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More sessions you don't want to miss at ASNE-APME 2014


The ASNE-APME conference Sept. 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency in the heart of downtown Chicago is approaching quickly! 

 

Join us for late-afternoon concurrent sessions on our kick-off day Monday, Sept. 15. You will get to choose between session A on community journalism and session B on leadership strategies.


The ASNE-APME conference Sept. 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency in the heart of downtown Chicago is approaching quickly! 

 

Join us for late-afternoon concurrent sessions on our kick-off day Monday, Sept. 15. You will get to choose between session A on community journalism and session B on leadership strategies. 

 

In Session A, Penny Muse Abernathy, author of "Saving Community Journalism" and Knight chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will discuss ways to save community journalism and thrive doing it. Here's a description of her book: 
 

As the publishing business collides with a digital revolution that is redefining consumer reading habits and the very notion of community, how can newspapers continue to profitably provide local journalism that nurtures identity, connection and engagement among citizens? In "Saving Community Journalism," Abernathy draws on cutting-edge research and analysis to reveal pathways to transformation and long-term profitability for the country's newspapers. Examining experiences at a wide variety of community papers -- from a 7,000-circulation weekly in West Virginia to a 50,000-circulation daily in California and 150,000-circulation Spanish-language weekly in the heart of Chicago -- Abernathy offers editors and publishers practical advice and a strategic framework for making decisions and implementing changes that will increase reader loyalty and reinvigorate their business fortunes so their newspapers can not only survive but thrive. 

 

Session B will be an informal conversation about you, editors! What's your strategy for yourself to grow as a leader? Join Poynter's Jill Geisler and Butch Ward to talk about how you can identify areas for leadership growth and create a plan for making it happen.  

The conference will start at about 1:30 p.m. CDT Monday, Sept. 15, and conclude about 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. The entire conference agenda will be available soon at asne.org and at apme.com.  

 

Registration is $250 for members of ASNE and APME. It's $350 if you're a nonmember. APME members can register at apme.com.

   

And don't forget to reserve your hotel room as soon as possible. The block of rooms we reserved at the Hyatt Regency for $189/night until Aug. 29 is filling up quickly. There will be a dramatic rate increase per night when the block sells out. 

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