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Candidates for the 2008 ASNE board election announced
- By: ASNE staff
- On: 02/27/2008 14:23:00
- In: ASNE elections
Reston, Va. — Nine editors will stand for election to the board of the American Society of Newspaper Editors this April:
- Jim Amoss, editor, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
- Neil Brown, executive editor, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
- Ellen M. Foley, editor, Wisconsi
Reston, Va. — Nine editors will stand for election to the board of the American Society of Newspaper Editors this April:
- Jim Amoss, editor, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
- Neil Brown, executive editor, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
- Ellen M. Foley, editor, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
- Diana Fuentes, editor, Laredo (Texas) Morning Times
- James A. Mallory, senior managing editor and vice president of news, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Christopher Peck, editor, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
- Glenn Proctor, executive editor, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
- Carlos Sanchez, editor, Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald
- John Temple, editor, president and publisher, Rocky Mountain News, Denver
- Amoss, Foley and Peck are incumbents.
The candidates will vie for five seats on the board of directors. Information on each candidate will be available online and will be mailed to members, who will vote during ASNE's annual convention. This year the convention is being held in conjunction with the Newspaper Association of America and NEXPO, April 13-16 in Washington.
Information on election procedures is available in the ASNE bylaws.
ASNE, founded in 1922, is the main organization of the directing editors of daily newspapers in the Americas. The organization is leading efforts to protect First Amendment rights and enhance the free flow of information, to promote the newspaper's role in providing information necessary to the informed practice of citizenship, to encourage innovation and celebrate creativity in newspapers and the new media environment, to drive the quest for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and news content, and to bolster media credibility and improve high school journalism.