The Basic Statement of Principles of the National Conference of Editorial Writers, adopted in 1975 and publshed frequently in print issues of Masthead, is now available for reading online or downloading as a one-page printable pdf with the organization's new name and logo at the top.

Pending further updating of the website, it is accessible by a Find search on the main page, an article in the General info box, or the link below:

http://www.opinionjournalists.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=principles&category=AboutNCEW

The statement was specifically referenced in the proposal for the NCEW Civility Project, now Civilitas/AOJ.

--John McClelland,
with thanks to Lisa Strohl
and Frank Partsch