Newsroom Notes
How do you run a newsroom through these unusual times?
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Newsroom Notes: 4 questions for your newsroom when a giant national story unfolds
January 15, 2021
Jan. 6 now stands as another moment in history — a “flashbulb-memory.” The vivid images amidst the already volatile political coverage forced local news directors into genuine breaking news coverage over which they had limited control.KOMU 8 in Columbia, Missouri, is the nation’s only teaching laboratory inside a commercial network-affiliated TV station. The challenges are no different from other newsrooms—just layered on top of the challenges facing the next generation of journalists. We’re providing a first-hand view (and maybe a little advice) from an industry veteran who agreed to lead the KOMU newsroom during a faculty search process—just as the COVID-19 crisis began unfolding.
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Newsroom Notes
I know it’s been a while. Three months, 30,000 new and returning students and we’re on the verge of the biggest pizza-night in local television. If you don’t recognize that line, you haven’t worked Election Night.
Newsroom Notes: Covering pandemic, protests provides three valuable reminders
October 29, 2020 -
Newsroom Notes
What does Ulysses Grant have to do with being a newsroom leader? Read on.
Newsroom Notes: Leading through uncertainty
July 9, 2020 -
Newsroom Notes
When it comes to the global pandemic we find ourselves in, are you tired of hearing the quote attributed to Winston Churchill? “Never waste a good crisis.”
Newsroom Notes: The more things change, the more they stay the same?
May 19, 2020 -
Newsroom Notes
Gov. Mike Parson began what he called a daily news briefing a few weeks ago. Broadcast organizations in Missouri immediately offered to help distribute the daily offerings, but Parson insisted on using only Facebook.
Newsroom Notes: Meet your new anchorman. He’s also your governor
April 14, 2020 -
Newsroom Notes
It’s Friday morning and we are closing in on our first week of “new normal” at KOMU. I am blessed that my “new normal” is only disrupting my intended trips home.
Newsroom Notes: The New Normal
March 27, 2020
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