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Tribute to Ed Arnold.

The American Press Institute mourns the death of close friend and newspaper design expert Edmund C. Arnold last week in Roanoke, Va. Arnold was 93. Long acknowledged as the "father of newspaper design," Arnold made his first API appearance as an industry educator in 1959.

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Remembering Ed Arnold

Over a period of more than 25 years, Arnold dedicated his time to giving future generations of designers the tools to move beyond the accepted boundaries of newspaper design and in the process became the most frequent API discussion leader, with 208 appearances at API seminars.

For more tributes and memories of Edmund C. Arnold, please check out the following links:

• Family Obituary for Edmund C. Arnold.
• Mary Peskin, an API associate director, pays tribute to Ed.
• Read about the 1978 API seminar that gave birth to the the Society for News Design (SND), Laying out a legacy for future designs.
• API remembers to Ed Arnold.
• Sign the the guestbook at Legacy.com.

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By Lisa Rabasca | Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Historical authors Robin Gerber and Peter Henriques will lead discussions on "Revolutionary Leadership" in a daylong session for API's seminar for City and Metro Editors in February.

By API Staff | Monday, April 11, 2005

David Liu, founder of the popular wedding site TheKnot.com, speaks to members of API's Reaching Young Audiences seminar about how brands can demonstrate strong local reach, the future of blogs and why his audience spends 14 hours on TheKnot.com during their first week.

By Lisa Rabasca | Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Knowing your market is key when it comes to reaching Hispanic audiences, discussion leaders told attendees of API's Reaching Latino Audiences seminar in Miami.
Related Links
» As Hispanic markets change, the need to understand how remains the same
» Many markets, many choices: engaging the Latino audience

By Lisa Rabasca | Friday, January 14, 2005

After an evening listening to Cuban music and touring Little Havana and other Hispanic communities in Miami-Dade County, newspaper executives at API’s Reaching Latino Audiences seminar were warned that the Hispanic market is constantly evolving.

By David P. Marino-Nachison | Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Personnel management is a big part of classifieds sales managers' jobs, from putting the right people in to the right jobs, to helping them build customer relationships and set priorities.

By Lisa Rabasca | Friday, November 12, 2004

Attendees of API’s Circulations Executives seminar drew lessons from the National Geographic Society's approaches to growing and retaining its audience.

By Chad Capellman | Thursday, October 14, 2004

Michael White, nicknamed "The Dean of the Electoral College," offers some surprising insights about how poorly informed state officials can be about their roles in the electoral process.

Partnership for Readership seminar attendees practice listening with the help of a blindfold.

By API Staff | Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Members of API’s “Partnership for Readership” seminar learned how to provide honest communication, hone their active listening skills and deliver meaningful feedback – all hallmarks of a successful partnership – blindfolded while maneuvering through a maze.

By Lisa Rabasca | Friday, June 25, 2004

Media company executives received advice on contending with two major challenges—increased competition and the changing relationship between consumers and the media—during this year’s API Publishers’ Forum: Near and Far Horizons, the Road Ahead for Media Organizations.

Entertainment, convergence, government and military voices included in 2004 API Publishers Forum

By Chad Capellman | Thursday, June 17, 2004

API's 2004 Publishers Forum, titled “Near and Far Horizons, the Road Ahead for Media Organizations” opened up by providing the media executives in attendance lessons for thriving in the digital age from an unconventional source.

Reflecting on leadership lessons from the battlefields of Gettysburg

By David Kraemer | Thursday, May 27, 2004

From the organic Army of the Potomac, trusting in its second tier of commanders, willing to take risks, disobeying orders to fortuitous ends, to the top-down aristocracy of the Confederates, headstrong, failing to follow directions, convinced of their own infallibility, we squeezed drops of truth we hope can be applied to newsrooms across the country.

How USA TODAY leverages its brand

By Lisa Rabasca | Wednesday, May 19, 2004

The 24 participants of API’s Executive Marketing Seminar studied the development of that brand at a May 12 session at Gannett’s headquarters in McLean, Va. Seminar participants learned lessons about leveraging a brand from USA TODAY’s top brass—Publisher and President Craig Moon, USA TODAY.com’s senior vice president and publisher Jeffrey Webber and USA TODAY Live’s managing editor and correspondent Lauren Ashburn.

By Jodi Schneider | Monday, May 10, 2004

I've long been a supporter of business journalism education and enjoy passing on my hard-earned business journalism knowledge gleaned as both a reporter and then an editor in a half dozen newsrooms.

By Dale Peskin | Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Dale Peskin, co-director of The Media Center and a former newspaper designer, spoke about the future of design in an ever-evolving media landscape. "The good news," says Peskin, "is designers get to set the rules, and make the changes. If there is any point in time, in the history of newspapers where the voice of designers can be heard in changing things, it's now. ... You're going to have an ear, because publishers are scared to death."

By Curt Hazlett | Thursday, January 29, 2004

Copy editors these days have a bigger role than ever in making stories better, so here are four habits to avoid when delving into copy.
UPDATE: Editors weigh in on Curt Hazlett's musings on the state of copy editing.

Commercial Appeal Editor discusses ways to bring innovation to newspapers' election coverage

By Chad Capellman | Thursday, January 22, 2004

On the heels of Monday night's Iowa Caucuses, Chris Peck - Editor of the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn. spoke with attendees of API's City and Metro Editors seminar about the challenges they face with their own election coverage. (includes audio)

Laura Gordon gives new meaning to phrase 'Quick launch'

By API Staff | Thursday, January 15, 2004

Laura Gordon, Managing Director of New Product Development of The Dallas Morning News and the Publisher of Quick, spoke at API about launching the free tabloid in just 12 days. (includes audio)

Advice for newspaper executives who need results right now

By Ed Baron | Wednesday, December 03, 2003

Ed Baron offers lessons learned by the more than 1,200 people who have attended API's Executive Development Program.

By Kevin Sweeney | Sunday, November 23, 2003

Journalists interested in covering business converged on Harrisburg, Pa., Minneapolis, and San Jose, Calif., in November to participate in first-of-their-kind workshops geared to meeting the growing challenges of financial journalism.

By Chad Capellman | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Comments from participants in API's first Publishers’ Forum on Ethics and Responsibilities: » Jim Crutchfield, President & Publisher, Akron Beacon Journal
» Steven Knowlton, Professor of Journalism, Hofstra University
» Peggy Kuhr, Knight Chair, University of Kansas, School Of Mass Communications
» Jack Nelson, Chief Washington Correspondent, (retired), Los Angeles Times

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Journalists attending API’s first Publishers’ Forum on Ethics and Responsibility reacted to a hypothetical situation in which a newspaper reporter in a conservative, religious town writes a story about oral sex among middle and high school students.

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, October 02, 2003

Ethicist, provocateur and list-maker Michael Josephson has never been more in vogue. He’s been cajoling and scaring people straight about ethics since 1985. One of his favorite audiences has been the newspaper industry.

By Steve Buttry | Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Steve Buttry, a Director of Tailored Programs at API, shares some of the lessons he learned after attending API’s first “Train the Trainer” seminar. This article was originally sent to a list-serv of seminar attendees.

By Chad Capellman | Friday, June 27, 2003

ASNE president Peter Bhatia reacts to receiving hundreds of postcards that claim the group's diversity programs "bear some of the responsibility for the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times."

By Joyce Gemperlein | Thursday, June 26, 2003

Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics closed the API/ASNE Newsroom Reporting and Editing Standards seminar with his thought as the only non-journalist in attendance.

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