By Jim Romeo We have all seen better days. But could a new way of doing business in the trade press be a latent win-win? Could the bylined feature article, contributed Q-and-A article, or other contributed feature article … read more
Ethics
Do-It-Yourself Roundtable
If you’re in or around the Chicago area on June 5, it may be worth your time to attend the Chicago ASPBE chapter’s first Do-It-Yourself Roundtable discussion. Why do-it-yourself? Because we realize that more heads are better than … read more
Chicago Produces Top-Notch Member Programs
By Roy HarrisASPBE Past President Several ASBPE chapters are known for their powerful program planning. But it would be hard to top the work done by the Chicago chapter in designing this month’s half-day workshop titled “B2B Survival … read more
Help ASBPE Help You By Asking About the Ethics of an Editorial or Advertising Practice
By Steven Roll and Spring Suptic After launching our Ethics Advisory program last week, the new ethics initiative has caught the attention of FOLIO:, Paul Conley, the Pulse (BusinessJournalism.org), MinOnline($), and MediaBistro.com’s FishbowlDC. The way the program works … read more
Who’s Checking the Facts?
By Tonie AuerDFW Chapter President and National Blog Chairwoman When I was a cub reporter at a small Northeast Texas five-day-a-week hometown newspaper, I aspired to be more. I tried to do the stories that the townspeople wanted … read more
Doctored Photos
By Tonie Auer DFW Chapter President A story on Editor’s Weblog about a new software program that can detect doctored photos transported me back in time to one of my early journalism jobs at a small six-day-a-week daily … read more
The Value of Working as an HPT
By Nikki GoldenVice President, ASBPE Chicago Chapter As I read about CIO’s recent controversial move with LinkedIn, what struck me most was not that any ethical guidelines might have been crossed but that the editorial staff had no … read more
New Leader Takes the Helm of Reinvigorated Ethics Committee
By Steven RollASBPE President Spring Suptic, Kansas City ASBPE Chapter President, was named chair of ASBPE’s Ethics Committee last week. Formerly heading the committee was ASBPE’s Immediate Past President Roy Harris. One of Roy’s primary accomplishments during his … read more