A thorough list of questions editors should ask before instituting newsroom improvements is included. Not every journalist aspires to work at a large metro. In this compact booklet, journalists from around the country explain why they re happy to work at small newspapers. Journalists ranging from photographers to managing editors discuss the thrill of getting the story and the importance of small-town newspapers to their communities. An excellent recruiting tool.
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The relationship between the language journalists use and newspaper reading is explored in this 27-page booklet. Thinking about the mechanics of writing could go a long way to increasing readership, the authors say. The writing that wins the ASNE Distinguished Writing Awards and Jesse Laventhol Prizes is presented in Best Newspaper Writing 1997, produced by The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. To order, write a check in U.S. funds drawn on a U.S. bank or an international money order made out to the ASNE Foundation. Send it to Publications Fulfillment, 11690B Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston VA 20191-1409.