Full plate One of the many subplots to the Mitch Albom controversy in Detroit is the reality that the star columnists of today want to multi-task ... or, more accurately, want to multi-media. You need to answer the question whether it has a positive or negative effect on your columnists and your section. Complete story
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• Erosion of credibility has been a slow bleed
Jerry Micco: We're sports journalists and heads of sports departments and our goal is to get it first, make it relevant to readers and, most importantly, get it right. But we are struggling with the latter.

• Idea for smaller papers: associate memberships
Greg Brownell: We've added a lot of new members in the past few months. Many of them are small newspapers, and that's great. But we can do a lot better.

• Sports editors: Who's minding the word store?
Buddy Martin: Today's sports editors are morphing into bureaucrats who perhaps have confused activity with achievement. In our business, it's still all about the power of the words.

• Convention schedule
Wednesday, June 22 through Saturday, June 25.

• Convention Q&A

• Things to do in Orlando

• Red Smith Award: Mary Garber
Terry Oberle: Mary Garber of the Winston-Salem Journal has been named the first woman to win the Red Smith Award, The Associated Press Sports Editors' highest honor.

• Mum's the word in Miami
Alex Marvez: First-year Dolphins coach Nick Saban has thrown a block on media access.

• World Wide worries
Kevin Bertels: The nation's sports copy desks are forced to wrestle with Web reports in the era of the 24-hour cycle.

• The AP's side of the story
Kevin Bertels: Night desk editors know that not all stories that are reported elsewhere move on the wire. What they don't know is why. Here's why, from Associated Press sports editor Terry Taylor: The AP wants to get it right.

• 'Other' sports
Kevin Fee: Editors consider many factors in determining coverage of minor sports leagues.

• Commissioners' reports

• Dates change for Olympic Media Summit in Colorado
Roy Hewitt: The U.S. Olympic Committee will preview the Turin Winter Olympics in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Media Summit Oct. 9-13. This is a change in the original dates.

• Use of Marriott Hotel VIPRate Card proposed
Herb Stutz: The executive committee, at its pre-convention meeting Wednesday, June 25 in Orlando, will consider a proposal to have APSE join the Marriott Hotel VIP Rate Card program.

• Section critiques: 'bring them back'
Jason Carris: This month's roundtable topic about the ommission of section critiques from the annual contest judging was met with passionate response.

• Region reports
A look at APSE region activity.

• Web reminder
The Webmaster for the APSE site reminds members that he is constantly in search of breaking news in your sports department.

• Color photographs wanted
Note from the APSE webmaster.