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October 16, 1991
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
TONY SNOW TS
SUBJECT:
ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAGING EDITORS TELECONFERENCE
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday, October 17, at 12:15 p.m., you will broadcast
remarks (8 minutes, on prompter) from the OEOB Studio to the 57th
Annual AP Managing Editors Convention at the Westin Hotel in
Detroit. The audience of approximately 400 people include
managing editors from large and small dailies from around the
country. Acknowledgements include AP President Lou Boccardi and
APME President Ralph Langer. Langer is editor of the Dallas
Morning News.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks highlight elements of the domestic agenda --
specifically, our economic growth package -- and Congress's
blindspot to this administration domestic policy legislation.
NOTE: The text of this address is in simultaneous staffing
and thus has not been reviewed by senior staff.
Snow/Nix
APME
October 17, 1991
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL TELECONFERENCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAGING EDITORS
OCTOBER 17, 1991
12:15 p.m.
Thank you, Ralph [Langer -- rhymes with ranger]. It's nice
being introduced in Detroit by a fellow Texan. It's also nice to
see Lou Boccardi again. I'm sorry I couldn't join you for
today's luncheon -- especially since it's rainy and cold here and
it's nice and sunny there. \\
[[ Let me open with an apology. I know many of you depend
on Washington to provide grist for news stories, and I know that
we just haven't held up our end of the deal. In recent weeks,
things around here have been just plain dull. ]] 11
appreciate this for
[[ Actually, I really am glad to this opportunity to speak
with you. I'd like to get a couple of gripes off my chest.
First, can you get the delivery people to stop throwing our paper
Millie has a heck of a time finding it.
in the shrubs? I know you love it when people ask about that.
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Second -- and I know you're tired of hearing this one -- but
couldn't you focus on the good news for once? You know, there's
a great Anne Murray song, "A Little Good News."
One nice verse says: "I came home this evening. I bet that
the news will be the same: Somebody takes a hostage, Somebody
steals a plane. How I want to hear the anchorman talk about a
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county fair, how we cleaned the air.
5
How everybody learned to
care."
That's a great idea. You know, I've just about had it with
all the bad news about lawyers, bankruptcies, strikes, business
seizures, stock splits, profit sharing, wars and bitter personal
feuds. Just once -- just once -- I'd like to see you limit the
sports pages to scores and standings. ]]
Today, I want to talk about a subject that many of your
papers discuss regularly -- our administration's domestic policy.
I have talked with audiences around the nation about our
initiatives on crime, education, energy, transportation and other
matters. Today, I will focus on an issue of concern in Detroit
and throughout our nation: Economic growth.
Let me start with the good news: The economic trends look
good. Industrial production has risen for five straight months.
Treasury fact sheet
Housing starts have risen 26 percent since January. The
unemployment rate in September fell to 6.7 percent -- down three-
tenths of a percent in three months, and the lowest rate in
nearly five years. The index of leading economic indicators has
held steady or increased for seven straight months, and it has
jumped five percent since January. Inflation has fallen -- a 2.7
9
percent annual rate. Mortgate interest rates have dropped to the
lowest level since 1977.
Over the years our administration has promoted a series of
initiatives that would stimulate economic growth and make our
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economy much stronger -- initiatives that would instantly restore
much-needed confidence in our economic progress.
Congress generally has chosen to avoid these proposals --
either by preventing votes or changing the subject. The capital
gains tax offers a case in point.
Against the argument that the cut raises questions of
fairness, I will ask you to judge: The capital gains tax affects
future wealth, not present wealth. High capital gains rates
discourage investment in untried products and services. They
make it difficult for people with ideas to get the capital they
need to make a difference. Historically, when capital gains
rates fall, revenues increase -- and the "rich" assume the lion's
share of the tax burden.
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A capital gains cut will set of an explosion of small
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business formation -- which means that your ad people will have
new clients and you might be able to give your reporters a pay
raise, after all.
In short, a capital gains cut would give our economy a much-
needed boost. It would raise real-estate prices and cut the
overall cost of the Savings and Loan cleanup. It would help
people of imagination and drive.
As I've said a number of times, the capital gains tax is a
tax on the American dream. Nevertheless, in three years,
Congressional leaders have not permitted a single up-or-down vote
on our capital gains proposals.
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Consider other items in our growth package: We have proposed
comprehensive banking reform legislation. Congress has the
opportunity to make America's banking system more efficient and
more competitive internationally, but it must act now. Only
comprehensive legislation -- which addresses the fundamental
problems facing the banking industry -- will strengthen our banks
and support economic growth.
We have offered proposals to ease the credit crunch that
affects lenders nationwide -- lenders who, for instance, make it
possible for newspapers to build new presses and plants, purchase
new equipment, and improve their fitness in the incredibly
competitive media business.
We have promoted incentives for savings, investment and
entprepreneurship. We have proposed increasing federal
expenditures on research and development, and have advocated a
permanent R&D tax credit. We have worked aggressively to open
foreign markets to American goods and services. We continue to
press for a successful conclusion to the Uruguay Round of
mulit lateral trade talks. We have begun negotiating a North
American Free Trade Agreement, which would create a unified
market consisting of the United States, Canada -- just across the
river from you -- and Mexico. We have pursued the Enterprise for
the Americas initiative, which promises to encourage economic
growth throughout our hemisphere, and build ties of mutual
interest.
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We have promoted tort reform, to cut down on needless
litigation -- and the costs it imposes on every industry. We
have fought against regulations that produce red tape without
improving the quality of American life. We have worked to build
a more intelligent, flexible workforce through our America 2000
education strategy. And finally, we have worked to maintain the
fiscal discipline established by last year's controversial budget
agreement.
When people say we have no domestic agenda, they just
haven't seen the facts. We have a good, forward-looking agenda.
Congressional leaders just won't act on it.
I know you will spend two sessions discussing economic
issues tomorrow. I'd also like to encourage you to think about
ways of improving coverage of economic issues. Urge your
reporters to take a hard, fair, informed look at our policies and
at Congressional alternatives. Ask them to study the history of
capital gains cuts. Ask them to discuss banking reform proposals
with leading bankers in your town. Ask them to dig deeper and
deeper for the facts, and to treat sweeping generalizations and
slogans with proper skepticism. Well, since you're editors, I
suppose you could tell them. 11
A free press truly can serve as a guide to good public
policy but only if reporters and editors take seriously their
duty to inform the public in a comprehensive, balanced manner.
I'm sorry I couldn't join you today in Detroit, but I am
glad that we've been able to get together by video hook-up. I
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wish you all the best in your meetings over the next three days.
May God bless you and the United States of America. Now, I'll be
glad to take a couple of questions.
# # # #
October 7, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
AP MANAGING EDITOR'S CONVENTION
GENERAL INFO ABOUT APME
WHO: The AP Managing Editors Association is made up of executive
newspaper editors from around the country. APME uses the annual
conventions as a means for their members to meet with, complain
to, and learn from AP executives. Members include editors from
both large and small dailies. All APME members are members of
the AP.
WHAT: The 57th AP Managing Editors Convention is a 3-day
convention held October 17-19 at the Westin Hotel in Detroit.
INTRODUCING THE PRES: At a Thursday luncheon beginning at 12:15
p.m., APME President Ralph Langer [LANE-jer] -- editor of the
Dallas Morning News-- will introduce the President. The Pres.
will address approximately 400 people.
THEME: There is no official theme slogan, yet Ralph Langer says
the overriding theme touches on issues embodied by the Bill of
Rights. There will be discussions on issues such as the economy
as it affects the newspaper industry; the Gulf War relationship
between the press and the military; privacy; ethics; the press
and politics; the Soviet press. Cartoonist Mike Peters will
speak at the Friday luncheon.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO DATE: Ralph Langer, president of APME; Lou
Boccardi, AP president and CEO; Bill Ahearn, AP vice president
and executive editor; Martin Thompson, AP managing editor
I've included the following:
Schedule of events
Schedule of seminar/workshops
General APME convention info
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APME WANTS YOU
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WELCOME TO APME
FROM AP WWPR 212 621 7529
OLLAR FOR DOLLAR, APME MAY BE
the best bargain in your budget.
There are no dues, and the cost of one
convention gives you ideas to profit from all
year round.
Here is how APME can help you run a better
newspaper:
It offers you a chance to work with other
editors on projects. APME's Journalism Studies
is a collection of on-going committees that
work year around on challenging assignments.
The focus is primarily on monitoring the
OCT 7 '91 10:03
Associated Press and offering constructive
criticism, but other projects probe into
newspaper issues. These reports are often
Please turn to next page
PAGE 008
APME WANTS YOU
WHAT IS APME?
Continued from preceding page
hear complaints. The committee work
cited in trade journals and other
regularly involves critiques that are
journalism publications.
intended to make the AP a better
The reports are given free to every
organization for all of us.
editor who attends the annual fall
The membership requirements for
convention. Last year's reports were
APME are very simple: Your needs to
nearly two inches thick and full of
be a member of the Associated Press
helpful ideas.
or Canadian Press, and you need to be
HOW MUCH
The convention has panel
a directing editor, such as assistant
WILL IT COST ME TO ATTEND
discussions and workshops to hear
managing editor, or managing editor
AN APME CONVENTION?
other viewpoints, and allows you a
or executive editor. Once you attend a
chance to express yours, This
convention, you're automatically a
10:03 FROM AP WWPR 212 621 7529
interchange of ideas occurs in the
member!
THAT DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON YOUR
hallways, the lounge and over dinner.
Some newspapers have more than one
LOCATION.
Bring business cards because you are
editor in APME, but only one editor
Convention sites generally alternate from east to west.
likely to establish a network of
from each newspaper can vote at
If it isn't close to you one year, it may be the next year
contacts to help you through some
business meetings and in board
(you'll find a list of sites at the end of this booklet).
problems at the office.
elections.
American Airlines gives convention-goers a break in
Several programs are specifically
Unlike other organizations, APME
their airfares and restaurants suggested by the host
planned for editors of small
puts its members to work throughout
newspaper cover all budgets. Convention planners
newspapers, too, SO don't think the
the year. You get to work with other
look for hotels that offer reasonable room rates too.
topics are relevant to large newspapers
editors on various committee projects,
Other than that, your expenses are food and
only.-- Convention sites afford you the
develop a rapport and even friendships
registration. Registration includes all of the luncheons
chance to see other newspapers, small
with many of them, and run for an
and receptions and is calculated from anticipated
and large.
APME office. You'll find a list of the
expenses
Membership also gives you the
current standing committees and a
Q. Can spouses attend?
opportunity to make a difference with
summary of their assignments
A. Yes. Several optional events are planned for
OCT 7 '91
the Associated Press. AP executives
elsewhere in this booklet.
spouses while the editors are attending convention
are available to discuss problems and
See you at the convention.
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3
General APME Into
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WHAT IS APME ?
Continued from preceding page
express complaints. Kuhn presided
sessions. A special breakfast is held
over the first convention in 1934 in
early in the convention to give
French Lick, Ind. Roberts became the
spouses a chance to meet one another.
second president in 1937. Since then
Spouses are invited to all of the
APME has become a leader in
convention sessions, including
improving the standards of both the
luncheons, which feature name
AP and newspapers in general.
speakers and to social events.
Q. You sold me. How do I join?
Q. Is this really only for editors of
A. You become a member as soon as
Continued from preceding page
A. Editors. They volunteer to make
large newspapers?
you register for a convention and as
Cincinnati it was a boat race. An
sure microphones are working,
A. Not at all. APME realizes that
FROM AP WWPR 212 621 7529
long as you are a member of the AP
most of its members come from small
informal party is the week's finale.
operate a projector, work with any
and are a top-ranking news executive.
Q. How are sites chosen?
media organization covering a
newspapers. Several work sessions
Registration information and forms
and panel discussions are designed
A. Newspapers from any city are
convention segment, staff voting
are published in APME News, which
invited to make a pitch for their
booths and work with hotel
especially for small newspapers. The
is sent to all newspapers which belong
community as a future convention
personnel. All these people give up
Small Newspapers Committee works
to the AP. If you are not receiving a
site. Several years in advance the
their convention time to make sure
on issues affecting small papers 100.
copy, contact APME liaison Bruce
editors of the local newspaper provide
everything operates smoothly.
Q. Why do many conventions
Nathan at (212) 621-1552.
information to the APME Executive
Q. Is the convention the only
end on Saturday?
Q. Are the conventions all work
Committee and Board of Directors,
activity during the year?
A. This change was made to give
and no play?
which decide if the site is appropriate.
A. APME is getting more involved
editors a break on expensive airfares.
A. Convention planners have been
Airlines offer a much cheaper rate if
careful to leave time to socialize with
The host city is responsible for much
in APME activities in your state. You
of the preliminary work that precedes
may already have a state APME
you stay over a Saturday.
other editors. Dinners are generally
the convention. Besides rotating the
organization that hosts workshops
Q. How did APME get started?
open so that you can try a local
OCT 7 '91 10:02
A. Oliver Owen Kuhn of The
restaurant with new or old friends. An
work while rotating the site, editors
and conventions. It is hoped that
Washington Star and Roy Roberts of
event that highlights something
get a chance to see different parts of
these organizations will be linked to
the Kansas City Star were lamenting
unique to the area is held one
the country.
the national APME organization to
the absence of an organization that
Q. Who are all the people working
help you on a local level.
afternoon. In Dallas it was a rodeo; in
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at these conventions?
could meet with AP executives to
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SMALL PAPER?
So YOU WANT TO BE
YOU'LL LIKE APME
PAGE
PRESIDENT
W
HAT DOES IT TAKE TO
The officers are made up of former
become president of APME? A lot of
directors and include the president,
hard work and a certain dedication to
vice president, secretary, treasurer,
the organization.
chairman and vice chairman of
The ladder to the APME presidency
Joumalism Studies. Officers are elected
starts with participation in one of the
by the board of directors.
Journalism Studies committees. After
These officers are part of the Executive
you have demonstrated an eagerness to
Committee, which also includes the
work on these committees, you may be
editor of APME News, the convention
invited by a Nominating Committee to
program chairman, the chairman of
nm for director.
Regional Association Liaison Activities
FROM AP WWPR 212 621 7529
Committee work is a great way to get
and the immediate past president of
S APME JUST FOR EDITORS OF METROPOLITAN
to know the organization and eventual-
APME. Ex-officio members include the
newspapers?
ly rise to become chairman of a chosen
president of the AP and AP's executive
Absolutely not. Consider the program for the Dallas
committee. The Nominating Commit-
editor.
convention held last year. There was a program on how
tee looks for candidates who have been
You don't have to be an editor of a
small newspapers can best compete with metropolitan
chairman or vice chairman of these
large newspaper to get elected, either.
newspapers in the same market. There was a session for
committees, and great care is taken to
In fact, three of the last 12 presidents
small-newspaper editors to exchange ideas, a session
make sure the board reflects a broad
were from newspapers with circulations
on libraries for small newspapers, and a panel
perspective of the country's newspapers.
less than 25,000.
discussion on community involvement.
The Board of Directors is composed of
It does require a lot of work to become
"APME has changed a lot," says Barbara Lombardo,
24 editors who are elected during the
an APME officer, but it all starts by
chairman of the Small Newspapers Committee.
convention by your secret ballots. Each
attending a convention and getting
Lombardo should know. She's the managing editor of
registered newspaper is entitled to vote.
involved in committee work. Even if
The Saratogonian, circulation 12,500, a Gannett
OCT 7 10:01
Generally, a term of office is either two
you don't want to become an officer,
newspaper in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
or three years.
you still can get involved.
She feels that conventions now include programs that
Two of the 24 directors must be from
Being an officer, director or committee
are tailored for small newpapers. "Those that aren't
newspapers with circulations less than
chairman is recognition from your peers
tailored still address issues that all newpapers, big and
35,000.
that is both rewarding and enjoyable.
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SMALL PAPER?
YOU'LL LIKE APME
APME COMMITTEES
PAGE
A
Continued from preceding page
T THE HEART OF APME
about APME, media issues and
are Journalism Studies. Chairmen,
committee reports. Copies go to
small, face," she says.
editors had a chance to get a hands-on
vice-chairmen and committee
members, academics, all AP
This year small-newspaper editors
introduction to Leaf.
members are full-time editors who
newsrooms.
will be able to see examples of small
Small-newspaper editors, like those
work their assignments into their busy
BUSINESS NEWS: Studies trends in
newspapers from Michigan in a
from all newspapers, are encouraged
office schedules. Everyone benefits
reporting business and economic news
special library.
to participate in the Journalism
from their work which is shared in a
by the nation's newspapers and the AP.
Even the name badges wom by
Studies program. This committee
bound volume and distributed at the
CITATIONS: Monitors and rewards
convention-goers will denote small
work, often chaired by editors from
annual convention.
AP members for outstanding reporting
newspaper editors. This allows editors
small newspapers, affords
The reports combine critiques of the
and cooperation.
from similar size newspapers to strike
convention-goers a chance to work
AP wire and issues that face editors.
ETHICS: Reports on ethical
FROM AP WWPR 621 7529
up conversations in the hallway,
with editors who have similar
You can sign up for a committee at
questions and conflicts of interest.
where ideas are often exchanged,
problems or interests. It is from these
the convention or fill out a form that
FEATURES: Studies content, variety
This communication is what
committees that long-term
will be mailed to you later this year.
and quality of features sections and AP
Lombardo finds SO beneficial.
associations often spring.
You do not have to attend the
feature writing.
"Networking. Idea-sharing. Helping
Those who attend their first
convention to work on a committee.
FOREIGN NEWS: Checks on AP
small newspapers make the most out
convention are often surprised to see
Committees change from time to
foreign coverage, both quality and
of AP," are just a few of the benefits
small newspaper editors involved in
time, depending on evaluation of
quantity, and reviews how newspapers
she lists.
the program, serving as chairs of
editors' concerns. Here is the current
use AP coverage.
The convention affords
committees and sitting on the board of
lineup.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION:
small-newspaper editors the chance to
directors. In fact, APME's bylaws
Provides updates on the Freedom of
meet with top AP personnel, too.
require that two directors come from
APME GAZETTE: Publishes the
Information Act, court and legislative
Those AP executives who are in
newspapers with circulations less than
association's newspaper, which is
actions on open meetings and public
positions 10 effect change are eager to
35,000.
printed and distributed to hotel rooms
records.
hear feedback on their work and how
OCT 7 10:00
during the convention. It is written and
GENERAL NEWS: Monitors and
the AP can do a better job.
assembled by local college students. It
critiques the AP's domestic news
Additionally, new equipment, such as
is funded by the APME Foundation.
report.
the Leaf picture desk, is often on
APME NEWS: Publishes information
GRAPHICS: Monitors quality and
display. At the Dallas convention,
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CONVENTION TIPS
Continued from preceding page
quantity of AP news graphics. Studies
and provides updates on technological
advances and evaluates associations
between test, photo, graphics and
designers.
A
TTENDING THE FIRST CONVENTION CAN
JOURNALISM EDUCATION:
be an intimidating experience for the uninitiated.
Studies what colleges are doing to
how they can be used effectively.
But APME has made that first convention as friendly
READERSHIP AND
as possible by giving editors a chance to meet
upgrade journalism education, and
includes a look at problems and
CIRCULATION: Studies trends in
other people.
621 7529
Editors from small newspapers are identified on
developments.
readership and household penetration,
MEMBERSHIP AND
and recommends steps for
badges and in a who's-who list that is part of the
PERFORMANCE: Encourages
improvement.
registration packet. Names on these badges appear in
SMALL NEWSPAPERS: Studies
bold for those who can't readily recall them.
newly appointed editors to join
APME, compiles a post-convention
development of trends and problems of
Receptions and informal gatherings are strategically
planned to give editors a chance to mix.
survey and assembles this booklet.
small newspapers, including turnover
MINORITIES: Monitors the
of staff and competition from metro
To make your convention, first or otherwise, less
handling of minority news by the
dailies.
hectic, here are a few tips:
press; studies minority training and
SPORTS: Monitors and critiques the
Consider arriving early -- if the budget permits.
OCT 9:59 WWPR
hiring practices.
content and quantity of AP sports
There may be some sightseeing you'd like to do to
NEWSROOM MANAGEMENT:
writing,
make the trip more relaxing. If you stick to the
Looks at the problems, training,
TECHNOLOGY: Evaluates the
program, there isn't a lot of free time to be a tourist
innovations and developments in the
latest in newspaper technology, if il
once the convention begins.
role of the news executive.
works, how il works and its impact in
Pack clothes for all kinds of weather. Men usually
PHOTOGRAPHY: Evaluates
the newsroom.
wear coats and ties for the program. However, there
contentand quantity of AP photos and
WRITING AND EDITING: Studies
are informal events that will call for casual clothing,
Pre-convention information that is sent to editors
studies how they can be used
methods used to improve writing and
effectively.
indicates the weather to expect, but it's best to be
editing; and techniques to motivate
and quantity of AP photos and studies
staff to learn.
prepared for anything.
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CONVENTION TIPS
APME PRESIDENTS
1933-1991
1933-36 Oliver Owen Kuhn
1958 Coteman Harwell
1974 Richard D. Smyser
Continued from preceding page
Washington Star
memory.
Nashville Tennessean
Oak Ridger
1937
Roy A. Roberts
Bring business cards. If you want
1959 Michael J. Ogden
1975 Robert Clark
Pay attention to APME News,
Kansas City Star
Providence Journal-
Louisville Courier.
which provides registration forms and
another editor to send you a sample of a
1938
Watter Harrison
Bulletin
Journal & Times
program information as it develops. It
good idea, the business card is his best
Oklahoma City Times
1960 John H. Colbun
1976 Larry Jinks
reminder. Cards are also an easy way to
1939
N.H. Howard
Richmond Times-
Miami Herald
also will provide suggestions on things
remember people at the next convention.
Cleveland News
Dispatch
1977 John Leard
to do, places to eat and what to expect.
1940
C.G. Wellington
1961
Don't be shy. Don't be afraid to walk
J. Edward Murray
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Kansas City Star
Bring clips of any good ideas from
Arizona Republic
& News Leader
up to another editor and start a
1941
Neil H. Swanson
1962
Ed Stone
1978 Barclay Jameson
your newspaper and maybe even a
conversation. Chances are, he or she is
Baltimore Sun
Seattle Post-
The New Mexican
couple of editions. Someone may ask
looking for someone to talk to as well.
1943
Basil L Waiters
intelligencer
1979 Joseph W. Shoquist
to see them.
Save your registration list and
Minneapolis Star
1963
Mason Waish
Milwaukee Journal
program from year to year. The
1944-45 George W. Healy Jr.
Phoenix Gazette
1980 Edward R. Cony
Join a Journalism Studies
New Orleans Times
1964
Sam Ragan
registration list helps you remember
Wall Street Journal
WWPR 621 7529
committee. There are sign-up sheets at
Picayune
Raleigh News &
1981 Larry Allison
names later in the year.
1946
W.R. Amold
Observer and Times
the convention, and you also should
Long Beach Independens
Don't miss the workshops and
Milwaukee Journal
1965
George Beebe
& Press Telegram
receive advance information in the
breakouts. Yes, they are as early as 7:30
1947
A.Y. Aronson
Miami Herald
1982 Robert Haiman
Louisville Times
1966
mail before the convention. The
a.m., but they offer some of the best
William B. Dickinson
St. Petersburg Times
1948
Stanley P. Bernett
ideas at the convention. Coffee is
Philadelphia Bulletin
1983 Joseph M. Ungaro
committees give you the best chance
Cleveland Plain Dealer
1967
L William Hill
Westchester-
to get involved in serious trade issues.
available outside each meeting room.
1949
William P. Steven
Washington Star
Rockland Newspapers
Don't be afraid to ask questions.
Minneapotis Tribune
1968 David N. Schutz
1984 Ted M. Nam
Take home any information that is
Directors and officers can be identified
1950
Lee Hills
Redwood City Tribune
Longview Daily News
made available. The Journalism
Miami Herald
by ribbons on their badges, and are eager
1969
Charles S. Rowe
1985 Michael J. Davies
1951
L.R. Blanchard
Studies are now arranged in a
to offer advice and encouragement to
Fredericksburg
Hartford Courant
Rochester Democrat &
Freelance-Star
1986 James F. Danbel
loose-leaf binder that has more than a
new convention-goers.
Chronicle
1970 Gilbert P. Smith
Freemons News-Messenger
dozen reports of interest to your staff.
Have a good time! This is a working
1952
Herbert F. Com
Utica Observer-
1987 Robert E. Rhodes
convention, but there is time for
Washington Star
Because of its bulk, you may want to
Dispatch
Corpus Christi
socializing. You'll be surprised how
1953
Norman E. Isancs
1971 Don Carter
Caller and Times
mail it home. Also, tapes of each of
Louisville Times
good you feel about your job, journalism
The Record, Hackensack
1988 Robert H. Giles
9:58
the sessions are available if you want
1954
Wallace Lomoe
and Macon Telegraph
Detrois News
and your fellow editors.
Milwaukee Journal
& News
1989 Paul Janensch
to share a particular program with your
1955
Vincent S. Jones
1972
Wendell Phillipi
Wesichester-
staff.
Gannett Newspapers
Indianapolis News
Rockland Newspapers
1956
V.M. Newton Jr.
Take notes. You will hear a lot of
1973 John C, Quinn
1990 Gene Foreman
Tampa Tribune
Gannett Newspapers
Philadelphia Inquirer
good ideas, and don't rely on your
1957
Frank Eyerty
1991 Ralph Langer
Des Moines Register &
Dallas Morning News
Tribune
OCT
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AP STAFF
FUTURE CONVENTION SITES
PAGE
President and General Manager
Louis B. Boccardi (212) 621-1666
1991 Detroit
October 17-19
Vice President and Executive Editor
Bill Aheam (212) 621-1772
1992 Honolulu
November 18-21
Managing Editor
Martin Thompson (212) 621-1610
1993 Minneapolis
(Dates to be determined)
Deputy Managing Editor
Charles J. Hanley (212) 621-1611
1994 Philadelphia
October 12-15
Assistant Managing Editor/National News
Mike Silverman (212) 621-1605
1995 Indianapolis
October 25-28
Assistant Managing Editor/Features
Kristin Gazlay (212) 621-1699
1996 Denver
September 18-21
General Sports Editor
October 15-18
OCT 9:57 FROM 7529
AP WWPR 212 621
James Kennedy (212) 621-1680
1997 Atlanta
Business News Editor
James Kennedy (212) 621-1680
1998 Anabeim
(Dates to be determined)
Director of Communications and Technology
John Reid (212) 621-1570
1999 Memphis
October 13-16
Executive Photo Editor
Vincent Alabiso (212) 621-1990
Acting Foreign News Editor
Tom Kent (212) 621-1655
Systems Editor
Tim Gallivan (212) 621-1620
APME Executive Liaison
Margourcolendar!
Bruce Nathan (212) 621-1552
All offices are located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10020
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October 7, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
AP MANAGING EDITOR'S CONVENTION
GENERAL INFO ABOUT APME
WHO: The AP Managing Editors Association is made up of executive
newspaper editors from around the country. APME uses the annual
conventions as a means for their members to meet with, complain
to, and learn from AP executives. Members include editors from
both large and small dailies. All APME members are members of
the AP.
WHAT: The 57th AP Managing Editors Convention is a 3-day
convention held October 17-19 at the Westin Hotel in Detroit.
INTRODUCING THE PRES: At a Thursday luncheon beginning at 12:15
p.m., APME President Ralph Langer [LANE-jer] -- editor of the
Dallas Morning News-- will introduce the President. The Pres.
will address approximately 400 people.
THEME: There is no official theme slogan, yet Ralph Langer says
the overriding theme touches on issues embodied by the Bill of
Rights. There will be discussions on issues such as the economy
as it affects the newspaper industry; the Gulf War relationship
between the press and the military; privacy; ethics; the press
and politics; the Soviet press. Cartoonist Mike Peters will
speak at the Friday luncheon.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO DATE: Ralph Langer, president of APME; Lou
Boccardi, AP president and CEO; Bill Ahearn, AP vice president
and executive editor; Martin Thompson, AP managing editor
I've included the following:
Schedule of events
Schedule of seminar/workshops
General APME convention info
1898 Remarks to AP Business Luncheon at the American
Newspaper Publishers Association convention
Michigan state symbols/motto/nicknames, etc.
On this day in history
QUOTES
FDR sent a letter to the American Society of Newspaper Editors on
April 16, 1941 and said of free speech and freedom of the press:
"Like all of our liberties, liberty of speech and of the
press is not a mere phrase, a mere form of words, a
constitutional abstraction. It has a living meaning -- whatever
the press itself gives it."
Pres. could end the speech with a joke along the same lines that
FDR ended his letter:
"I cannot better close this message to the American Society
of Newspaper Editors than with a final assurance that those who
disagree with what is being done, and with the manner in which it
is being done, are free to use their freedom of speech."
"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."
-- FDR, Feb. 22, 1936
Schedule of Events
THURSDAY
October 17
7:30 New Members' Breakfast
2:30-5:15 Nuts & Bolts
9:00 Spouse Program
2:30-3:45 Choose One:
9:00 General Session
-Privacy & the Press
-Small Newspapers
9:30 Welcome to Detroit
-Ethics in the 90s
9:40 APME President's Address
3:45-4:00 Break
10:00 AP Top Performance Awards
4:00-5:15 Choose One (Repeat):
10:15 Break
-Privacy & the Press
-Small Newspapers
10:25 Gulf War/Pools
-Ethics in the 90s
11:45 Reception
6:30-9:00 Host Reception
12:15 Luncheon: President George Bush
FRIDAY
October 18
7:30-8:45 Early Bird Workshops (Choose one):
2:30 Talk with the AP, Part I
-Sports vs The Media
AP Report
-Electronic Darkrooms
9:00 Coping With The Economy, Part I
3:30 Talk with the AP, Part II
Auto Industry and Newspaper Execs
Wire Editors Report
10:20 Break
4:15 Journalism Studies Committees
10:30 Coping With The Economy, Part II
Newsrooms That Made Gains
11:45 Reception
12:15 Luncheon: Cartoonist Mike Peters
SATURDAY
October 19
7:15 Journalism Studies Breakfast
2:30 Minority Editors
9:00 The Press & Politics
3:45 Break
10:30 Break
3:55 Salute to the Bill of Rights
10:40 Readers in the Year 2000
4:30 APME New Business
11:45 Reception
5:00 Adjourn
12:15 Luncheon: Soviet Editor Vladimir Abarinov
6:30 Finale: Motown Revue
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Schedule of Workshaps/Seminans
this should fill pages 11 to 15. use mugshots as needed to fill the space.
Also can use as filler at the bottom of pages: first amendment quotes as
needed with the sig all mugshots are optional depending on space needs,
unless otherwise marked. when taking out mugshots, please take care that
minorities and women are well represented in pix that are left.
THURSDAY-
A
Oct. 17, 1991
7:30 a.m., Cadillac Room (5th Floor)
for
BREAKFAST FOR NEW MEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES
Friday,
box this please
9 a.m., Duluth Room (5th floor)
FOR SPOUSES ONLY
Presiding: Kathy Langer
Development" Speaker: Dennis Deveja of Dale Carnegie on "Family Stress Management and Human
9 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom (5th floor)
OPENING BUSINESS SESSION
Presiding: APME President Ralph Langer, Dallas Morning News (with langer
headshot, not optional)
Recognition Secretary. of Members: Robert Ritter, Gannett News Service (VA), APME
Report on APME Foundation: Gene Foreman, Philadelphia Inquirer, APME
Foundation President
Introduction of Candidates for Board of Directors: Tom Marquardt, The Capital
(Annapolis), Nominating Committee chair.
9:30 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
WELCOME TO DETROIT
Detroit Newspapers slide show presents the Spirit of Detroit.
9:40 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
President's Address: Ralph Langer, Dallas Morning News
10 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
APME TOP PERFORMANCE AWARDS
A presentation of the 1991 Top Performance Awards to AP staff members for
excellence in reporting and photography. Also, presentation of the 1991 John
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L. Dougherty Award for outstanding work by a young AP writer. Presentations
by David Offer, Newport Daily News, chair of the APME General News committee;
Louise Seals, Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch, vice chair of the Photo committee;
and Paula LaRocque, The Dallas Morning News, chair of Writing and Editing
committee. (mugshots of offer and seals are optional)
10:15 a.m., Break
10:25 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
PRESS POOL GUIDELINES IN THE GULF WAR AND BEYOND
Moderator: Jerry Ceppos, San Jose Mercury News
Louis D. Boccardi, AP president and chief executive officer who has played a
key role in recent meetings with top Defense Department officials on
guidelines, joins a panel of military and media experts to discuss what went
wrong in the Gulf and what changes we are likely to see.
mugshots of ceppos and boccardi optional
11:45 a.m., Renaissance Foyer (4th floor)
RECEPTION, cash bar
please box this and make it standout, center it if you want:
12:15 p.m., Cabot Room (4th floor)
LUNCHEON
Presiding: Ralph Langer, Dallas Morning News
Speaker: George Bush, President of the United States
mugshot of Bush not optional
2:30 p.m., (See Individual Room Assignments)
NUTS & BOLTS SESSIONS
Presiding: Robert Ritter , Gannett News Service, APME Secretary
Choose one of three workshops; each will be repeated at 4 p.m.
1) "Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Ethics in the 908"
Duluth Room (5th Floor)
Moderator: Jennifer Allen, Ironton (OH) Tribune, APME Ethics committee chair
Panelists: Laura Parker, former Washington Post reporter dismissed for
alleged plagiarism; Allison Walzer, vice president and editor, Wilkes-Barre
(PA) Times Leader, whose newspaper supported a columnist who allegedly
perjured himself under oath; George Esper, AP war correspondent (Vietnam and
Persian Gulf), who will discuss the dilemma of reporting the news fairly while
the readers back home want patriotism; and Mike Hughes, associate director at
the American Press Institute, who just completed a study on ethics. (optional
pictures of Allen, Parker, Walzer, Esper, Hughes)
2) "For Newspapers Under 50,000: Being Small but Sophisticated"
Nicolet Room (5th Floor)
committee chair
Moderator: Barbara Lombardo, The Saratogian (NY), APME Small Newspapers
Panelists: John L. Bodette Jr., managing editor, St. Cloud Times, and John
Tune, editor, Traverse City Record-Eagle, who will discuss how small
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newspapers can appeal to a diverse readership; also, Kathleen Carroll, AP
enterprise news editor, Washington bureau; Dick Schneider, managing editor,
Commercial-News (Danville, IL) ; and Mary Stampley, DATACORE administrator for
the University of Missouri School of Journalism, who will discuss how small
papers can make sense of the census. Stampley will set up a computer and
demonstrate how you can use a newsroom PC to obtain analyzed census data in
minutes.
with optional mugshots of lombardo, bodette, tune, carroll, schneider,
stampley
3) "Privacy and the Press in the '90s''
Joliet Room (5th Floor)
Moderator: Chris Peck, Spokesman Review & Spokane Chronicle, APME FOI
committee chair
Panelists: Evan Hendricks, editor, Privacy Times; Jane Kirtley, executive
director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Sandra Davidson
Scott, University of Missouri journalism asst. professor who has done landmark
work on a model access law; and David Westphal, managing editor of the Des
Moines Register, which won a 1991 Pulitzer Prize for its handling of the
naming of a rape victim.
optional mugshots of Peck, Hendricks, Kirtley, Scott, Westphal
3:45 p.m., Break
4 p.m., Repeat Three Nuts & Bolts Workshops (Choose One)
1) Ethics, Duluth Room
2) Small Newspapers, Nicolet Room
3) Privacy, Joliet Room
(see 2:30 p.m. listings for details)
please box this, and make it standout
6:30-9:30 p.m., Henry Ford Museum
HOST COMMITTEE RECEPTION
As a guest of the Detroit Newspapers, you are invited to a reception and tour
of the Henry Ford Museum -- with historical artifacts from the fields of
transportation, communication, agriculture, industry, domestic life and the
arts on its 12-acre grounds.
Buses will begin departing from the hotel's Southpoint (Detroit River)
entrance at 6:30 p.m., with continued bus service for an hour. The last bus
departs at 7:30 p.m. To find the Southpoint entrance, go to the hotel lobby
and follow the signs and the "trail" that begins in the lobby.
Buses will begin leaving the museum to return to the hotel at 9 p.m.. The last
bus will depart the museum at 10:15 p.m..
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To: Ralph Langer, Bill Ahearn, Bruce Nathan, Marcia Hart, Bev Kees, Louise
Seals, Larry Beaupre, Jim Gatti, Pam Johnson, Barbara Henry, Rich Archbold.
From: Sue Reisinger
Please read the attached program for Friday and note your role. Let me know
asap if there are any changes or corrections. Thanks.
FRIDAY+
Oct. 18, 1991
7:30 a.m., Early Bird Workshops (See Individual Room Assignments)
Choose One:
1) Sports vs The Media: It's No Game, Duluth Room (5th Floor)
Moderators: Beverly Kees, APME Sports committee chair, and
Jeff Wohler, president of APSE
Panelists: Bo Schlembechler, president of the Detroit Tigers, former
University of Michigan football coach, and outspoken critic of newspapers;
Dave Bing, former Detroit Piston star and member of the NBA Hall of Fame,
currently president of Bing Steel Co.; Darrell Christian, AP sports editor;
Chuck Schmidt, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the
Detroit Lions; Dave Robinson, Detroit Free Press sports editor; and Bryan
Burwell, Detroit News sports columnist. with mugshot of Kees, file photos of
Schlembechler, Bing, and maybe schmidt?.
2) Getting the Most out of Your Electronic Darkroom, Joliet Room (5th Floor)
Moderator: Louise Seals, APME Photo committee vice chair
Panelists: Hal Buell, asst. to the president of AP/electronic darkroom and
photostream; Vincent Alabiso, AP executive photo editor; and Michael Brown,
director of photography at the Detroit News. (we have a mugshot of seals from
a previous segment; if we didn't use it before you can use it here. also
mugshots of brown and alabiso.)
9 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
GENERAL SESSION
Presiding: Larry Beaupre, Westchester Rockland Newspapers, APME program
committee vice chair
COPING WITH THE ECONOMY, PART I:
Auto Industry & Newspaper Execs Share Their Strategies
Moderator: Jim Gatti, The Detroit News, APME Host committee co-chair
Panelists: Roy S. Roberts, GM vice president in charge of the Cadillac
division; John Rosenbloom, dean of the Darden Graduate School of Business,
University of Virginia; Al Neuharth, chairman of the Freedom Forum; Douglas
Fraser, former president of the United Auto Workers; Laurel Cutler, vice
chairwoman of Foote Cone & Belding/Leber Katz Partners, and former vice
president of Chrysler Corp. (with mugshots of Fraser, Neuharth, Cutler,)
10:20 a.m., Break
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10:30 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
COPING WITH THE ECONOMY, PART II:
How Some Newsrooms Made Gains in a Recession
Moderator: Committee Pam Johnson, The Phoenix Gazette, chair of the APME Business News
Panelists: Lou Urencek, executive editor of the Portland (ME) Press Herald and
Maine Sunday Telegram, who worked on the ASNE At-Risk and Potential Readers
project; Ed Baron of the American Press Institute; Kathy Kozdemba, editor of
The Journal Newspapers and chair of APME's Newsroom Management committee,
which just completed a study on how editors have coped; Robert Giles, editor
and publisher of The Detroit News; and Robert Maynard, editor and publisher of
Maynard) The Oakland Tribune. (optional mugshots of Johnson, Kozdemba, Giles and
11:45 a.m., Renaissance Foyer (4th Floor)
Reception, cash bar
box this segment please, through to the speaker
12:15 p.m., Columbus Room (4th floor)
LUNCHEON
Presiding: Ralph Langer, The Dallas Morning News, APME president
APME 1991 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AWARD
Presentation of finalists and the winner of the APME FOI Award for outstanding
work in the pursuit of open government and the defense of the First Amendment.
Presenting: Chris Peck, APME FOI committee chair.
APME MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
APME. Presented to Jenk Jones Jr. of The Tulsa Tribune for his years of service to
SPEAKER: Mike Peters, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, The Dayton Daily
News. with mugshot of Peters.
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2:30 p.m., Mackinac Ballroom
Presiding: Sue Reisinger, The Miami Herald, APME Vice President
Talk with The AP, Part I
Associated Press editors speak out.
Louis D. Boccardi, AP president and chief executive officer; William E.
Ahearn, AP vice president and executive editor; and Martin C. Thompson, AP
managing editor, recap AP's efforts in 1991, including a photo slide show of
major news events; then discuss their plans for improvements in 1992. (please
use headshots of Boccardi & Ahearn here)
3:30 p.m., Mackinac Ballroom
Talk with The AP, Part II
Wire Editors speak Out
Moderator: Barbara Henry, Gannett Rochester Newspapers, chair of APME State
Liaison Activities
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A panel of wire editors, who have kept a daily diary on AP's performance for
one month, discuss their findings with AP Executive Editor William E. Ahearn
Ann Arbor News; Pamela Herman, wire editor, Battle Creek Enquirer; Ritu[CQ]
and Managing Editor Martin C. Thompson. Panel: Andy Chappelle, news editor,
Sehgal, asst. national editor, Detroit News; Stan Wischnowski, asst.
Free editor, Lansing State Journal; Joe Ritchie, national/world editor, Detroit news
Press. (with optional mugshots of Henry, Sehgal, Chappelle, Herman)
4:15 p.m., Mackinac Ballroom
Organizing Journalism Studies Committees
Presiding: Rich Archbold, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1992 APME Journalism
Studies chair
The heart of APME is its work with Journalism Studies committees. All APME
members who have signed up for or want to take part in committee work should
meet with their committee chairs and vice chairs at this time. Members should
gather first in the Mackinac Ballroom for announcements, then divide into
individual planning sessions in these rooms:
All rooms are on the fifth floor:
MACKINAC BALLROOM: FOI, General News, Graphics & Design, Diversity, Newsroom
Management, Photo, Readership, Sports, Writing & Editing
JOLIET: Business News, and Citations, Membership & Performance
DULUTH: Ethics, Foreign News, Technology
NICOLET: Features, Journalism Education, Small Newspapers
7 p.m., Windsor/Essex/Kent
Board of Directors Dinner
Incoming, outgoing and continuing directors, officers and past presidents
gather for dinner and election of officers for 1992. Spouses are welcome.
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Rothfeld, Gene Foreman, Kathy Kozdemba. CC: Bill Ahearn, fyi.
To: Ralph Langer, Rich Archbold, Larry Beaupre, Jan Brandt, David Hawpe, Barry
From: Sue Reisinger
Here is the Saturday program agenda for APME as it stands now. We have had one
major cancellation and several refusals by speakers to come on a Saturday. The
politics segment and the Bill of Rights segment are still up in the air. I
will update this if we confirm with a speaker before it goes to the printer
this week. Please note the role you play in this day's agenda, and let me know
if you spot a need for a correction.
SATURDAY
Oct. 19, 1991
7:15 a.m., Brule Room (5th Floor)
Journalism Studies Leadership Breakfast
Presiding: Rich Archbold, Long Beach Press-Telegram and 1992 Journalism
Studies chair, and Larry Beaupre, Westchester-Rockland Newspapers and 1992
vice chair. This breakfast is for chairs and vice chairs of 1992 committees to
meet and outline their projects for the coming year. Committee members can
sleep in.
9 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom (5th Floor)
GENERAL SESSION
Presiding: Jan Brandt, The Morning News Tribune, Tacoma (WA), APME Treasurer
What's Wrong with Politics in America?
And is the Press to Blame?
David Hawpe, Louisville Courier-Journal, holds an open forum on what has
happened to politics in America, and considera the critics who say the press
is at fault. (optional mugshot of Hawpe)
10:30 a.m., Break
10:40 a.m., Mackinac Ballroom
Attracting Readers in the Year 2000
Readership Committee
Moderator: Barry Rothfeld, Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal, vice chair of the APME
Panel: Philip R. Currie, vice president/news, the Gannett Co., Inc.; Jean
president/news, Knight-Ridder Inc.
Gaddy Wilson, executive director, New Directions for News; Bill Baker, vice
(with optional mugshots of Baker, Wilson, Currie)
11:45 a.m., Renaissance Foyer East (4th floor)
Reception, cash bar
please box this
12:30 p.m., Cabot Room (4th Floor)
LUNCHEON
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Presiding: Ralph Langer, The Dallas Morning News, APME President
APME Public Service Awards
Presentation of the 20 finalists and two winners in the 1991 APME Public
Service competition. Presenter: Gene Foreman, Philadelphia Inquirer, immediate
past president of APME.
Special APME Freedom of Information Award
Presented to Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent of the Associated
Press, who is in his sixth year of being held hostage. Presenter: Ralph
Langer, APME President
Speaker: Vladimir Abarinov, foreign editor of Nezavisimaya Gazeta (The
Independent Newspaper), Russia; on "What Freedom of The Press Really Means."
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2:30 p.m., Mackinac Ballroom
Presiding: Rich Archbold, Journalism Studies vice chair
WHAT MINORITY NEWSPAPERS CAN TEACH US
Moderator: Kathy Kozdemba
Panel: Danton Wilson, editor and publisher, The Michigan Chronicle; Mark
Trahant, president and publisher, Navajo Nation Today, and president of the
Native American Journalism Association; Jeff McCourt, editor and publisher,
Windy city Times; Fabiola Santiago, managing editor, El Nuevo Herald; Dorothy
Gilliam, reporter, The Washington Post, and vice president of the National
Association of Black Journalists; Emilia Askari, reporter, The Detroit Free
Press, and president of the Midwest Chapter of the Asian-American Journalism
Association; and Dino Chiecchi, assistant city editor of the San Antonio
Express-News, and member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
(with optional mugshots of Trahant, get file shot of Santiago, Askari, and
Chiecchi)
3:45 p.m., Break
3:55 p.m., Mackinac Ballroom
SALUTE TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS
4:30 p.m., Mackinac Ballroom
CLOSING BUSINESS SESSION
Presiding: Ralph Langer, The Dallas Morning News, APME President
Voting chair. on resolutions, and election of the 1992 APME Nominating Committee
5 p.m., Adjourn
6:30 p.m., Cartier Room (4th Floor)
FINALE
A Motown Revue featuring the food and music of our youth, starring the
Contours -- the band that performed the music for the movie Dirty Dancing.
Dress is very casual. Tickets required.
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Program Notes
PROGRAM NOTES
(larger headline)
HISTORY
(subhed; the rest are also subheds)
Welcome to the 57th APME convention and the 58th year of the APME. (No
convention was held in 1942.)
Ralph Langer, The Dallas Morning News, is APME's 54th president.
This is the second APME convention in Detroit. The first was in 1947, when
A.Y. Aroson of the Louisville Times was president.
The first APME convention was held in French Lick, Ind., in 1933, when Oliver
Kuhn of The Washington Star was president. The convention met in Louisville,
near French Lick, for the 50th anniversary meeting in 1983.
A list of past presidents and convention sites appears at the back of this
program.
HOTEL
This year's convention hotel is the Westin in the Renaissance Center in
downtown Detroit. No smoking is permitted during meetings or luncheons.
The main convention sessions will be held in the Mackinac Ballroom on the
fifth floor. Most other meetings also will take place on the fifth floor.
Luncheons luncheons. will be held on the fourth floor, as will receptions before the
The Renaissance Center offers a variety of restaurants, stores and services.
For more information, check with the hotel front desk.
The Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau will have a table in the
registration room to answer questions about Detroit and assist with side trips
and dinner reservations.
REGISTRATION
The APME registration desk is in the Marquette Room on the fifth floor.
Registration is open from noon to 8 p.m. on Wednesday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
Thursday and Friday; and 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Tickets for the spouses' tour on Friday, the Saturday night finale and extra
luncheon tickets are available at the registration desk. While they last,
tickets may be purchased up to 24 hours before an event.
MESSAGE BOARD
A message board stands near the registration desk in the Marquette Room on
the fifth floor. Messages will be received and posted during convention hours.
Westin Hotel, (313) [TH] 568-8000.
Outside callers can reach the registration desk message center by calling the
BADGES
Members, spouses and their children should wear their APME badges to all
convention activities in and out of the hotel. The badges are your tickets to
all convention meetings and the reception Thursday night, hosted by [CQ]the
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Museum. Detroit Free Press and [CQ] the Detroit News, at the national Henry Ford
Members' badges are white and spouses' badges are light blue. Badges with red
stars denote new members, and badges with blue circles denote members from
papers under 35,000 circulation.
SPOUSE HOSPITALITY SUITE
The Spouses Hospitality Suite will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday in
the Essex Room on the third floor, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and
Saturday in the Michigan Room on the Promenade Level. Spouses are invited to
use the suite to take a break from the program, or to meet and make social
plans with other spouses.
number if you wish to meet other spouses.
A message board will be available so you can post your name and hotel phone
light refreshments in the afternoons.
A complimentary continental breakfast will be available in the mornings, and
ELECTIONS
All eligible APME members, including those attending their first convention,
to one ballot.
are encouraged to vote for APME directors. Each member newspaper is entitled
The ballot box is near the registration desk in the Marquette Room on the
and 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday. Please note that the shortened convention means
fifth floor. Voting times are 9:30 a.m. to noon and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday;
you have only 11 days to vote.
TAPE RECORDINGS
Audio tapes of convention sessions can be purchased at the convention from
rooms. Gavco., which will set up a table in a convenient location near the meeting
1992 JOURNALISM STUDIES
The heart of APME is its Journalism Studies committees, which monitor the
performance of The Associated Press and produce reports on how to become a
better editor and to publish a better newspaper.
To sign up for 1992 committee work, add your name to one of the committee
Room on the fifth floor.
sign-up sheets on the bulletin board in the registration room, the Marquette
If you have questions about Journalism Studies participation, contact Curtis
Riddle, Lansing State Journal, chair of the 1991 J-Studies committees; or Rich
Larry Beaupre, 1992 vice chair.
Archbold, Long Beach Press-Telegram, who will chair the committees in 1992; or
1991 COMMITTEE REPORTS
register. If you did not receive yours, please check at the registration desk
All members should receive a binder with all 1991 committee reports when they
in the Marquette Room on the fifth floor.
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PRESS ROOM
A press room for reporters covering the convention and for APME members is in
the Monet Room on the fourth floor. The room will be open from noon to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, and from 8 a.m. Thursday to 5 p.m. Friday.
CITATIONS
A list of member newspapers awarded certificates of appreciation for
outstanding photo or news cooperation with The Associated Press is posted near
the registration desk.
APME GAZETTE
(please box with a headshot of Bob McGruder)
The APME Gazette publishes a daily newspaper about the convention for
attendees. It is an education tool for minority students and others, and is
published under the guidance of volunteer professional writers, editors and
photographers. Bob McGruder, of the Detroit Free Press, coordinated the APME
Gazette staffing and planning. The Gazette is headquartered in the Greco Room
on the fourth floor.
THURSDAY NEW MEMBERS BREAKFAST
Members and their spouses attending their first APME convention are invited
to a complimentary welcome breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Cadillac
Room on the fifth floor.
APME officers will join you, and briefly explain the organization, the
convention and the Journalism Studies committees, as well as answer questions
you may have.
THURSDAY SPOUSE PROGRAM
Spouses are invited to a continental breakfast and program from 9 to 11:30
a.m. Thursday in the Duluth Room on the fifth floor. Kathy Langer will
introduce Dennis Deveja, of Dale Carnegie, who will present a program on
"Family Stress Management and Human Development."
THURSDAY HOST RECEPTION
The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News will host a reception from 6:30
will be plentiful.
to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the national Henry Ford Museum. Food and refreshments
Buses will begin departing from the hotel's Southpoint (Detroit River)
entrance at 6:30 p.m., with continued bus service for an hour. The last bus
will depart at 7:30 p.m. To find the Southpoint entrance, go to the hotel
lobby and follow the signs and the "trail" that begins in the lobby.
bus will depart the museum at 10:15 p.m.
Buses will begin leaving the museum to return to the hotel at 9 p.m. The last
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FRIDAY SPOUSE TOUR
on Friday morning, spouses are invited to tour the Dodge-Wilson Auto Baron
Mansion. Spouses should meet in the hotel lobby at 8:45 a.m. to be escorted to
the hotel's Southpoint (Detroit River) entrance. (You can also find this
entrance by following the signs and the "trail" that begins in the hotel
lobby.) Buses will depart at 9 a.m. and return at 11:45 a.m.
FRIDAY JOURNALISM STUDIES MEETINGS
Those signing up for 1992 committee work should meet with their committee
chairs and vice chairs at 4:15 p.m. Friday. Please gather in the Mackinac
Ballroom following the second AP program segment, and we will break up into
smaller groups.
FRIDAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS DINNER
The APME Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Friday for cocktails, dinner
and the election of officers.
Cocktails will be from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Windsor/Essex Rooms on the third
floor of the hotel. Dinner will start at 8 p.m. next door in the Kent Room.
SATURDAY JOURNALISM STUDIES BREAKFAST
The chairs and vice chairs (committee members are spared this) of the
Journalism Studies Committees will meet with APME officers for a planning
breakfast at 7 a.m. Saturday in the Brule Room on the fifth floor.
Discussions will reflect the meetings with committee members on Friday, and
will organize the committee projects for the coming year.
SATURDAY NIGHT FINALE
We try to end each convention with a let-your-hair-down finale. This year
it's the music of our youth -- an exciting Motown Revue. After all, this is
Detroit 424 439 the birthplace of Motown Music!
The Contours, a nationally known band that performed the music for the movie
Dirty Dancing, will play our favorite oldies and refresh our memories on the
proper dance techniques.
The finale begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Cartier Room on the fourth floor.
Proper encouraged. attire is casual; blue jeans, sneakers and poodle skirts are
The food, too, will be a taste of the past -- all the burgers, shakes, coney
dogs and pizza your nostalgia will allow you to devour.
APME headshot?) MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD (can we please benday box this with jones'
This year's winner of APME's third annual Meritorious Service Award is Jenk
Jones Jr., editor of the Tulsa Tribune, and a former treasurer and director of
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APME.
Jones, who joined APME in 1967, also has served as co-chair of the host
committee for APME's 1979 convention in Tulsa, and as chair and vice chair of
numerous committees. He has been a newspaperman for 37 years in Oklahoma and
other states.
He has been a Pulitzer juror twice, and serves on journalism advisory
committees for Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma. Jones
will receive this award at Friday's luncheon.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
Because of the difficult economic times, APME sought sponsors for its
luncheons this year to help keep convention costs down for members. We
gratefully acknowledge two sponsorships, one by Knight-Ridder Inc. and the
other by Scripps Howard newspapers.
MINORITIES PROJECT
APME has invited representatives from the four main minority journalism
associations to attend this convention, to work with students on the APME
Gazette, and to participate in our panel on diversity in journalism.
Attending are: Mark Trahant, president and publisher of the Navajo Nation
Today, and president of the Native American Journalism Association; Dorothy
Gilliam, Washington Post reporter and vice president of the National
Association of Black Journalists; Dino Chiecchi, assistant city editor of the
San Antonio Express-News, representing the National Association of Hispanic
Journalists; and Emilia Askari, reporter for the Detroit Free Press and
president of the Midwest Chapter of the Asian-American Journalism Association.
This project is sponsored by the Times-Mirror [CQ]Co., and APME gratefully
acknowledges its contribution and support.
Michigan
MASSACHUSETTS
Quincy:
Entered the union (with rank): Jan. 26, 1837 (26)
State motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam cir-
"Quincy had always been right, for Quincy repre-
cumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look
sented a moral principle-the principle of resistance
around you)
to Boston."
State flower: Apple blossom
Henry Adams
State bird: Robin
The Education of Henry Adams
State song: "Michigan, My Michigan"
1907
State tree: White pine
***
Nicknames: Great Lake State, Wolverine State
"Yet he [Adams] felt also that Quincy was in a way
Origin of state name: From two Indian words mean-
inferior to Boston, and that socially Boston looked
ing "great lake"
down on Quincy. The reason was clear enough even
to a five-year-old child. Quincy had no Boston
Michigan is the heart of the Great Lakes region; four
style."
of the five lakes touch it. It also stands among the
Henry Adams
nation's foremost industrial centers: Detroit, the mo-
The Education of Henry Adams
tor city, remains America's automotive center despite
- 1907
recent declines in that industry's vigor. Michigan
ranks second in American copper and iron mining.
Technology even affects the state's geography: The
Stockbridge:
finger-like upper peninsula is connected to the rest of
Michigan only by the spectacular Mackinac Bridge,
"I want to tell you about the town of Stockbridge,
at five miles one of the longest suspension spans in
Massachusetts; they got three stop signs, two police
the world; farther north, Michigan's Sault Ste. Marie
officers and one police car."
Canals link Lakes Superior and Huron.
Arlo Guthrie
With most of its industry concentrated in the south-
"Alice's Restaurant"
ern third, Michigan remains surprisingly rural, for all
1966
its commercial clout. More than 11,000 inland lakes
dot the state's countryside; there are more than
36,000 miles of streams. As a result, tourism is very
Worcester:
important in Michigan, especially fishing.
Michigan has been heavily influenced by the
"All the buildings [of Worcester] looked as if they
French. The area was first explored by Frenchman
had been built and painted that morning, and could
Etienne Brulé in 1618. Marquette, Jolliet, La Salle
be taken down on Monday morning with very little
and other French adventurers followed, and the first
trouble
The clean cardboard colonnades had no
permanent settlement was established at Sault Ste.
more perspective than a Chinese bridge on a teacup,
Marie in 1668.
and appeared equally well calculated for use."
It was not until 1763 that Great Britain took over
Charles Dickens
the Michigan peninsula, only to give it up to the
American Notes
United States after the Revolution. British and Amer-
1842
ican troops and various Indian allies battled over the
state, however, right through the War of 1812.
MICHIGAN
THE STATE
"When all is said and done with Michigan, the whole
may be something less than the sum of the parts
+
With its wealth and opportunities, Michigan should
never have let [the] Detroit [riot of 1967] 'happen,'
or for that matter let Lansing or Flint happen quite
-
the way they did. In race, housing, regional govern-
Capital: Lansing
ment, Michigan is a disappointment. For too long,
Became a territory: Jan. 11, 1805
men of much wealth but little breeding or culture
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Holidays
Haiti
Dessalines Memorial Day
Commemorates the
assassination of Jean Jacques
October 17
Dessalines, early black leader
of the country, 1806.
Malawi
Mothers Day
A day of tribute to the mothers
of the country.
Birthdates
1803
Ferencz Deák, Hungarian statesman; gen-
hearts, 1933, and The Day of the Locust,
erally acknowledged ruler of Hungary,
1939.
1861-67; effected restoration of Hungarian
1909
William Randolph (Cozy) Cole, U.S. jazz
Constitution, 1867; responsible for estab-
drummer. [d. January 29, 1981]
lishment of dual monarchy of Austria-
Hungary. [d. January 29, 1876]
1912
Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), popè
for 34 days, 1978. [d. September 29, 1978]
1851
Thomas Fortune Ryan, U.S. financier; es-
tablished first holding company in U.S. in
1914
Sarah Churchill, British actress; daughter
order to gain control of New York City
of Sir Winston Churchill (November 30). [d.
street railways; notorious for his shady fi-
September 24, 1982]
nancial operations and exploitation of U.S.
companies and the Belgian Congo. [d. No-
1915
Arthur Miller, U.S. dramatist; author of
vember 23, 1928]
Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View
1859
Childe Hassam, U.S. painter, printmaker;
from The Bridge. Awarded Pulitzer Prize in
drama, 1949.
one of leading exponents of Impression-
ism; allowed substantial bequest to the
1918
Rita Hayworth (Margarita Carmen Can-
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
sino), U.S. actress. [d. May 14, 1987]
which provided its support for many years;
known as the leader of the Ten American
1920
Montgomery Clift, U.S. actor. [d. July 23,
Painters. [d. August 27, 1935]
1966]
1926
1864
Robert Lansing, U.S. lawyer, diplomat;
Beverly Garland (Beverly Lucy Fes-
leading American expert on international
senden), U.S. actress; appeared in the tele-
law; U.S. Secretary of State, 1915-20; re-
vision series, My Three Sons and Scarecrow
sponsible for U.S. purchase of Virgin Is-
and Mrs. King.
lands. [d. October 30, 1928]
1930
Jimmy Breslin, U.S. journalist, novelist;
1880
Charles Herbert Kraft, U.S. food-prod-
noted for his Runyonesque syndicated col-
ucts manufacturer; founder of the J. L.
umn and novels. Wrote The Gang that
Kraft Co., 1909, and Kraft Foods, Inc., 1945.
Couldn't Shoot Straight.
[d. March 25, 1952}
1938
(Robert Craig) Evel Knievel, U.S. stunt
1895
Doris Humphrey, U.S. dancer, choreogra-
motorcyclist.
pher, teacher; major influence in U.S. mod-
1948
Margot Kidder, U.S. actress; known for her
ern dance movement. [d. December 29,
role as Lois Lane in the Superman film
1958]
series.
1903
Irene Noblette Ryan, U.S. actress; known
George Wendt, U.S. actor; known for his
for her role as Granny Clampett on the
role as Norm Peterson on the television
television series, Beverly Hillbillies, 1962-71.
series, Cheers, 1982-
[d. April 26, 1973]
1949
William Louis (Bill) Hudson II, U.S. singer,
Nathanael West (Nathan Wallenstein
musician; member of the rock group, Hud-
Weinstein), U.S. author; wrote Miss Lonely-
son Brothers.
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Religious Calendar
St. Nothelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. [d. C. 740]
St. Seraphino, Capuchin laybrother. [d. 1604]
The Saints
St. Margaret Mary, virgin and visionary. [d. 1690]
St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch and martyr. Also
The Ursuline Martyrs of Valenciennes. [d. 1794]
called Theophorous, or God Bearer. [d. C. 107].
Feast formerly February 1. Obligatory Memorial.
The Beatified
St. John the Dwarf, hermit. [d. 5th century]
Blessed John Baptist Turpin du Cormier,
St. Anstrudis, virgin. Also called Anstru, Austrude.
Blessed Mary L'Huilier, and their companions,
[d. c. 700]
martyrs. [d. 1794]
Oct. 17 - On this 1945 day in history
1950
Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr., U.S. actor;
Mass mobilization in Argentina begins the
starred in the films, Ragtime, 1981, and A
Peronist movement.
Soldier's Story, 1984.
1960
U.S. variety store chains, Woolworth's, W.
1955
Sam Bottoms, U.S. actor; appeared in Apoc-
T. Grant's, and McCrory-McLellan, begin
alypse Now, 1979; starred in the television
racial integration of their lunch counters
movie, East of Eden, 1981; brother of Joseph
in more than 100 southern cities.
and Timothy Bottoms.
1966
Botswana and Lesotho are admitted to
1957
Vince(nt) Van Patten, U.S. actor, tennis
the UN.
player; son of Dick Van Patten.
1973
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting
Countries imposes a cut in the flow of oil
Historical Events
to force the U.S. to change its Middle East
policy, marking the beginning of the Arab
1346
Queen Philippa of England, wife of Ed-
oil embargo.
ward III, defeats and captures David II of
1977
U.S. Supreme Court permits the superson-
Scotland at Neville's Cross.
ic Concorde to begin test flights to New
1483
Spanish Inquisition is placed under joint
York's Kennedy International Airport.
direction of state and church.
1978
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and
1777
English General John Burgoyne capitu-
Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin
win the Nobel Peace Prize.
lates to American troops at Saratoga
(American Revolution).
Full U.S. citizenship is restored posthu-
1797
Peace of Campo Formio between France
mously to Confederate president Jefferson
Davis.
and Austria is signed; Austria cedes Belgi-
um and Lombardy and obtains Istria, Dal-
matia, and Venice.
1854
Siege of Sebastopol begins, pitting Allies
(Turkey, Britain, France, Austria) against
Russia (Crimean War).
1907
Wireless telegraph newspaper service be-
tween England and U.S. begins.
1918
Hungary declares independence from
Austria.
1941
Prior to U.S. entry into World War II, U.S.
destroyer Kearny, escorting British ships,
is torpedoed off Iceland; 11 men are lost.
All U.S. merchant ships in Asiatic waters
are ordered into friendly ports.
1944
Chicago's first subway formally opens.
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30. Request That Coal Mining Be Resumed
29. Letter on Free Speech and Free Press
How that freedom should be used, what contributions it
from the Government and people of Denmark, Greenland
should make to national defense, national interest, and national
will be restored to an independent Denmark. That is about
morale, are questions for publishers and editors themselves to
all.
decide.
NOTE: For the text of the Presi-
See Item 25 and note, this vol-
It would be a shameful abuse of patriotism to suggest that
dent's famous "garden hose" anal-
ume, for the President's announce-
ogy which launched the idea of
ment that the United States was
opinion should be stifled in its service. United national senti-
lend-lease, see Item 145, pp. 606-
establishing bases in Greenland.
ment, which all of us should desire, bears no resemblance to a
615, 1940 volume.
totalitarian regimentation of opinion and treatment of news.
I cannot better close this message to the American Society of
29 (A Letter to the American Society of News-
Newspaper Editors than with a final assurance that those who dis-
agree with what is being done, and with the manner in which it
paper Editors on Free Speech and a Free Press.
is being done, are free to use their freedom of speech.
April 16, 1941
(This letter was addressed to Tom Wallace, editor of the Louisville
Times and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.)
THE assurance I would bring to the American Society of News-
NOTE:
Not
until
after
America
activities
of
the
Office
of
Censor-
paper Editors, if it were possible for me to greet them in person,
entered the war was any govern-
ship, see Item 138 and note, this
would be that free speech and a free press are still in the posses-
mental censorship instituted. For
volume.
sion of the people of the United States.
an account of the establishment and
Free speech is in undisputed possession of publishers and edi-
tors, of reporters and Washington correspondents; still in the
possession of magazines, of motion pictures, and of radio; still in
30 The President Requests That Bituminous
the possession of all the means of intelligence, comment, and crit-
Coal Mining Be Resumed. April 21, 1941
icism. So far as I am concerned it will remain there for that is
where it belongs.
WHILE an agreement between a majority of operators and work-
It is important that it should remain there, for suppression of
ers in the bituminous coal industry has been negotiated, there is
opinion and censorship of news are among the mortal weapons
still a disagreement, with the union and one group of operators
that dictatorships direct against their own peoples and direct
on one side and another group of operators on the other. The
against the world. As far as I am concerned there will be no Gov-
result is that the mines, which should be operating, are not doing
ernment control of news unless it be of vital military information.
so and there is a diminishing supply of soft coal available to
Like all of our liberties, liberty of speech and of the press is
plants engaged in defense production.
not a mere phrase, a mere form of words, a constitutional abstrac-
It is imperative that there be no shortage now, or at any other
tion. It has a living meaning - whatever the press itself gives it.
time, of coal for defense production purposes. In order that the
Government juridical process can afford a negative protection
supply be immediately replenished, through the resumption of
against interference with freedom of speech, but its care, its nur-
mining operations, and in the best interest of the United States
ture, and its use are responsibilities of the press itself, which has
and its citizens, I publicly recommend and urge that:
never prized it so much as it should prize it now.
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