| Thursday, October 19: |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Registration
Location: Lobby
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| 11:00 a.m. |
Welcome
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 11:30 a.m. |
Lunch
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 12:15 p.m. |
Coaching Writers and Stories (Green Team)
Why: More talk leads to an easier edit.
A coaching model for editors to use in helping reporters focus, report,
write and revise stories. Editors will discuss the principles of good
storytelling and the key points where a story will succeed or fail.
You'll learn how to polish leads and sharpen nut grafs, how to tighten
and strengthen stories.
Presenter: Michael Roberts, DME and writing coach, Arizona Republic
Location: Room P-77
|
| 12:15 p.m. |
Situational Leadership (Blue Team)
Why: Because one size doesn't fit all
Participants will learn how to "read" a situation and a person and apply
the right management approach to get the best results. Teaches four
management styles and the value and downsides of each.
Presenter: Edward Miller, managing partner, The Newsroom Leadership
Group
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 1:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break
Location: Lobby
|
| 1:45 p.m. |
The Five-Minute Editor (Green Team)
Why: On some days, it's all the time you have
Most editors promise themselves that they will have weekly brainstorming
meetings on story ideas, frequent coaching sessions on writing
techniques and daily post-story critiques to identify and reinforce the
lessons learned. Those are worthy goals, but for many editors, the daily
grind gets in the way. You do, however, talk to your reporters every
day, a minute here, a couple minutes there, five minutes when it's
really important. You need to learn to use those few minutes to steer
the reporter on a path to learn for him- or herself how to improve. Even
if you succeed in making time for longer sessions with reporters, much
of your most important editing still is done in these brief daily
encounters.
Presenter: Michael Roberts
Location: Room P-77
|
| 1:45 p.m. |
Time Management and Setting Priorities (Blue Team)
Why: To keep the day from getting away from you.
Middle managers get on a treadmill Monday morning and get off five days
later. They spend their days answering to bosses, directing reporters,
answering the phone, reading faxes and keeping abreast of the news.
They're juggling a dozen balls at a time. Getting time to think is a
luxury. Is it any wonder that front-line ditors burn out? You'll learn
how to set priorities, when and what to delegate and how to help your
reporters better manage their time.
Presenter: Edward Miller
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 3:00 p.m. |
Coffee Break
Location: Lobby
|
| 3:15 p.m. |
Situational Leadership (Green Team)
Why: Because one size doesn't fit all
Participants will learn how to "read" a situation and a person and apply
the right management approach to get the best results. Teaches four
management styles and the value and downsides of each.
Presenter: Edward Miller, managing partner, The Newsroom Leadership
Group
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 3:15 p.m. |
Coaching Writers and Stories (Blue Team)
Why: More talk leads to an easier edit.
A coaching model for editors to use in helping reporters focus, report,
write and revise stories. Editors will discuss the principles of good
storytelling and the key points where a story will succeed or fail.
You'll learn how to polish leads and sharpen nut grafs, how to tighten
and strengthen stories.
Presenter: Michael Roberts, DME and writing coach, Arizona Republic
Location: Room P-77
|
| 4:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break
Location: Lobby
|
| 4:45 p.m. |
Time Management and Setting Priorities (Green Team)
Why: To keep the day from getting away from you.
Middle managers get on a treadmill Monday morning and get off five days
later. They spend their days answering to bosses, directing reporters,
answering the phone, reading faxes and keeping abreast of the news.
They're juggling a dozen balls at a time. Getting time to think is a
luxury. Is it any wonder that front-line editors burn out? You'll learn
how to set priorities, when and what to delegate and how to help your
reporters better manage their time.
Presenter: Edward Miller
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 6:30 p.m. |
Reception
Why: Because you deserve it
Let's keep the conversation going.
Location: Original Mike's, 100 S. Main St., Santa Ana
|
| Friday, October 20: |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Continental breakfast
Location: Lobby
|
| 9:00 a.m. |
Giving Effective Feedback
Why: It's essential to helping staffers grow
Learn how to get your message across effectively. Know words and
phrases that will get through to the listener, how to structure the
conversation, what not to say or do. Learn how to listen effectively,
respond to feedback, and look for clues that the other person is really
listening to you.
Presenter: Edward Miller
Location: Room P-77
|
| 10:30 a.m. |
Coffee Break
Location: Lobby
|
| 10:45 a.m. |
CHOOSE ONE:
|
| Option 1 |
Creating Awesome Online Content
Great ideas for your websites, from fabulous journalists you may already
know - or soon will.
Presenters: A cast of thousands
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| Option 2 |
Building Credibility and Trust
Why: Because credibility is the franchise
It's no secret. The public is deeply suspicious of why journalists do
what they do, how they go about it and whether the outcome is good or
bad. The trust gap seems to be undermining everything from support for
FOI to readership. Learn key touchstones for building reader trust.
Presenter: Carol Nunnelly, Director of APME Projects
Location: Room P-77
|
| Noon |
Why Training Matters
Why: Because news organizations are a business, too
A discussion of why some news organizations are putting more emphasis on
professional development of their staffs. Resources you can use to get
valuable training for yourself and push for more training for those you
lead. Take a virtual tour of a new e-learning site, News University at
Poynter.
Presenter: Elaine Kramer, APME NewsTrain project coordinator
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch
Guest Speaker: To be announced.
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 2:00 p.m. |
Ethical News Decision-making
Why: Gain practice learning how to approach complex problems.
Using case studies, we'll discuss some methods to approaching ethical
issues. We'll examine what you are trying to balance when you are faced
with ethical dilemmas. Editors will be encouraged to discuss ethical
problems they've encountered and through Q and A, we'll see what the
best solutions might be.
Presenters: Rick Pullen, Dean of the College of Communications, Cal
State / Fullerton and Dennis Foley, Innovation Editor, The Orange County
Register
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 3:15 p.m. |
NewsTrain Caboose
Taking the lessons home, feedback forms and goodbye
Presenter: Elaine Kramer
Location: Hoiles Auditorium
|
| 3:30 p.m. |
End of NewsTrain |
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