The ASNE has canceled its 2009 convention in Chicago. How symbolic. With newsroom budgets slammed, getting editors to travel out of town for their annual gathering doubtless became impossible. ASNE hopes to be able to hold its 2010 convention as scheduled. But who knows how many newspapers will be left at that point to send representatives?
I've got an idea: Maybe the ASNE should try a virtual convention on the Web. That would be ironic. Of course, the bar scene wouldn't be quite as good...
Well, a virtual convention could make traditionalists happy in one regard: It could bring back the legendary bottle of bourbon in the editor's desk drawer...
-tgd
Posted by: tgdavidson | February 28, 2009 at 07:39 AM