For several years, AAN staff head Richard Karpel has written a periodic report on association activities for the benefit of the organization's Board of Directors. At the Board's request, Karpel will now begin sharing the report with all AAN members who are interested in reading it. His latest report was posted yesterday in the new AAN Library. To download a copy, visit this page.

Continue ReadingExecutive Director’s Board Report Now Available to Members

On Saturday, June 18 at 10 am, Adobe System's Lisa Forrester will demonstrate the newest features in InDesign CS2 and InCopy CS2; she will also offer tips and answer questions about the programs. Immediately following Forrester's presentation, graphic designer and illustrator Martin Gee will teach art directors and production managers how to break "designers' block" and where to look for inspiration. For more details, visit the D&P program page on our convention Web site.

Continue ReadingTwo Programs Added to D&P Stream in San Diego

Then this Web site probably looks funny to you, with odd spacing and huge blank spaces between the lines. When the site was redesigned, we made the decision not to expend resources supporting IE for Mac, which Microsoft killed almost two years ago. Since IE for Mac no longer supports the standards upon which this Web site was developed, and with fewer than 2.5 percent of our members using it to access the site, we felt it was the right decision. But after hearing from several IE for Mac users, we've decided to reconsider: The IE for Mac problem will be fixed this week.

Continue ReadingDo You Use Internet Explorer for Mac?

Craig Newmark (pictured above left, with Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster) expressed his fascination with community journalism to a group of Associated Press editors and writers. The AP reports that Newmark hopes to "develop a pool of 'talented amateurs' who could investigate scandals, cover politics and promote the most important and credible stories." To that end, he's been brainstorming with Dan Gillmor, a former technology writer for the San Jose Mercury News and 2005 AAN West speaker.

Continue ReadingCraigslist Founder Eyes Journalism

Julia Goldberg ignited a brushfire on the Editing mailing list earlier this week when she sought advice regarding an angry letter sent by a teacher who was upset by a recent article in the Reporter about her school (which Goldberg felt she had "completely misunderstood"). The letter contained the kind of spelling and grammatical errors that the Reporter would normally correct for publication. What should she do? Most AAN editors advised her to avoid vindictiveness and adhere to the paper's regular letters policy. She took their advice and corrected the mistakes, and saved her revenge for her blog.

Continue ReadingEditor of Santa Fe Reporter Blogs on “Ethical Editing”