Briefly ... NIU alumna was Pulitzer finalist for hurricane coverage Christy Arnold, a 1999 NIU and Northern Star alumna, was part of a team
that became a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
of breaking news. Pulitzer judges cited the Sun Herald’s “heroic coverage of Hurricane Charley after it destroyed the homes of employees and cut the paper’s power supply and phone service.” The Sun Herald did not ultimately win the Pulitzer. That went to The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., “for its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey’s governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.” This summer, Arnold has accepted a reporting position with the Cincinnati
Enquirer.. Study shows newsroom diversity slipping Newsrooms at daily papers are moving the wrong way when it comes to their racial and ethnic makeup reflecting their communities, says a report released June 1 by the Knight Foundation. “Among the 200 largest newspapers, 73 percent employ fewer minorities, as a share of the newsroom jobs, than they did in some earlier year from 1990 to 2004,” the report stated. Only 27 percent of these large dailies were at their peak as 2005 began.” The Gannett and Knight Ridder newspaper groups ranked first and second, respectively, in what the study termed its “diversity index.” With a score of 100 equalling parity with the circulation area, Gannett papers scored a combined 89. Knight Ridder scored 76. The online report charts survey results for all daily newspapers dating back to 1990. Illinois findings, are listed, paper by paper.
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Grammar headaches?
NINA to the rescue
NINA’s wildly popular “Grammar for Journalists” series continues Friday morning, June 17, at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. MORE
Scholarships
NINA honors high-school journalists: A record six student journalists were honored this spring in NINA's annual scholarship competition for graduating high-school seniors. MORE
Contest
Entry deadline is July 25: Executive Secretary Lois Self announces the 2005 contest, which includes a new category for religion reporting. MORE
Spring workshop
Just give it to us straight,
readers tell journalistsHeadline writers should never sacrifice clarity for cleverness, panelists told 29 journalists at NINA’s headline writing workshop April 29 in Naperville.
NINA first vice president Colin O’Donnell of the Daily Herald assembled a panel of four newspaper readers from various walks of life. The group was shown actual newspaper headlines and asked to react.
Headlines like, “Board :) on e-mail @ work” didn’t do much for the panelists, who preferred a clear, explanatory approach.
Ron Smith of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Teresa Schmedding of the Daily Herald then led a follow-up discussion, again emphasizing sharp, clear headlines.