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Links to tools to use the Web

Can you know too much when it comes to ways to use the Internet to get news to readers? Nah.
So click here - Webb Media - for the 10 Tech Trends Amy Webb shared at APME in St. Louis last fall.

APME 2009 on line

APME opens with a look at Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, diversity and managing change

Chicago Tribune Editor Gerould Kern and Detroit Free Press Publisher Paul Anger told APME members today how things are working out after they took revolutionary approaches to metro newspaper survival.
The Free Press is seeing numbers in line with anticipation - some favorably exceeded estimates - after moving to a mixture of home delivery/on line publication/electronic editions that reduced the number of days readers find the Free Press on their doorstep.

Reporters rely on editors to do the right thing

First, do no harm.
As editors, we must consider that our motto. Our reporters trust us to make their stories better. Find the holes. Tighten the structure.
I am assured that is the personal goal of each of us as editors.
But sometimes, in our rush to move to the next thing, to whittle away at the pile, we change a sentence from fact to fiction. We add something out of context. We delete vital information.
When we do, we hurt our credibility with readers.

New platform launching: First up, Cullman

Here's the word from Editor Derek Price after Cullman Times in Cullman, Ala., launched CNHI's new zope Web site platform last week:
"We're still learning the new system, but we like it so far. It's easier to use than the old one.
"My best advice for the transition is to pay attention to the training. You've got to have the right browser and Flash versions.
"And the interface is very different from the old one, so it takes some time getting used to it. I'd recommend folks plan on spending a lot of time practicing with the new back-end system before it goes live."

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