This post was originally published in the Dow Jones News Funds’ Adviser Update, Spring 2013. Hockey great Wayne Gretzky supposedly said, “I skate to where…
Journalism education
Beware the Ides of March (Journalism Edition)
What is it about March? Even Shakespeare noticed it, putting the soothsayer’s warning out to Caesar about the time span that begins this week. So…
Goals and directions: Using midyear staff evaluations to drive momentum to June
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…
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…