Join the club …
WHO WE ARE: APSE (Associated Press Sports Editors) is a national organization that strives to improve professional standards of newspaper sports departments and to recognize professional excellence among its membership.
WHO CAN JOIN: Membership is open to all daily newspaper administrative sports department executives, their supervisors and their assistants, regardless of whether those papers are members of the Associated Press.
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP:
■ APSE offers excellent training opportunities through its national convention each June, regional meetings and drive-in workshops. These meetings include panel discussions, hands-on workshops, educational seminars and section critiques.
■ Concerned about cost of attending a national convention? APSE can arrange to match you with a roommate.
■ Have your section critiqued by another APSE member. This is an opportunity to receive suggestions for improvement in both content and design. Critiques can be done at regional meetings, the national convention or by mail.
■ APSE members receive an annual directory with contact information on all member newspapers, sports editors and their assistants. It's a useful resource.
■ Each year, APSE selects several small-newspaper editors to attend the contest judging at the organization's expense.
COST OF MEMBERSHIP:
| Category | Category | First | Additional |
| A | 250,000 and above (includes websites) |
$300 | $75 |
| B | 100,000 to 250,000 | $225 | $75 |
| C | 40,000 to 100,000 | $150 | $75 |
| D | Under 40,000 | $95 | $50 |
| E | College Division | $50 |
… and reap the rewards
■ Annual writing and section contests. Contests are broken into four divisions based on circulation size. There are three section categories (daily, Sunday and special sections) and numerous writing categories as well as a new Web site category.
■ APSE helps sponsor the Sports Journalism Institute, which helps train young journalists, and the Sports Management Institute, which helps train both current and future sports editors.
■ APSE operates a successful job board on its website. Members under 100,000 circulation pay just $25 to post a job, compared to $150 for non-members.
■ The bimonthly newsletter appears on the website, and both the April contest results and August convention report are published and mailed directly to all members.
■ Only one person from a sports department needs to be a paid member for that paper to be eligible for the contest and to attend conventions.
CONTACTS:
For more information about joining APSE, please contact one of the following:
President
Phil Kaplan
Sports Editor
Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel
2332 News Sentinel Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37821
Work: 865-342-6285
Cell: 865-755-6326
Home: 865-690-6059
Fax: 865-342-6402
E-mail: kaplanp@knoxnews.com
Third Vice President
Ben Brigandi
Sports Editor
Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette
252 W. Fourth St. Williamsport, PA 17701
Cell: 570-279-1630
Work: 570-326-1551
Fax: 570-326-0314
E-mail: bbrigandi@sungazette.com
Executive Director
Jack Berninger
Richmond Times-Dispatch (retired)
P.O. Box 29743
Richmond, VA 23242
Home: 804-741-1565
Cell: 804-754-6148
E-mail: jackapse@aol.com
