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The readiness is all

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…

April 29, 2013
Categories Censorship, 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…

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013
Categories Journalism education

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…

January 17, 2013January 17, 2013
Categories Cross-platform, Journalism education, Publishing on deadline

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…

December 12, 2012December 13, 2012
Categories Journalism education, Student press rights

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…

December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

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