What You Need, When You Need It

By Tonie AuerDFW Chapter President and National Blog Chairwoman I am on a few different journalism email distribution lists. I get things coming to my inbox that direct me to the latest firings, hirings and scandals related to … read more

Online Training: Fact Checking and Managing Change

By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor Two online training programs have recently caught my eye: Tomorrow afternoon, News University is offering a one-hour webinar titled Managing Change: Five Steps to Success. Topics to be addressed include (direct quote from … read more

Blogger Journalism?

By Tonie Auer DFW ASBPE Chapter President and National Blog Committee Chairwoman As a blogger and a journalist, I see a fine line between the two roles. Yes, blogging plays a role in news. I think everyone would … read more

How WWW Changed the World of Publishing

By Thomas R. TeminMedia and Government Consulting After 30 years in business-to-business publishing, I decided to hang my shingle as a consultant. One reason resulted from a question I was asked at an industry conference. The organizers had … read more

Is the News Ever Finished?

By Tonie Auer National Blog Chairwoman and DFW Chapter President I read an interesting blog post on how the Internet and World Wide Web have impacted the way we cover the news. The idea is that a story … read more

Newsroom guidelines

By Tonie AuerASBPE National Blog Committee Chairwoman and DFW Chapter President Editor and Publisher found a way to get its hands on Seven Guiding Principles for The Washington Times Newsroom developed by the paper’s new executive editor, John … read more

Dealing with experts

By Dolores W. GregoryCopy EditorBNA Tax & Accounting BNA State Tax & Accounting relies heavily on the contributions of outside authors. For my product, the Multistate Tax Report, articles by tax attorneys and accountants are a regular monthly … read more

Training for crisis

AlertNet, Reuters’ humanitarian news network, has launched a training video for journalists covering conflicts and disasters. The video highlights AlertNet for Journalists, a toolkit including crisis briefings, aid agency news feeds, interactive training and more. While most of … read more

Making Time for Print and Online

Ask any trade editor about their biggest concern with integrating online media into their work and odds are they’ll tell you that they have a hard time writing for print and online. I asked Dan Blank, Director of … read more