City and Metro Editors: Leading a Reader-Driven Newsroom

(for community markets)

July 18 - July 22, 2004

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Featured Discussion Leaders

Wanda Lloyd Executive Editor, Montgomery Advertiser

Ellen Shearer Assistant Dean and Professor, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Peter Watson Community Communications; Former Editor & GM, Essex County Newspapers, Inc.

This seminar offers members the skills to produce a compelling local report and develop an outstanding local-news staff. In the metro version, attendees learn how to manage the competing demands of covering a wide network of diverse communities. In the community version (for newspapers under 75,000 circulation), they explore ways to help readers understand both their neighborhoods and the world.

Who Should Attend and Why

Managing editors, city and metro editors, bureau chiefs, assistant editors, long-tenured editors looking to update their skills, and anyone involved in city/metro desk operations should attend. Attendees gain:

Tips on motivating staff and boosting skills through coaching and feedback

Recent Discussion Leaders

Steve Buttry, Writing Coach/National Correspondent, Omaha (NE) World-Herald;

Milton Coleman, Deputy Managing Editor, The Washington Post;

Linda Cunningham, Executive Editor, Rockford (IL) Register Star

 

The Particulars

Please read:
:: API's Registration, Tuition and Hotel Policies
:: Special requirements for international members

 

Tuition: $1,225.00; early-bird: $1,102.00

Hotel/Meal Package: $850.00.
This charge is in addition to the tuition fee, and is paid directly to the hotel by the seminar member upon checkout.

Location: Reston

(This seminar has already occured)