J-Topics

"It is a news manager's challenge to help reshape the culture, and one of those cultures is the layered editing that often improves and occasionally blandizes the reporter's copy," writes Kirk LaPointe in his blog themediamanager.com. He points to a memo from Washington Post's executive editor, Leonard Downie, as an example of how one newspaper is responding to the editing demands of the 24/7 newsroom. Kirk, our recently appointed Contributing Editor for the "Managing Journalists" J-Topic, provides links to newsroom management resources, both those mentioned in his blog and others.

In a Poynter Leading Lines column called "How to create a page-turning newsroom", Butch Ward offers great advice to journalists who have been recently promoted to management positions. He describes how the skills they developed as storytellers can also help them become great leaders.

Searchable database of training courses, workshops, seminars, etc. being offered to journalists. The site is managed by the Society of Professional Journalists for the Council of National Journalism Organizations.

...is about managing journalism and journalists in a way that inspires everyone involved to rise to the highest challenges of their craft. In this area of J-Source, you'll find resources managers can turn to when they or their staff need inspiration and ideas for raising the bar.