Evening star., 1953-11-04
Newspapers Meeting
Challenges Of Times,
APP Editors Are Told
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

bI Vne ASSoclotoo FIoSS
CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Norman
e. Isaacs, president of the Asso-
ciated Press Managing Editors
Association, said today, News
paper know-how, objectivity,
fairness and responsibility have
increased steadily"
Mr.. IsaacS, managing editor
OF the Louisville Times. made
the statement in his report to
the organization of editors of
Associated Press newspapers.
The association opened its goth
annual meeting here today.
APME members make a contin-
uing study of the news report
of the Associated Press, co-opera-
tive news-gathering agency, and
contribute analyses and sugges-
tionS.
New Challenges Faced.
Mr.. ISaacS recalled that since
his election to the APME presi-
dency year ago he had travelled
to various parts of the country
and had pleaded everywhere for
a high ethical concept of jour-
nalism." He added:
I'VE all know that newspaper
Ing faces new challenges Radio,
television and news magazines,
the service magazines-all these
are but repeated challenges.
Newspaper know-how, OBJ
jectivity, fairness and RESPONSE
bility have increased steadily
through our time. All of us are
better newSpapermen today than
we were 10 years ago. APME
alone has contributed tremen-
dously to our education.
But we are not yet good
enough"
Professionalism Held Needed.
Mr.. Isaacs asserted that, for
further improvement. newspa-
pering must adopt a "profes-
sionalism of the spirit" He ex-
planned:
I'VE have to approach our
calling with the devotion of the
minister. the skill of the doctor,
the thoroughness of the scientist.
Put them all together. You
will have a fine, understanding,
objective and responsible public
servant.
None of us can ask for any
higher calling. Let us give our
newspapers the love, the devoted
attention and the high skill they
need to flourish and grow.
Let us all pull together to
take newspapering forward"
Years Progress Reported.
Mr.. Isaacs termed the last
year one of the most productive
for APME and the Associated
Press.
He told of the work in the
field of freedom of information |
"a movement to open doors to
public meetings and records OF
public business on the grounds |
that the people have the right |
to know.
Mr.. IsaacS reported that State
Freedom of Information Com
mittees now are functioning in |
47 States. He added:
I'VE have placed the fact |
finding services of these organi-
cations at the call of the Free
dom of Information Committees
of our colleagues in the Ameri-
can Society of Newspaper Ed
itors and Sigma Delta Chi.
Hopes to See National Council.
"I hope to see the day when
American newspaper organiza-
tions can join together in some
type of a National Freedom of
Information Council without
their losing their individual Or
ganizational status or liberty of
action"
Members will participate in a
stion-and-ansWer session to-
morrow with three Associated
Press staffmen who had closeup
views of conditions behind the
Iron Curtain. They are Eddy |
Gilmore, former correspondent |
at Moscow; Frank Noel, war pho
tographer who was a captive of !
the Reds in Korea, and William !
NJ Oats, newsman who was i'm
prisoned in CzechoSlovakia.
Attorney General Herbert .
Brownell, jr., will speak Friday. !
The meeting ends Saturday.