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From ASNE president: Participate in 2018 diversity survey
Apply by June 1 to ASNE Emerging Leaders Institutes
ASNE leadership workshop June 13 at #IRE18
2018 ASNE-APME conference in Austin, Texas
New paper on state of racial, gender diversity |
Industry News
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From ASNE President Alfredo Carbajal: The urgency to have diverse newsrooms - participate in 2018 diversity survey
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By Alfredo Carbajal
For decades, we have nodded our heads anytime we hear testimonies on how accurate and nuanced reporting translates into deeper connections with overlooked readers, viewers and listeners.
We all agree that we need to diversify our newsrooms and our news reports to maintain credibility and stay relevant (and stay in business, no less) to the eyes of an increasingly dissimilar society.
Yet sometimes we try to rationalize the lack of progress and convince ourselves that diversity is one of those abstract ideas we all aim at, though it might be impossible to achieve.
Good intentions aside, that is a defeatist attitude.
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| Apply by June 1 to Emerging Leaders Institutes |
Application deadline for the ASNE Emerging Leaders Institutes in Miami and Detroit is June 1. Submit your application now to be considered for this free leadership training, open to mid-level news managers from underrepresented communities.
Dates and venues are:
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July 17-18 at the Miami Herald, prior to the NAHJ International Training Conference and Career Fair in Miami
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July 31-Aug. 1 prior to the NABJ Annual Convention and Career Fair in Detroit
If these don't work with your schedule, then consider applying to our last institute of 2018, which will take place
Sept. 9-10 prior to the ASNE-APME conference in Austin, Texas. The application for this institute will be open through July 1.
For two full days, each institute will cover the most pressing issues for leaders and the skills needed to lead and drive change. Some
of the topics on the program include coaching and feedback, leadership style, news values in digital platforms and social media environments, goal-setting and strategy, financial leadership, design-thinking and innovation.
All selected candidates will receive a travel reimbursement, thanks to our generous sponsors,
the American Press Institute, the Gannett Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Click here to learn more and apply to the institute of your choice.
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| Join us at #IRE18 to learn how to lead investigations |
Attendees will learn what it takes to create an investigative culture, lead high-impact investigative projects and teams, encourage creative new ways to reach and serve their communities, and help their teams boost their entire operation's audience and engagement. The workshop will be
valuable to all journalists, including reporters, project editors, news directors and top editors.
Come and get tips from
Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, and Mike Klingensmith, publisher and CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, as well as many other top news leaders from
our most respected legacy broadcast, print and multimedia news operations!
Take a look at our
excellent program, and
sign up
now to attend the workshop, sponsored by a generous grant from Google. Those who sign up after June 1 might not be guaranteed a boxed lunch.
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| Plan your trip NOW to ASNE-APME conference |
Have you registered for the
ASNE-APME News Leadership Conference Sept. 11-12 in Austin, Texas? Have you booked your hotel room?
Don't wait until the last minute. Plan now to join us this fall at the
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center!
For two full days, we'll cover the latest innovations in content and technology, leadership strategies, new business models and more to help you lead your newsroom.
Things you don't want to miss:
What are the key technological tools that you can implement to make your newsroom more effective and efficient? Are you using the right ones? ASNE and APME have whittled down the list of competing companies and have invited the best ones to Austin to explain why other newsrooms have hired them and why you should, too. Editors will have the opportunity to ask questions about the product. You will leave with a far greater understanding of how technology can make you a better editor. Confirmed companies:
Chartbeat,
Dataminr,
Echobox,
Parse.ly and
Trint
2. Using Opinions to Reach Young People
How can your opinion journalism bridge the gap between potential college-age audience members' political activism and their lack of knowledge and access to high-quality information? How do you cut through the noise and provide the structure and reliability young people seek with the goal of fostering a vibrant democracy and a more unified civic, and civil, life? This generation has had less civic education than previous generations, especially in K-12. It has been eliminated from school curricula across the country. A recent Knight Foundation/Gallup study said that more than 60 percent of college students show strong support for the First Amendment. However, some say that diversity and inclusion are more important to a democracy than free speech.
3. What Do I Need to Know?
It is impossible to keep up with all the latest developments in an industry that is constantly evolving so we will do it for you. You will learn the latest in everything from visual storytelling breakthroughs to new business models. What does it do? How much does it cost? How do I use it to tell stories in a newsroom my size? You will leave with recommendations on where you should invest your resources. We will update you on the state of video and podcasts and report back on the new startup moves in journalism, fueled by Spirited Media and The Athletic. Confirmed speaker:
Jeremy Gilbert, director of strategic initiatives, The Washington Post
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In the shadow of Kerner: Fifty years later, newsroom diversity and equity stall
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new paper by Farai Chideya, spring 2017 Joan Shorenstein Fellow, reviews the current state of racial and gender diversity in U.S. newsrooms and its implications for coverage, with an emphasis on the political press corps. This paper begins with a focus on the Kerner Commission report and Civil Rights era, progresses into research on the diversity of 2016 political news teams and ends by exploring what might be done to create more diverse newsrooms. How have newsrooms changed or failed to change? How prepared, willing and able are newsrooms to learn from their own behavior in a politically turbulent time? And what does this all mean for media equity now and in the future? Notably, Chideya observes a lack of transparency on the part of major news outlets to even disclose their staffing data. Solid metrics are needed as part of an overall approach to newsroom racial and gender parity.
This content is sponsored by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
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