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The article presents some of the highlights of the 7th World Young Readers Conference held in Washington, D.C. The Newspaper In Education (NIE) program was first used in Iowa as a way of getting students hooked on newspaper reading. It cites the efforts of several countries to engage young students on newspaper reading. Deepti Mehra described how she runs the NIE department for "The India Times." INSETS: Kids: Engage us, don't patronize!;Youth contests abroad: They're no Wingo.

The article presents the highlights of the 2006 Nexpo held at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Todd Keute, Robert Bischoff and Walt Kolo, executives of Superior Publishing Corp., participated in the symposium on computer-to-plate (CTP) system. Southern Lithoplate announced its alliance with Screen to sell the latter's PlateRite News 2000 thermal platesetter. One of the CTP technologies showcased at the event is Kodak's Trendsetter thermal imager.

Discusses the issues addressed at the 1998 Newspaper Association of America's annual convention in Dallas, Texas. Economic impact of classified advertising; Circulation problems; Readership versus circulation; Emphasis on small newspapers; Newspaper prices.

Focuses on the 1998 Newspaper Operations SuperConference in Miami, Florida. Envisioned innovations in news delivery; Discussions on the utilization of computer-to-plate technology in newspaper production; Productivity benefits resulting from breakthroughs in newspaper production.

States that seating for print reporters attending the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, California was poor, while the logistics for editors and support staff outside Chicago's United Center at the 1996 Democratic National Convention were also poor. Details of both problems; Comments by Phil Emanuael, director of logistics for the Associated Press. INSET: Media freebies.

Discusses the effects of the Iraqi War on the 2003 convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Impact on attendance at the event; Message of guest speaker, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney; Issue regarding the diversity of the newspaper workforce.

Highlights the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attendees of the event; Activities in the conference; Topics discussed.

Reports on the year 2001 Nexpo technology trade show of the newspaper publishing industry held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Highlights of the event; Decline in number of visitors and exhibitors.

Reports on a gathering of newspaper executives for the Inland Press Association's 114th annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois on October 25, 1999. Discussion of the reasons for the public's loathing of the press; Views of publishes William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.

Reports on the mixing of print and Web products by newspapers in the United States. Connections '99 conference of the Newspaper Association of America; Electronic commerce opportunities; Practicability of permission marketing, seeking customers' permission to sell products, and community publishing.

Reports on the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) from April 13-16, 1999 in San Francisco, California. Concern aired by editors on the challenges facing the newspaper industry; Commitment by President Bill Clinton to open up flow of information on military conflict in Kosovo, Yugoslavia; Effort by the ASNE to increase the number of minority newspaper journalists.

Reports on a generation of newspaper mailroom equipment that incorporates a smaller footprint and the ability to combine newspaper handling functions. Comments from F. Steve Sumner, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Newspapers; Description of post-press equipment featured at the Newspaper Association of America's operations SuperConference; How the equipment work.

Reports on the SuperConference '99 in Orlando, Florida for newspapers and packaging industries. Features of the conference; Number of vendors that attended; Technologies exhibited in the conference.

Reports on discussions on the place of black homosexual journalists in the larger community of black journalist. Discussions at the National Association of Black Journalists convention; Comparison of the gay rights movement with the black civil rights movement.

Presents chief civil rights enforcer nominee Lani Guinier's views on the mass media during the 18th annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists in Houston, Texas. Correlation with her aborted federal nomination; Issues on racial quotas; Diversity at the decision-making and gate-keeping levels; Personal feeling with the American public.

Focuses on the results of efforts by Chicago, Illinois community groups' Community News Project to lure reporters away from the 1996 Democratic Convention hall and get them covering urban issues. Features of the project; Lessons learned from the project; Challenges faced in the project's implementation.

Discusses unpunished killing of journalists presented by international press freedom groups at the Inter American Press Association's Hemisphere Conference on Unpunished Crimes Against Journalists, held in Guatemala City. Number of journalists murdered for the past ten years; Epicenter of Africa's journalistic killing fields; Disappearance of killings in newly independent states. INSET: No more impunity..

Focuses on unpunished killings of journalists as discussed through testimonies of witnesses and survivors during the Inter American Press Association's convention. Overview on cases of unpunished journalists killings; Factors contributing to the ability to escape punishment for killing journalists; Encouragement to journalists worldwide to stand up against impunity.

Highlights the Inter American Press Association's `Hemispheric Conference on Unpunished Crimes Against Journalists' held in Guatemala City, Guatemala on July 30 to August 1, 1997. Spotlighting of crime cases in three of the most dangerous countries for the working press; Conduct of a mock inquest into six cases; Colombian President Ernesto Samper's statements regarding crimes against journalists in his country.

Focuses on the criticisms voiced by black sportswriters against Nike during its sponsorship of the 22nd annual National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, Illinois in July 1997. Issues raised over Nike's aggressive marketing of its shoes to inner city kids; Questions raised over Nike's manufacturing and marketing practices; Highlights of the NABJ session. INSET: Clinton: Minority newsroom staffing.., by Mark Fitzgerald..

Details the agenda of the National Newspaper Association's (NNA) 111th annual convention and trade show entitled, `Community Building Symposium.' Presentations about building a community; Topics discussed during the convention; `Daily Tribune' editor, Michael Gartner's speech against public journalism.

Outlines Baker & Hostetler law office partner, Charles Price's address during the 111th annual Inland Press Association meeting in Chicago, about the status of labor unions in the newspaper business in the United States. Decline in membership; Impact of the alliances labor is forging with the religious community to the newspaper business; Organizing efforts.

Focuses on Scripps Howard and Tribune Co.'s integration of their print and broadcast news teams to cover the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Scripps print journalists' relocation to the company's remote broadcast facility; Launching of the Tribune Media Centers, multimedia newsrooms that combine the journalistic resources of print, broadcast and digital publishing at a common site.

Reports on the launching of the Community News Project (CNP) designed to attract reporters out of the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois and get them cover the interesting stories that abound in the city and its suburbs. Compilation of a list of story ideas; Aim of helping shape stories that go beyond the usual Chicago cliches; Presumed dullness of the convention.

Reports on the decline in the number of prime seats available to print reporters at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Democrats' restriction of the number of good seats; Similar predicament of print journalists at the Republican National Convention; Satisfaction of media representatives with the arrangements.

Reports on the speech of George DeLama, director of the `Chicago Tribune's international news reporting at the 1996 convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Chicago, Illinois about increasing international news coverage.

Reports on the success of the 1996 Newspaper Operations SuperConference sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Comments from NAA senior vice president Eric Wolferman; Reduction in the number of operations-oriented panels at NAA's Nexpo trade show; Attendees of the conference.

Reports on the session on the health problems of journalists at the 1995 convention of the Society of Professional Journalists. Administration of a quick stress during the session; Negative effect of stress on health; Narrowed blood vessels and attendant emotional and intellectual problems as the common health illnesses; Factors in these health problems.

Reports on the session on ethics code at the Society of Professional Journalists' 1995 convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Choice of either sticking to current code or the adoption of a replacement code; Decision to table the proposed code and debate it in the 1996 convention; Details on the proposed code.

Reports on highlights at the first Newspaper Operations Conference sponsored by the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers and the Newspaper Association of America. Discussion of the factors contributing to the animosity between newsprint suppliers and customers; Increased prices of newsprints and its effect on newspaper publishers; Comment from Terry Parry, marketing director of Shotton Paper Company.

Highlights the topics discussed at the Interactive Newspapers '95 Conference sponsored by the Kelsey Group, Editor & Publisher Co. and the International Newspaper Marketing Association in February 1995. Necessity of building credibility of interactive newspaper; Problem of separating facts from gossip and distortions; Leveraging of reporters and columnists.

Reports on the increase in the number of newspapers offering electronic services, as evident in the attendance at the Interactive Newspapers conference in February 1995. Kelsey Group president John Kelsey on the findings of the first survey of interactive newspapers; Emphasis on experimentation and variety; Newspapers' enthusiastic attitude toward the future of electronic information delivery.

Reports on Newspaper Association of America vice chairman Uzal Martz's views on the need for the newspaper industry to move into the faster lanes of the information superhighway. Speech during the opening session of Interactive Newspapers '95 conference in Dallas, Tex.; Opportunities offered by the Infobahn; Electronic information delivery systems; INFO-CONNECT platform of Martz's `Pottsville (Pa.) Republican.'

Reports on the efforts by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association towards equal recognition alongside similar organizations of minority journalists under the Unity '94 banner. Minority and gay news office politics; Racial differences encountered by minority gays in news.

Reports on the Unity '94 conference of minor journalists held in Atlanta, Georgia. Police's complaint of unequal coverage of crimes; Race-based crime coverage; Attempts to upgrade police reporting.

Focuses on the need for improved coverage of ethnic communities as discussed in the Unity 94's conference of journalists in Atlanta, Georgia. Attacks on alleged political correctness (PC) pressure; Offensiveness of the word `nigger'; PC as a slur rather than a useful description.

The article highlights the issues during the annual meeting of the Association of Food Journalists. The alternative weekly "Colorado Springs Independent" is effectively outing the restaurant critic of the daily Gazette, a veteran staffer who adopted the pseudonym "Nathaniel Glen" when he got his new beat earlier this year.

The article highlights an address delivered by media economist Robert Picard before U.S. publishers at the Inter American Press Association 62nd General Assembly in Mexico City, Mexico. According to him, the traditional way of running a newspaper business in the country is not sustainable. He mentioned that reliance on new print products will not assure long-term success.

Presents information on the stand of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) concerning journalistic liberty in North and South America, discussed during their 59th general assembly. Obstacles to the exercise of free press in Colombia; Deterioration of press freedom in Ecuador; Problem with violence and death threats against Haitian journalists.

Focuses on the 2003 Newspaper Association of America (NAA) convention. Details on the closing party of the convention; Effort of NAA outgoing chairman, William Dean Singleton to host the party.

Reports on the 57th annual meeting of the Inter American Press Association member newspapers in Washington. Presence of latin American newspaper and chains heads; Involvement of small newspaper publication; Principles of the organization.

Reports on the Newspaper Association of America's year 2001 Nexpo technology trade show held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Highlights of the event; Decrease in number of exhibitors; Decrease in number of visitors.

Reports on the success of the Unity '99 event in Seattle, Washington that was participated in by minority journalists from all over the United States. Joint convention hosted by Unity: Journalists of Color Inc.; Views of participants that included educator Cornel West and Freedom Forum executive director Robert H. Giles.

Reports on the record number of participants to Unity '99, a gathering of journalists of color in Seattle, Washington on July 6, 1999. Minority journalist groups sponsoring the event; Topics for discussion; Lineup of sessions.

Reports on the backlash over ABC News' payment to a friend of one of the killers in the Columbine High School killing in Littleton, Colorado. Issue discussed at the Investigative Reporters and Editors national conference on June 3-6, 1999; Criticism of the `checkbook journalism' of some newspapers; ABC's policy requiring reporters to make on-air disclosure of any financial arrangement with a source.

Reports on the Investigative Reporters and Editors' national conference in Kansas City, Missouri in June 1999. Topics centering on the backlash from the Monica Lewinsky story; Retraction by the `Cincinnati Enquirer' newspaper of its story on the Chiquita investigation.

Reports on the participation of actress Sharon Stone in the American Society of Newspaper Editors in San Francisco, California on April 16, 1999. Other celebrities tapped to join the gathering of journalists; Lineup of speakers; Panel discussion members.

Presents information on the annual SuperConference of the Newspaper Association of America on January 10-15, 1999 in Orlando, Florida. Issues discussed; Attendees; Concerns raised by officials of various newspapers.

Reports that music performer Bushwick Bill's remarks about women ignited a furor at the opening session of the 18th annual National Association of Black Journalists convention in Houston, Texas. Issues on sensibilities; Feedback from session moderator Darryl Dawsey.

Reports that the fate of the Unity '99 meeting to be held on the summer of 1999 could be determined at the National Association of Black Journalists' convention in Washington, D.C. on July 29 to August 3, 1998. Disunity among minority journalism groups as expose by a statewide vote on affirmative action; Estimated amount of the budget for the Unity '99 meeting.