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TAPME looking for spots for interns

Posted on February 27, 2008 by txme

The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors board has authorized up to five Buster Haas summer internships for minority student journalists. The interns will work 10 weeks.

The next step is to identify where the interns will work. The program is open to Texas newspapers with a circulation of no more than 30,000. The newspaper must provide a solid internship experience for the students selected for the program.

There is no out-of-pocket to the newspaper. TAPME furnishes a $1,000 living expense grant to the intern along with a $3,000 stipend paid through the newspaper over the period of the internship.

Editors interested in participating in the internship program should contact Nick Jimenez, Haas committee chairman and Corpus Christi Caller-Times editorial page editor, at jimenezn@caller.com or 361-886-3787.

Update on hotel reservations

Posted on February 26, 2008March 25, 2008 by txme

The cutoff date for hotel reservations at the special “Texas APME” rate was February 25th.

The room block could not be extended past the 25th. However, the APME has rooms that can be reserved by attendees at the convention rate.

To reserve one of these room, you must call Pam Collins at 972-677-2262 or e-mail pcollins@ap.org. The room rate is still $129 and these remaining rooms are available on a first come, first served basis.

To make your own hotel reservations at the normal rate, contact the hotel directly:

The Hotel Galvez
2024 Seawall Blvd.
Galveston, TX 77550
Hotel Reservations: 409-765-7721Â Â

For a map and driving directions, click here.

Sharing your innovative ideas at TAPME 2008

Posted on December 18, 2007March 26, 2008 by txme

The challenges are familiar: Circulation decline, revenue decline, migration to online, shrinking staff and rising demands.

That’s the headline, but dig a little farther and some innovative ideas emerge. At the Texas APME Convention in Galveston March 28-30, you’ll have the chance to hear some of those ideas and meet some of the innovators.

We’d like to hear your success stories, your creative solutions, your innovations. How are the state’s editors coping? What’s working? Who’s innovating?

Please contact Larry Lutz, managing editor development & copy desk at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, with your contributions. He’s especially interested in best practices, innovations and solutions. If you’ve got one you can share, please let him know at llutz@star-telegram or 817-390-7121.