My department chairman is a great guy who tries to fix all of the problems I bring to him, which sometimes annoys me. I know that sounds strange. Why would anyone not want their boss to fix their problems? I bet you assume that your staffers want you to fix problems they present you, too. But sometimes we don’t want someone to solve our … [Read more...]
Lessons from #EditorTherapy on Journalists’ Safety
Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte attacked a reporter in May. He won a special election the day after he was charged with assault. A state senator slapped another reporter in the face. The assault still is under investigation. Yet another reporter claims security guards pinned him against the wall while he attempted to question FCC … [Read more...]
August #EditorTherapy Schedule
You asked for it, and you're getting it! I was so pleased with your feedback from the first #EditorTherapy chat survey. Your answers helped me better understand the topics you're interested in learning more about and the timing for the chat that works best for you. Another piece of feedback you provided was that you want to have more guests … [Read more...]
Creating more effective newsroom communication
Journalists are tasked with communicating sometimes complex information to their audiences in a way that helps the audience understand issues and become involved, if they deem it appropriate. The communication-based role of journalism is perhaps why it’s so interesting that newsrooms tend to lack strong internal communications. It seems many … [Read more...]
Lessons from #EditorTherapy on Being Ethical
Student journalists face a variety of ethical issues while doing their jobs. Some of these problems include students attempting to cover organizations that they're part of, getting representative views in the stories they report and avoiding opinions in news pieces. We discussed ethical issues in collegiate reporting and how to deal with them … [Read more...]
Quotable: Woodward on Work
VIEW AND SHARE MORE PROF KRG QUOTABLES HERE. … [Read more...]
Lessons from #EditorTherapy on Covering Sexual Assault
Look around the next class you’re in. Count off the women. One… two… three… four… sexually assaulted. Repeat this until you run out of females in the class. It’s the world’s worst, most sadistic game of duck, duck, goose. No, these aren’t necessarily the sexual assault survivors in the class, but they represent the number of women who … [Read more...]
