Last Updated: September 27, 2005
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W. Martin Kaiser, editor
of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was elected treasurer-designate of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors during the group's fall board meeting in Sacramento,
Calif. on Sept. 16. Kaiser will become treasurer of the group in April 2006
at the annual convention and will rise through the officer ranks each year until
reaching the ASNE presidency in April 2009.
"It is a tremendous
honor to become an ASNE officer. I value the faith put in me from my fellow
board members," Kaiser said. "There couldn't be a more important time
for our industry. I believe we have an exciting future if we use our strengths
as journalists to be leaders in the changing media world."
"ASNE must play a leadership
role as our industry changes," Kaiser said. "The work we do as journalists
is so important to our society. Editors must take the lead and let their voices
be heard."
ASNE President Rick Rodriguez,
executive editor, The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, said, "Marty is a top-notch
editor who has worked as hard as anyone to help foster ASNE's goals of improving
journalism. He'll be a terrific president and representative for our industry."
Kaiser joins Rodriguez;
David Zeeck, executive editor, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., vice president;
Gilbert Bailon, editor, Al Dia, Dallas, secretary; and Charlotte Hall, editor,
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, treasurer, in ASNE's leadership.
ASNE, founded in 1922, with
about 750 members, is the main organization of the directing editors of daily
newspapers in the Americas. The organization is leading efforts to increase
diversity in America's newsrooms, bolster media credibility and improve high
school journalism.
