Articles from The Masthead (September 22, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A first-timer's guide to navigating the convention.	Holwerk, David		1128
A question of ethics: columnist invents colleague.			320
Awards reflect NCEW's role.	Denton, Tommy		547
Be defenders of the written word.	Partsch, Frank	Editorial	506
Bovee had a life of dedication.		Obituary	340
Contention sure to persist between Pentagon, news people: Gulf War II brought a new relationship between military and the press.	Anderson, Laird B.		1331
Convention probes uses of history.	Achorn, Edward		879
Ed Williams, editor of the editorial pages at The Charlotte Observer, received a Liberty Bell award from the Mecklenburg County Bar Association in North Carolina.			54
Embedding requires integrity: experienced editors can tell when a reporter crosses the line and becomes an advocate.	Aregood, Richard		903
Experience not the only route to journalistic competence: we can write convincingly without experience, but it takes work.	Labbe, J.R.		613
Gene Morris of the McCook Gazette in Nebraska is the first winner of the Francis L. Partsch award for editorial leadership.			48
Good writing inseparable from the practice of democracy.	Kerrey, Bob		1040
Harry Austin won first place for editorial writing in the Tennessee newspaper contest sponsored by the Tennessee Press Association and the University of Tennessee.			39
Herald-Tribune.			27
Idaho conference focuses on wartime comment.	Fiske, Fred		644
If you want younger readers, consider their interests.	Riley, Kate		786
J.R. Labbe of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram won first place in the Houston Press Club's Lone Star Awards competition for editorial writing.			30
Knowledge gap showed in recent war reporting: every editorial writer should learn to move, shoot, and communicate.	Greenberg, Paul		912
Mark Mahoney of The Post-Star in Glens Falls, New York, was the lone finalist in editorial writing.			40
Members to choose new officers.			154
Milwaukee-based columnist Rick Horowitz won a first and a second prize for television commentary from the Milwaukee Press Club.			36
NCEW board member Susan Nielsen, associate editor of The Oregonian in Portland, won first place for editorials in the large-newspaper category in the Society of Professional Journalists 2003 Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Competition.			96
New members of NCEW: January-June 2003.			525
O'Brien known for leadership.		Obituary	339
Our vitality spreads beyond the convention.	Taylor, John H., Jr.	Editorial	606
Pederson writes a gift of faith.	Casey, Maura J.	Book Review	687
Peoria event yields more tips.	Epstein, Shelley		507
Press-Enterprise.			30
Sigma Delta Chi honors went to three NCEW members on the staff of The Day in New London, Connecticut.			40
Some of the best reporting is found on the op/ed page.	Rawls, Wendell, Jr.		2003
St. Paul Pioneer Press.			57
The Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association has honored George Pyle with its award for outstanding achievement in editorials.			27
These NCEW members from Pennsylvania have won Keystone Press Awards in 2003.			37
Tony Biffle of The Sun Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi.			25
Uncritical editorials added to Gulf confusion: press lacked skepticism on Powell's vague references, unattributed assertions, and no verifiable sources.	Cranberg, Gilbert		854
Why U.S., Canadian journalists differ: military, news cultures vary across the border.	Lautens, Trevor		1609
You can still attend the 2003 NCEW Convention!		Brief Article	168