First APSE mandatory dates selected

[azom]

Did a quick search but couldn't find anything...

Daily: March 6
Sunday: February 3

http://apse.dallasnews.com/convention/2008/063008howard.html

 

[Dickens Cider]

Super Bowl Sunday? That should be good news for any paper that doesn't cover the NFL full-time. :

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Did a quick search but couldn't find anything...

Daily: March 6
Sunday: February 3

http://apse.dallasnews.com/convention/2008/063008howard.html

March 6.... the leadup to the Favre press conference?

 

[oldpaint]

who gives a ****

 

[Barsuk]

You think Hoppes will make a "no paper-clipped entries" rule for next year's contest?

 

[HackyMcHack]

The Sunday date is also the final Sunday prior to college football signing day. Should be a lot of recruiting coverage.

 

[spnited]

Hundreds of people are losing their jobs every day and you guys are looking for APSE contest dates.
Anybody wonder why this industry is in the dumper?

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

You think Hoppes will make a "no paper-clipped entries" rule for next year's contest?

Hell, he'll probably steal the paper clips so he'll be able to have some in reserve.

 

[Riddick]

Hundreds of people are losing their jobs every day and you guys are looking for APSE contest dates.
Anybody wonder why this industry is in the dumper?

****n lock this thread until someone actually gives a ****! Friends are losing their jobs and you all are worrying about a damn contest.

 

[forever_town]

I've said it flippantly, but I'll say it seriously this time.

Our profession would be better off without the lame ass obsession with awards. We'd be better off if we did away with all of 'em.

 

[VJ]

Like harp players on the Titanic...

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Like harp players on the Titanic...

Quality. ****in' quality.

 

[SF_Express]

Spnited, I know you're perpetually grumpy about such things, but to others, too ...

Guy started a thread; has the APSE mandatory dates, concerning a contest that will presumably continue despite industry problems. Presumably, some people might want those dates so they can, you know, save papers and eventually enter. He posted it on a journalism topics thread.

He did it in a completely informational way. Wasn't a very long thread; didn't wax poetic on the virtues of the contest. Didn't say, "Despite the terrible problems of our brethren, thank god we still have the all-important contests." It was one sentence, followed by two dates.

Industry news is terrible, but let's not lose our minds.

Oldpaint (3 posts?) Riddick: Some people give a ****. It's a bad time right now -- but life goes on.

 

[oldpaint]

My fourth post is the same as the third ...

Who gives a ****!?

 

[ondeadline]

Then why did you even call up the thread, oldpaint?

 

[SF_Express]

My fourth post is the same as the third ...

Who gives a ****!?

Well, at least you're out pushing the boundaries creatively.

 

[Football_Bat]

Winners, APSE 2009:

1. New York Times
2. Boston Globe
3. New York Daily News

Everyone else hang it up. Contest over.

(Except Albom, of course.)

:

 

[hwkcrz1]

Any staff that doesn't have to fire anyone this year deserves an APSE award. I am serious about this.

 

[GBNF]

You guys are nucking futs.

Thanks for the info, Azom.