APSE | Associated Press Sports Editors

The West Region has scheduled its annual region meeting for Monday, Nov. 2 at the LA Times building in Los Angeles.

The day-long gathering will, for the first time, incorporate members of AWSM (the Association of Women in Sports Media). The University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism has also expressed interest in having its students attend selected sessions.

Topics for discussion this year include Social Networking as a sports tool, performing investigative and/or watchdog journalism with fewer resources, and how to best share stories in alternative forms both in print and online.

Feedback is always welcome. If you have additional session ideas or specifics on any of the sessions above, please e-mail Lauren Gustus at lgustus@rgj.com.

Bakersfield Californian: The Californian has transitioned from a broadsheet to tab on Mon through Friday, remaining broadsheet on weekends. For the past several years, the paper has had a full tab on Mondays only.

Salt Lake Tribune: Tribune staffers recently earned a number of regional journalism awards.

In the Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press region contest, Gordon Monson received first place for Sports Column. Kurt Kragthorpe placed third. In Sports Feature, Ross Siler took both first and third place, his first-place award for a piece on Utah Jazz player Kyle Korver.

In Spot Sports Story, Michael C. Lewis placed first for his report from the women's marathon at the Beijing Olympics, a piece which also received first in the APSE contest, and the team of Lewis, Siler, Monson, Kragthorpe, Steve Luhm, Steve Oberbeck and Mike Gorrell placed second for their coverage of the death of Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller.

In the Utah chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists annual contest, Lewis placed first in Sports Story for his marathon piece. John A. Davis took first and Eric Walden third for headline writing.

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