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Update from ASNE president: Introducing new committees, their projects
- By: ASNE staff
- On: 11/12/2015 10:47:13
- In: Committee work
We have six ASNE committees for 2015-16 that will be working on several projects to help ASNE move forward and sustain journalism into the future. Click on the headline to learn more about each committee and committee members.
If you'd like to join a committee, then please contact ASNE Executive Director Teri Hayt at thayt@asne.org. If you have ideas for an ASNE project or any other general thoughts you want to share, then contact ASNE President Pam Fine at pamfine@ku.edu.
Our 2015-16 committees have begun work on several projects aimed at sustaining quality journalism well into the future. Here's a look at some of the notable efforts underway, shared by ASNE President Pam Fine:
Our First Amendment Committee, led by George Stanley and Joyce Terhaar, is partnering with Lucy Dalglish and Dana Priest at the University of Maryland on a set of cybersecurity seminars for news leaders. These seminars will provide practical information and thought leadership on this critical topic, including how news organizations can push for government transparency on the Web while recognizing the need to protect private information. The First Amendment Committee is also working with our legal counsel, Kevin Goldberg, to develop a legal hotline for members, funded with a grant from the Ethics and Excellence Foundation. If you have an access issue or legal question, then you'll be able to reach out to Goldberg for counsel.
- Under the leadership of Diversity Committee Chair Karen Magnuson, we're retooling our ASNE Newsroom Census to make it more relevant to digitally focused news organizations. Our goal is for the census to become part of a larger effort to measure the impact of coverage on communities.
- Our Communications and Membership Committee, led by Mizell Stewart, is focused on increasing the appeal and value of an ASNE membership. We want ASNE to attract more decision-makers, especially the emerging leaders who are so vital to the future of news organizations.
- The Leadership Committee, headed by Debra Adams Simmons and Alfredo Carbajal, is developing a set of seminars for emerging leaders. Another seminar in January at The City University of New York will help leaders make their newsrooms more audience- and product-focused.
- The ASNE-APME Conference Committee and the News Literacy Committee are busy, as well. The conference committee, led by Nancy Barnes and Bill Church, is developing a list of possible big name speakers for the 2016 conference in Philadelphia and will send out invitations early next year. Meanwhile, the News Literacy Committee, under the leadership of Chris Peck, has multiple roundtables planned in communities throughout the country.
If you'd like to join a committee, then please contact ASNE Executive Director Teri Hayt at thayt@asne.org. If you have ideas for an ASNE project or any other general thoughts you want to share, then contact ASNE President Pam Fine at pamfine@ku.edu.