No APSE thread?

Starts today in Pittsburgh.

Should we start a pool on the number of people attending? What's the O/U? 500? 250? 100?

 

2 1/2 hours in ... and crickets

guess that's your answer

 

I think only 51 people are scheduled to attend. Can't imagine it's gonna be much fun.

 

Lets say you win three APSEs and your paper gets the triple crown. Doesn't mean you avoid bankruptcy or avoid that pink slip. And are those awards going to help you get another job? Uhhh...

 

I imagine it's going to be pretty somber.

 

Maybe not. But I took my APSE award as a nice going-away present when I got laid off in April. It was my eff you to the paper. Although the award may not get me another job in journalism, I've impressed more than one hiring manager outside journalism with my honors. That hasn't led to a job yet, but the awards are getting noticed -- and that's pretty important in this environment. Anything to set yourself apart helps.

So go rain on somebody else's parade today, would you?

 

If that's true, and I have no reason to doubt it, wow...

 

i stand corrected. on the APSE site it said 48 people are registered to attend. the lowest numbers in history. Not even one person per state.

 

I would guess most of them are paying their own way. It's highly doubtful many papers would waste the money at this point.

 

48!?! We had seminars with that many people in the past.

I wonder how many are from papers within driving distance of Pittsburgh? Half?

 

There were twice as many registered at another media group convention this year. That's just such a sad number. (Raining, again).

Billy, I am proud of my own APSEs, and I don't mean to diminish your award. I just fear they will become a memorial to my former career long before I'm ready.