Staff evaluations are a great tool. I’m just finishing up the typed eval forms for my sports magazine staff, and will start one-on-one conversations with…
Author: ellenjaustin
Breaking news demands urgency
Getting a sense of “urgency” into news coverage matters. Given real-time realities of Facebook and other in-the-moment social media connectors, there is an expectation that…
25 Years of Hazelwood
I began my journalism advising career in Minnesota, a Hazelwood state. Teaching at a small public school, the shadow of Hazelwood was a reality. My…
‘Shattered Glass,’ fact checking and verifying sources
“Shattered Glass” is great for bringing to students’ attention the great importance of checking facts and quotes, and circling back to verify information from sources….
Staffing concerns with a print & online publication
One of the publications I advise is also a “two-for-one” class — print and online. I do not have “online-only” writers — everyone is expected…