Evening star., 1946-08-07
Press Institute Plans
First Seminar Sept. 80
For Top Newsmen
BY the Assooiofad Presx

For Top Newsmen
BY the Assoeioisd Press
NEW YORK, Aug. IA round
table of 25 newspapermen from
every section of the United States
will participate in the first seminar
of the American Press Institute
opening at Columbia University
September 80.
Financed by 38 publishers repre-
senting more than 10 dailies who
have contributed more than $780,
600 to start the institute, the pro-
gram now is being arranged and will
pe held In six seminars covering a
total of Is weeks.
Although it is being held in affi-
liation with the Columbia Graduate
School of Journalism, the seminar
in no way will be operated in the
manner of college classes, Floyd
Taylor, director of the institute and
an editorial writer on the New York
Herald Tribune, said today.
Conference Table Talks.
1T will be conference table of
discussion between these managing
editors, news editors, picture edi-
tors, city editors, editorial writer's,
reporters on municipal affairs and
general reporters" he said. I'VE will
have speakers gathered from the
newspaper profession and from in
dustries and professions outside the
newspaper world.
But, the newspapermen attend
ing the institute will be expected
to contribute to the conference as
much as the special speakers we
are inviting. Our program, which
we are now arranging. is expected
to be completed about September
! when it will be announced.
I'm the Institutes seminars we
are going to try and get an ex-
change of information and ideas be-
tween editors and reporters from
all over the Nation in exactly the
same way that physicians exchange
information and suggestions in their
medical Clinics" Claude A. Jaeger,
associate director of the institute,
said.
First of Seminars.
We are going to discuss every
subject that confronts a newspaper
editor and reporter, and we are
purposely trying to bring in. con-
flicting points of view so that we
can study the questions from all
angles"
First of the seminars, running
from September 30 to October Is
will be for managing editors and
news editors to discuss methods of
newspaper coverage of news con-
corning science, civic affairs. race
and religious affairs, relations of
newspapers with wire and picture
services, newspaper ethics, employees
relationships, libel laws and other
subjects.
In the second of the seminars.
from October % to November g.,
picture editors will discuss selection
of photographs, assignments and
training of photographers, pictures
for Sunday magazine and feature
sections, color photography, wire
and radio photography.
| Third of the seminars. running
from December 2 to December 20,
will have city editors discussing or
ganization of the work of a city
editor. how to generate news and
feature ideas. newspaper crusades
for civic improvement, the rela ton
OF local news to national and world
news.
! Foreign Affairs Discussions.
During the fourth of the seminars.
running from January 20 to Febru-
ary IA, editorial writers will discuss
foreign affairs. the views of leading
editors of varying types on the hand
ling of editorial page material, the
Middle East, Latin America, Western
Europe and the United Nations.
! Fifth of the seminars, running
from March 10 to March %, will
have reporters on municipal affairs
discussing municipal politics, how to
watch for dishonesty in city gov
ernment. city planning, police and
law enforcement, the relation of
cities to veterans and similar sub
jects.
Sixth and last of the seminars,
running from May to May %, will
have general reporters discussing
public interest in various types Of
news, developing news out of rou-
tine, the distinction between news
and Interpretation and cooperation
with photographers.
4 The institute, based on proposal
by Sevellon Brown, Providence
(R. II publisher, is directed by a
committee consisting of Mr.. Brown
Turner Catledge of the New York
!, Times, w. S. Gilmore of the Detroit
News, Grove Patterson of the To-
ledo Blade, John H. Carter of Lam
casters Newspapers, Inc; A. H.
Kirchhofer of the Buffalo Evening
News, Lloyd Gregory of the Houston
POST Alexander F. Jones of the
) Washington Post and M. H. Will
liams of the Worcester (Mass)