Newsroom leaders, change or step aside !!
"If I was a publisher, corporate officer or even an employee, I would want an editor who is active online; who blogs and uses Facebook and MySpace; who has a digital camera and knows how use it and how to upload those images; who has a cell phone that use beyond just work emergencies; who knows how to identify Flash applet on a website; who knows that Ruby on Rails is not a MySpace band; who uses a newsreader; I could go on, but the point is the old skill set of paying their dues and being a wordsmith and possibly an amateur accountant just does not cut it anymore, honestly it hasn’t cut it for a long time.
Yes there are some senior editors out there who get “it.” Those who are positive change agents in their newsrooms, they blog, they get into their communities and into their newsrooms. These are editors who break the rules, throw away the script and dare to be different. These are types of leaders we need if newspapers are not just going to survive but thrive.
The culture of blaming the reader or the staff has to end. It’s time for someone to take responsibility and frankly if they won’t, then it’s time to point fingers. Simple put, at some newspapers, it’s time for a revolution.
We need to put our newsroom leaders on notice. They need to know that their employees, publishers and corporate officers will no longer stand by and watch their newspapers crumble, their industry collapse and livelihoods disappear. These leaders need to recognize that their employees have a vision and a voice. Their thoughts and hopes are outlined in blogs, in forums and in the comments that they write."
Via: editor on the verge - Yoni Greenbaum: Newsroom leaders, change or step aside
Yes there are some senior editors out there who get “it.” Those who are positive change agents in their newsrooms, they blog, they get into their communities and into their newsrooms. These are editors who break the rules, throw away the script and dare to be different. These are types of leaders we need if newspapers are not just going to survive but thrive.
The culture of blaming the reader or the staff has to end. It’s time for someone to take responsibility and frankly if they won’t, then it’s time to point fingers. Simple put, at some newspapers, it’s time for a revolution.
We need to put our newsroom leaders on notice. They need to know that their employees, publishers and corporate officers will no longer stand by and watch their newspapers crumble, their industry collapse and livelihoods disappear. These leaders need to recognize that their employees have a vision and a voice. Their thoughts and hopes are outlined in blogs, in forums and in the comments that they write."
Via: editor on the verge - Yoni Greenbaum: Newsroom leaders, change or step aside
Cyberwriter - 7. Feb, 15:46 - Web2.0
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