The Masthead back issues from December 2002:
Moving forward. (Editor's Note).(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Journalism has an ugly history of not being kind to minorities. Nor to women for that matter. And as for editorial page staffs, it's little wonder that Vanessa Gallman's impression as a young journalist was this: "It was not difficult to see that you could have hung a sign on ...
Minority voices matter. (Diversity of Opinion).(Editorial)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Over the past 25 years, the number of writers on editorial boards who represented minority races has grown from about 20-25 to about 80-90. The increase in minorities has broadened our profession, bringing in new, different, and, yes, challenging ideas. In this symposium, we ...
Numbers are up, but many staffs lack diversity: forty-four percent of newspapers report they have no minorities in any part of the newsroom. (Diversity or Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... Ten years ago, Lee Salem, then editorial director of Universal Press Syndicate, told the National Association of Black Journalists how hard it was to place black columnists without "credentials" or a "public image" in syndication. "One of the problems we run into is that many ...
An opportunity and a challenge: racism, sexism, and ethnic biases are still alive and well. (Diversity of Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... When asked to write a piece for The Masthead on what it's like being a woman of color on the editorial board of The Denver Post, the first thing that came out of my mouth was: "Okay, but if I get fired, you're going to get me another job, right?" After the laughing subsided and ...
Only two American Indians at work in opinion writing. (Diversity of Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... I think it's fair to say that never in the history of Minnesota has a journalist compared Crazy Horse with President Kennedy in an opinion column. Quite probably, no other writer suggested that when Clayton Moore died, he take the "Lone Ranger" reruns with him because the ...
A league of one among broadcast editorialists. (Diversity of Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... You can count us on one hand. No, make that one finger! If you think broadcast editorialists are rare, broadcast editorialists of "color" are practically non-existent. To the best of my knowledge, I am in a league by myself. Oh, there may be a few more, somewhere in ...
Prepared to succeed, ready for the oath: editorial pages should work harder to erase the image that that they exclude groups of people. (Diversity Of Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... A few weeks after starting my job as editorial page editor at the Lexington Herald-Leader, I agreed to go on a radio talk show. The more skeptical callers seemed worried that I had come from Knight Ridder's Washington bureau, which, to them, made me a corporate lackey sent to further ...
Opinion page editors must be willing to take a chance: bet on potential--and on your own skills to foster talent. (Diversity of Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... It was an off-handed comment by this city's mayor that partly led to my joining the staff of The Greenville News' editorial page. And in February 1999, I broke a 124-year-old color line. There's some obvious irony in something so significant for me, for this community, and for this ...
Opinion writing often not on syllabus: in our efforts to isolate ourselves from the newsroom, we close the door to opinion writing as a career option. (Diversity & Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... When the editors at The Orlando Sentinel approached me in 1994 about filling in on the editorial board while one of the writers was on leave, nothing in my background had prepared me for that moment. Editorial writer? The journalism program at my historically black university ...
Commit to and plan for diversity: we've provided our readers a steady diet of diversity; consequently they focus more on a columnist's point of view. (Diversity of Opinion).
Dec 22, 2002; ... How to make opinion pages better reflect a diverse readership? Commitment and planning. It really is that simple. On the opinion pages at the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, sticking to that formula has resulted in a culture change. Diversity is an expectation, ...
Value of mission is shining forth. (NCEW Foundation).(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002; ... From the selections in the symposium appearing in this edition of The Masthead, I couldn't help but sense a touch of satisfaction that in perhaps a modest way the NCEW Foundation's Minority Writers Seminar has contributed to opening opportunities for minority opinion writers. That, after ...
First Amendment under siege. (Convention 2002).(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... "Clearly there's a lot of free speech in music," Ken Paulson told us during Freedom Sings, a First Amendment Center presentation that defined the theme of the Nashville convention. "But the other four freedoms of the First Amendment are also represented. Gospel music illustrates ...
MacCluggage wins Wells Award. (Convention Elections/Awards).(Reid MacCluggage)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Reid MacCluggage, retired editor and publisher of The Day in New London, Connecticut, received the 2001 Ida B. Wells Award for his exemplary record in hiring minority journalists and his leadership in promoting diversity in the news media. The award, presented in Nashville, was ...
Smith named Bingham Fellow. (Convention Elections/Awards).(Cheryl Smith of The Dallas Weekly)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Cheryl Smith, associate editor of The Dallas Weekly, has been named the Barry Bingham Sr. Fellow for 2002 by the NCEW Foundation. Smith was honored at the Nashville convention for her work as director of the Dallas-Forth Worth Association of Black Communicators' Urban Journalism ...
NCEW marks end of Everett era. (Convention Elections/Awards).(National Conference of Editorial Writers awards Cora, Tom and Tomi Everett)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... A celebration of the Everetts lauded Cora, Tom, and Tomi for their long and devoted service to NCEW at the convention. Beginning with a sterling performance by the Grammy Award-winning Fairfield Four, the evening was a tribute to their loyalty and nurturing of the organization ...
A 'crisis of competence' in civil services. (Convention Speeches).
Dec 22, 2002; ... Tennessee's retiring U.S. Senator Fred Thompson paints a pessimistic picture of America's ability to deal with a world torn by terrorism. In a luncheon speech, he expressed worry about whether the nation could get beyond the short-term military issues confronting Washington ...
The press has its part in culture war. (Convention Speeches).
Dec 22, 2002; ... Editorial pages helped save the National Endowment for the Arts in the culture wars of the 1990s, Bill Ivey told an NCEW convention audience. Now, Ivey said, a new role exists for editorial writers in a debate about the arts. Two important debate subjects were deferred during ...
Freedom sings for one and all. (Convention Presentation).
Dec 22, 2002; ... What do you know about the First Amendment? That it protects freedom of religion and speech? What else? That it protects freedom of the press and the right of the people to peacefully demonstrate when they object to something their government is doing, or trying to do? If you ...
Today, tomorrow: the raison d'etre. (Convention Panels).(newspaper opinion pages)
Dec 22, 2002; ... What should tomorrow's opinion pages look like to help sell the newspapers of the future? The answers, at least from three distinguished editors who addressed that question during the Nashville convention, lie in modestly tweaking the content of those pages to address new ...
On maintaining information access. (Convention Panels).(access to government information)
Dec 22, 2002; ... A free-press advocate and a federal Justice Department attorney gave dashing views on how the Bush administration is handling freedom of information requests since the terrorist attacks. "Because of the general stress of the situation," said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of ...
No strangers to conflict. (Convention Panels).
Dec 22, 2002; ... The aptly titled "Roasting Sacred Cows" provided unexpected revelations. Audience members discovered the one topic Cynthia Tucker--editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution--wouldn't touch. They heard conservative firebrand Cal Thomas deliver an impassioned ...
Honing our Web search skills. (Convention Panels).
Dec 22, 2002; ... Phineas Fiske, our beloved listserv master and the assistant editor of the editorial page of Newsday, ever so briefly took us back to the bad old days of editorial writing during his workshop, "How to be an instant expert." It wasn't long ago, he told the group, that an ...
Cartoonists say: ready, set, draw. (Convention Panels).(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002; ... Editorial cartoonists want to be taken seriously as commentators. And they're willing to use just about any weapon they can find to make it happen, including the one they know best: humor. Joel Pett of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Bruce Plante of the Chattanooga Times Free ...
Religious freedom an overlooked topic. (Convention Panels).
Dec 22, 2002; ... Issues involving religious freedom will be the "toughest issues facing the majority of nations" outside of the United States during the 21st century, and for that reason the subject is a "ripe product for editorial writers," according to two expert panelists. Mark O'Keefe, of ...
President's letter.(National Conference of Editorial Writers convention)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Phil Haslanger Extraordinary year comes to an end The 115 NCEW members who gathered in The Nashville in mid-September for our annual convention found a sense of both history and hope in the air. The history, of course, came from looking back at the ...
Anderson Independent-Mail. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Bonnie Calhoun Williams)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Bonnie Calhoun Williams, editorial page editor for the Anderson Independent-Mail in South Carolina, received this year's E.A. Ramsaur Award for editorial writing from the South Carolina Press Association. The body ...
Detroit Free Press. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Jeff Gerritt wins 2002 Batten Medal)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Jeff Gerritt, an editorial writer and occasional columnist for the Detroit Free Press, won the 2002 Batten Medal, with an accompanying $5,000 prize. Gerritt, a specialist on urban affairs for the ...
Dallas Morning News. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Timothy O'Leary wins Inter-American Press Association's 2002 award)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Timothy O'Leary, editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News, was awarded the Inter-American Press Association's 2002 award for editorial writing for his "clear and singular voice among American editorial writers on all hemispheric topics." ...
Lynchburg News & Advance. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Carmage Walls Commentary Prize to Robert Wimer and Quin Hillyer)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Robert Wimer of the Lynchburg News & Advance in Virginia and Quin Hillyer of the Mobile Register in Alabama were first-place recipients of this year's Carmage Walls Commentary Prize. The award encourages thoughtful, ...
Muskogee Daily Phoenix. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Leroy Chapman and Joe Patrick Bean awarded )(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Second-place honors went to Leroy Chapman (over 50,000), a columnist with the Greenville News in South Carolina, and former NCEW member Joe Patrick Bean, opinion page editor of the Muskogee Daily Phoenix ...
Raleigh News & Observer. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Steve Ford, editorial page editor Raleigh News & Observer awarded)(William McKenzie, associate editorial page editor of Dallas Morning News awarded)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Winners of SNPA writing awards include other NCEW members: Steve Ford, editorial page editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, for six columns about the way the death penalty is imposed in North ...
The Arizona Republic. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Keven Ann Willey is editor of editorial pages Dallas Morning News)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Keven Ann Willey is the new editor of the editorial pages at the Dallas Morning News. Willey previously worked for The Arizona Republic for 22 years and was named the editorial pages editor in 1998. Under her direction, a series of ...
NCEW. (Member News: Milestones, Awards, Educational Opportunities).(Rena Pederson editor-at-large at Dallas Morning News)(Brief Article)
Dec 22, 2002 ... Former NCEW president Rena Pederson is now editor-at-large at the Dallas Morning News, writing columns and developing special projects. The position affords her more time writing and ...