Newsroom leadership and management
Journos, subs, stories, audiences... Get the feeling like managing your newsroom is like herding cats?
Gain control of the chaos! Newsroom Leadership and Management is a practical, hands-on course aimed at imparting the hard skills required to manage a busy newsdesk and newsroom.
It will include tips and tools for:
• Structuring a news diary correctly, both long and short term;
• Setting up a future system to ensure that you remain on top of the news;
• Generating original story ideas;
• Speaking to your target audiences;
• Planning and running big stories;
• Creative follow-ups that take a story forward;
• Running effective news conferences;
• Hiring the right people;
• Coaching staff;
• Managing morale and change;
• Developing career paths and retaining your talent;
• Briefing and debriefing journalists; and,
• Using twitter to generate feedback loops with, and grow your audience .
This course has been structured so that participants will develop skills that can be implemented during the duration of the course, making for immediate, positive change in your newsroom.
Who should attend:
The course will be of benefit to anyone working on a newsdesk, together with aspirant, part-time, new and jaded news editors.
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About your expert trainer:
Raymond Joseph fixes newsrooms. He has been the "go to guy" for large southern African media companies that need to fix under-performing newsrooms or refocus their editorial/content strategies for years. Having run the news desk at several daily and weekend national and regional newspapers around South Africa, including the Sunday Times, the Saturday Star, the Weekend Argus and the Cape Argus, he knows newsroom management backwards.
Time: 09:16 - 16:00
Venue: Institute for the Advancement of Journalism offices, Johannesburg
More info:
Block ARichmond Forum,Cedar Avenue,Richmond Auckland Park