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apme2009

  1. That's the conference, folks! :) Won't you join @APME Oct. 20-22, 2010, at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.? (#apme10, anyone?)
  2. Congratulations to our coverage team members Emily Stewart & Kristin DiFate, winners of $500 scholarships for their work this week #apme09
  3. Magnuson: challenging all newsroom/newspaper leaders to rebuild with leadership & diversity in mind #apme09
  4. Magnuson: sharing award with the D&C newsroom; "commitment to diversity must come very clearly from the top" #apme09
  5. Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership: honoree #2: Karen Magnuson, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle #apme09
  6. Turner: diversity is a constant learning/growing process. "please continue to make a difference in your communities." #apme09
  7. "winning a diversity award does not mean the job is done" #apme09
  8. Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership: honoree #1: Troy Turner, Farmington (N.M.) Daily Times #apme09
  9. As a recap of this morning: Innovator of the Year Award: Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), for staff-wide commitment to video #apme09
  10. "We editors are the luckiest people on the face of the earth" - Karen Magnuson, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, accepting award #apme09
  11. First Amendment Sweepstakes Award: Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle #apme09
  12. "Isn't journalism fun?" #apme09
  13. Public Service Award (over 150,000): Seattle Times, for investigation of covered-up staph epidemic at area hospitals #apme09
  14. Public Service Award (40,000-149,000): Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, for series on quasi-governmental groups' tax dollars spending #apme09
  15. Virgin Islands Daily News executive editor telling stories of community's high regard for reporters. It's reflected here, too. #apme09
  16. People in audience chuckling at the outrageous scale of the corruption and the scope of the investigation. Standing ovation. #apme09
  17. Public Service Award (under 40,000): Virgin Islands Daily News, for investigation of corrupt hospital #apme09
  18. Online Convergence Award (over 150,000): Las Vegas Sun, for coverage of Las Vegas water shortage crisis #apme09
  19. Online Convergence Award (40,000-149,000): News-Press of Fort Myers, Fla., for "A Dream Come True" on dying boy's wish for orphanage #apme09
  20. This is the Lawrence Journal-World's third straight Online Convergence award. #apme09