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Sticking to the mission: APME Editors surveyed

From www.apme.com:

How healthy are your banks?

Reporting on banks isn't over. As businesses cut back and jobless rates skyrocket, how do people's decreasing ability to pay affect financial institutions that fund homes, cars and consumer loans?
American University has bank information available at a keystroke through Bank Tracker. Click here to find your bank.

Training opportunities abound

SNPA Traveling Campus schedule:

May 13 - 15 Oklahoma City, OK
June 10 - 12 Columbia, SC
June 24 - 26 Lexington, KY
July 15 - 17 Atlanta, GA
August 26 - 28 Richmond, VA
September 16-18 Knoxville, TN
October 7 - 9 Birmingham, AL
October 28 - 30 Charleston, WV

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What's new at NewsU

Becoming a More Effective Writer: Analyze and refine your writing and reporting process in this four-week seminar. Apply by May 11

More to Tweet

This from The Ottumwa, Iowa, Courier:

The Ottumwa Courier is using Twitter to both bring attention to breaking news and less critical updates through the day. Most days average three to five tweets, but major stories use more.
The Courier also moved into using Twitter to update readers during an editorial board meeting with Alliant Energy about the company's planned rate hikes ...

Web calendar opens way for readers to post events

Let us know how you are drawing readers' attention to your Web site's new interactive calendar. Stories? columns? Tweets? Random calls? Sidewalk chalk?
How are readers responding?
How are you utilizing the space that once housed the old calendar?
Feel free to share. You can e-mail me at jbbittner@cnhi.com or simply post your comments.
Chris Muldrow asked his Webinar group Thursday to submit their questions as trouble tickets so they can be tracked and addressed for us all.

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