Jenkins next editor of the Sun, effective in early September.
Jenkins is an award-winning newspaper editor who currently works in North Carolina as regional executive editor of the Times-News of Burlington and The Dispatch in Lexington.
Reneau is taking a position as deputy editor of WORLD News Group, a Christian national news outlet that publishes WORLD Magazine, web exclusive content and several radio programs/podcasts.
Your Chance to Help Improve FOIA
ASNE Legal Counsel Kevin M. Goldberg was chosen to participate on the current term of the federal FOIA Advisory Committee (which was established by the National Archives and Records Administration in 2014 to foster dialog between the Administration and the requester community, solicit public comments, and develop consensus recommendations for improving FOIA administration and proactive disclosures).
As part of its work in compiling recommendations for the improvement of the federal FOIA, the Committee has created a survey with a few simple questions for FOIA requesters. The responses will be used by the subcommittees of the FOIA Advisory Committee who are providing recommendations regarding the current volume of FOIA requests (and the time required to fulfill those requests) and vision for the future of FOIA.
The Committee – especially Kevin, who has been one of the organizers of the survey portion of the Committee’s work – would greatly appreciate it if you can take the time to complete this survey. It is completely anonymous and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. You can find the survey at this URL:
(if you are entering this manually, note the small “r” between “surveymonkey.com” and “Requester.”)
The survey will be open until Labor Day.
In Memoriam
Dan Even, veteran AP newsman and bureau chief, dies at 76
Daniel Robert Even, age 76, beloved son of Buck and Eileen Even passed from this mortal realm on August 3, 2019 leaving behind thousands of baseball cards and old newspapers.
Dan began his journalism career as a sports stringer when he was 16 years old at the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. He graduated from Wahlert High School and went on to graduate from Loras College in 1965. In 1970, he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he began his life-long career with The Associated Press. He began as a Sports Editor and in 1973 was named News Editor.
The ASNE and APME Boards are built of some of the top leaders in the journalism industry, so as a special perk of attending our conference, we are raffling off some one-on-one time with these leaders.
We will be raffling off 35 hangouts and will be announcing the winners during the week leading up to the conference.
The ASNE Foundation solicits contributions in support of NLA and its commitment to professional journalism, newsroom leadership and diversity, open government and a free press. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization, so the gifts it receives are fully deductible as charitable contributions. (The ASNE Foundation will become the NLA Foundation upon the official completion of the ASNE-APME merger.)
The APME Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization established in 1988 to receive tax-exempt gifts to carry out educational projects for the advancement of newspaper journalism. Proceeds help support NewsTrain, a regional, low-cost training opportunity around the country and other practical education tools promoting the First Amendment, innovation and diversity in newsrooms.
