tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144220172024-03-13T17:00:07.500+00:00The Journalism Leaders Programme @ UCLANNotes from the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, home to England's longest-running journalism course.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-40221467812471666912014-04-03T11:35:00.002+01:002017-08-03T13:44:46.661+01:00World Newsmedia Innovation Study that identifies present concerns and future priorities is now available free to participants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the past four years, the World Newsmedia Innovation Study has
chronicled major strategy innovation and revenue making trends in news media
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from the 2013 study, which was conducted by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank">François Nel</a> of the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> at UCLan in collaboration with Martha Stone of the <a href="http://wnmn.org/world-newsmedia-innovation-study-2013" target="_blank">World Newsmedia Network</a> shows:</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Two thirds of the executives surveyed made product
development their No 1 efficiency strategy, while a third say they plan to collaborate
more with other companies to generate content. Much lower down on the agenda are staff cuts (23 %) and outsourcing (15%)</span></li>
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said they expect that over the next five years between 21% and 30% of their revenues
will have to come from sources outside traditional advertising and
subscriptions. The range of platforms where they see opportunities vary
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"The project is aimed at helping us all better understand and quantify our industry's responses to the challenges across the news company value chain - and we're happy to share the findings with those who participate," said Nel. <br />
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There are 21 questions, and it will take about 10 to 12
minutes to complete. The survey is available in English <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33252257426957" target="_blank">HERE</a> and in other languages below. Of course, personal and company’s identity will remain confidential.<br />
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A 14-page summary of the 2013 report can be <a href="http://www.jotform.co/digitaleditorsnetwork/wnmis2013" target="_blank">downloaded</a> by those who contribute to the fifth annual global survey. And to
thank participants further, respondents can also receive a free copy of the 2014 when it is published in the autumn. </div>
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"With the study now entering its fifth year, we expect to get deep insight into how executives from different regions have viewed present challenges and what are their priorities for growth over the next five years," said Nel. "With the survey now available in 10 languages, including Persian, we're also keen to link up with researchers from other parts of the world to help us analyse the data and share the findings in the various languages." </div>
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<i>For more information about the project, contact François Nel at <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">fpnel @ uclan.ac.uk </span></span></i></div>
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<i>The survey is also available in the following languages: <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/40272532438956" target="_blank">Arabic</a>, <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33361596765970" target="_blank">Chinese</a> , <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33293825118961" target="_blank">French</a> , <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33293829278972" target="_blank">German</a>, <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/40062100412936" target="_blank">Persian</a> <a href="http://form.jotformeu.com/form/33222381219346" target="_blank">Portuguese</a>, <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33293461770961" target="_blank">Russian</a> , <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33363144335954" target="_blank">Spanish</a>, and <a href="http://form.jotformpro.com/form/33291923185962" target="_blank">Turkish</a> </i><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Francois Nelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01221368151066565140noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-61676756961555118912013-12-04T05:30:00.000+00:002013-12-05T12:20:28.753+00:00Mastering Leadership: Why Daily News publisher Jethro Goko stepped out of the newsroom into the classroom - and back again <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Of this there’s no doubt: Jethro Goko isn’t easily
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When Zimbabwe’s fiercely-independent <a href="http://www.dailynews.co.zw/" target="_blank">Daily News</a>’ printing
presses were blown up in 2001 and then banned by Robert Mugabe’s
administration in 2003,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>many thought
that would be end of the legendary paper with its bold claim of ‘telling it
like it is’. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Not so. Though Jethro, who had been on the paper's board, had moved to South Africa to take up senior editorial roles at Avusa
(now Times Media), he continued a legal battle to regain the paper's license to publish. When that was finally granted in 2009, he refined his business
plan and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12784423" target="_blank">relaunched the newspaper </a>in March 2011. </div>
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During much of that period, Jethro made regular trips to Preston
for seminars and workshops offered by the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> at <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/" target="_blank">UCLan</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>This past summer, which also coincided with
Mugabe's latest election victory, Jethro doggedly wrapped up his dissertation research and will today [04/12/2013] be
earning his Master of Arts in Journalism Leadership with Merit. </div>
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It’s been quite a journey for Jethro and we wanted to find out just why he undertook it - and what he takes away from it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
email exchange with the programme's founding director <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/francois_nel.php" target="_blank">François Nel</a> (also originally
from Zimbabwe) Jethro, well, tells it like it is. </div>
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<b>FN</b><i> Typically, media executives consider that they can learn all
they need to know from the person ahead of them on corporate ladder and by keeping
an eye on their direct competitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why
did you do it?</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>JG </b> I chose to participate in the Journalism Leaders Programme
because it offered me almost everything that I was looking for at the time, for
my continued professional growth, after more than two decades in journalism [ed note: including roles as deputy editor of <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/" target="_blank">Business Day</a> and editor-in-chief of <a href="http://www.peherald.com/" target="_blank">The Herald</a> and <a href="http://www.peherald.com/blog/Weekend-Post" target="_blank">Weekend Post</a>] . </div>
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<b>FN<i> </i></b><i>The programme has non-academic routes for those who just
want to attend residential sessions, as well as an academic route with exit
points at postgraduate certificate, post graduate diploma and Master of Arts
levels. Why did you keep going to the end - including writing a research
dissertation - even though you already have an MBA degree and had so much going on professionally? </i></div>
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<b>JG </b>In addition to the intellectual stimulation, the programme
presented me with an invaluable opportunity to interact and exchange notes with
other editors and media managers from around the world in a fairly relaxed
setting.</div>
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Very crucially too, its thrust was geared towards strategic
new media management, at a time that the 'old' brick and mortar business models
of our industry were showing serious strain everywhere in the world.</div>
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The programme also challenged participants to look at how
they managed their newsrooms and businesses more critically and honestly than
the average academic course would otherwise do.</div>
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Although initially, my intention was to participate in the
programme only for the first few core courses, those first three residential
gatherings in that first year were so stimulating and beneficial that I was
compelled to continue with the rest of the programme. While my MBA studies had
been very useful in honing my overall business and analytical skills, the JLP
programme zeroed in on my area of interest -- media strategies, and
specifically new media trends, challenges and opportunities -- all of which
proved invaluable in my work with my then employer as well as when I later
branched out on my own.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>FN </b></span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>How would you
summarise your JLP experience?</i></div>
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<b>JG</b> I am so glad that I participated in the
programme. It is relaxed, yet both challenging academically and very nicely
practical at the same time, a balance that is often lacking in programmes of
this nature. To that extent, it was by far the most enjoyable, relevant and
beneficial course I've ever participated in.</div>
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<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">FN </span></b><i>What advice do you
have for media company executives who have balance short-term demands of
delivering shareholder value with the need to grows the talent they required to
innovating their business? </i></div>
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<b>JG</b> My advice to pressurised media executives is to
think long-term rather than short-term when it comes to looking after their
most valuable resource -- their people. Even though sending their staff to
participate in this kind of course may look relatively expensive in the
short-term, it will have lasting long-term benefits.</div>
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It also ensures that their editors and managers are
well-equipped to handle the stresses that are so much a part of managing in our
industry these days. In our often surprisingly insular industry, this programme
undoubtedly broadens both experiences and perspectives.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Francois Nelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01221368151066565140noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-66734602741735397612013-10-17T19:30:00.002+01:002013-11-07T14:39:28.119+00:00Journalism Leadership INSIGHT: Lessons for innovators by those leading and transforming the media business<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The inaugural <i>Journalism Leadership Insight</i> report isn't only created for those on the frontline of the media industry – it draws on original research by those leading and transforming the business. <br />
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“The report offers much-needed insights into the challenges we face by the very people driving innovation in our sector,” said the report’s editor François Nel, director of the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> at <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/" target="_blank">UCLan</a>. “The practical leadership lessons they draw from their studies couldn’t be more relevant.”<br />
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<li>Daily Post, Wales editor <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Alison Gow</a> examined the evolving role of the editor and the competencies required to face the challenges of operating in an increasing complex and competitive media.</li>
<li><a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Dilyan Damyanov</a>, director of information services at Aii Data Processing in Bulgaria , investigated a slew of new ways that publishers could sell their content. </li>
<li>Aware that the intention to innovate is no guarantee of success , Times Media Group’s head of journalism training <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/master-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Paddi Clay</a> paused to critically reflect on a specific case when newsroom innovation didn’t deliver. </li>
<li><a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with_11.html" target="_blank">Steve Matthewson</a> managing editor: news at Business Day and BDlive, explored the social media strategies and practices at two UK newspapers with significant global reach, The Guardian and The Financial Times. </li>
<li><a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Laurice Taitz-Buntman</a>, the director of In Your Pocket City Guides, South Africa, considered the challenges top executives face in fostering an innovation culture within their organisations. </li>
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All five executives who contributed to this report set out to further equip themselves for the challenge of driving change by enrolling in the pioneering Journalism Leadership Programme at UCLan. These articles are drawn from their final dissertations for the MA in Journalism Leadership which were supervised by François Nel and Mac McCarthy with additional support from Megan Knight and George Ogola. <br />
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<i>Journalism Leadership Insight</i> is <a href="http://www.jotformeu.com/francoisnel/JournalismLeadershipINSIGHT" target="_blank">free to download</a> and collaborators on future reports are invited. <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-29210069531241086902013-05-31T13:16:00.000+01:002013-09-30T12:18:58.466+01:00#LGMC2013UK Leadership and Governance for Media & Communications executive programme UK 2013 Study Visit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This spring, the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programm</a>e team at <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/" target="_blank">UCLan </a>started collaborating with the prestigious School of Media and Communication at Pan African University in Lagos, Nigeria, to launch another innnovative course for forward-thinking senior professionals who want to development their companies and themselves: the <a href="http://www.smc.edu.ng/leadership-and-governance-in-media-and-communication" target="_blank">Leadership and Governance for Media and Communications</a> programme.<br />
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As part of the 10-week certificate course, participants are taking a week-long study visit to the UK to explore the impact of digital networked technologies on UK communication businesses and the business of communication - and what the lessons might be for forward-thinking Nigerian organisations who operate in an increasingly connected, competitive and globalised context.<br />
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Led by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank">François Nel</a>, the founding director of the Journalism Leaders Programme, the group will have opportunities to explore the challenges and changes at some of the world's most innovative private and public sector organisations in London, Manchester and Preston, including News International,Talk About Local, Unilever, BBC, The Cooperative, Manchester Digital Development Agency, Trinity Mirror and UCLan, the first modern university in the UK to be listed in the QS World Rankings.<br />
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In line with the JLeaders ethos, participants won't only be 'talking digital,' but also 'doing digital'. So, while many of our conversations will be confidential and the <a href="http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chathamhouserule" target="_blank">Chatham House Rule</a> will apply throughout, we'll still be sharing (some of) our adventures and impressions through this live blog and through the Twitter hashtag #LGMC2013UK. We look forward to the week of learning - and welcome questions and suggestions from others who share our interests. <br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-70265206753582569692013-02-20T09:43:00.001+00:002013-12-03T17:30:19.865+00:00Mastering Leadership: A Conversation with Times Media's Paddi Clay <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This much is clear: Paddi Clay is a master of journalism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But just why, after three decades working across the industry in roles ranging from African correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, to award-winning columnist for The Herald, to managing editor of a leading South African news website <a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/" target="_blank">TimesLive</a>, did Clay enrol in the Journalism Leaders Programme at UCLan?</span><br />
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the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">programme</span></a> was established in 2006, we've engaged with hundreds
of editors and senior journalists from many of the UK's leading media houses,
including Johnston Press, Trinity Mirror, Guardian Media Group and Cumbrian
Newspapers, as well as others around the world through a wide variety of
activities - from non-academic workshops, conferences, seminars and training
courses, to postgraduate certificates and diplomas. </span></span></div>
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last December Clay was amongst a group of five talented editors from South Africa, Bulgaria and the UK
who became the first to earn the Master of Arts in Journalism Leadership award from
the <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/" target="_blank">University of Central Lancashire</a> in Preston, home the UK's oldest
journalism <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/" target="_blank">programme</a>. Others who also pressed through to the end were <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Alison Gow</span></a>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Dilyan Damyanov</span></a>, <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">LauriceTaitz-Buntman</span></a> and <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with_11.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Steve Matthewson</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this, the last in a series of conversations with the graduates, we wanted to find out about just why Clay, who is head of training at <a href="http://www.timesmedia.co.za/" target="_blank">Times Media</a> and a long-standing <a href="http://www.sanef.org.za/" target="_blank">South African National Editors Forum</a> council member, invested in the experience - and what advice she had for other journalists (and their organisations) who want to keep learning about leadership. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was working in a newspaper company (although my most
of my working career as a journalist was in electronic media) and starting to
feel the pressure being exerted by digital media. I was eager to add another
platform to my belt and overcome my fear that this latest wave of new
technology would leave me behind. After all, I began my career in an era with
telexes and no cell phones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was keen to find out how, why and where, digital
differed from print or electronic as far as journalism, and
especially news, was concerned, as well as what it would require of managers of
the process in the future. As a trainer of young journalists I also
needed to know what digital media was all about and how to prepare them for a future that was starting to look very different from our
past.There was no one directly above me I could learn from. In fact, very few
older or more experienced people seemed to be paying much attention to digital
developments in the company, but I knew that I had to keep track of this
new terrain if I was to remain relevant as a trainer and to our new recruits. A
few South African universities were going digital in their journalism
departments but were very focussed on the technical creation of sites and
multimedia, or the "democracy" of citizen journalism. I wanted to find
out how this new medium would affect the business of media and news and
our relationship with our target market - our readers, listeners and
users. The Uclan programme's combination of journalism and business expertise
impressed me and I thought it could be useful for many of our
newspaper editors as we started dealing with the digital future, not
only to have access to people with expertise but also colleagues in the
newspaper and media world outside of South Africa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Journalism Leaders Programme offers non-academic routes
for those who just want to attend residential sessions, as well as an academic
route with exit points at postgraduate certificate, post graduate diploma and
Master of Arts levels. Why did you keep going to the end – including writing a
research dissertation?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After more than 30 years journalism, and never
having formally studied media or journalism, I really enjoyed the
readings in the programme and the thinking. debate and discussion that was
provoked by the lecturers and presenters, and in our groups. I did not want the
modules to end - and the Masters dissertation was one way of extending my
learning. I would get to read, think and debate, talk more on the issues I was
interested in with other people, clarify my thoughts. Looking at it now I
realise it was really like producing and gathering information for
a very long feature piece, with as many quotes as possible, by deadline. Of
course, the academic disciplines were a bit of a challenge - but we all have to
learn to write in a different style now and then. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>How did your company Times Media (formerly Avusa) benefit from your participation? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I
started the programme as the company I worked for embarked on its
digital voyage and I was able to draw on what I was learning in the Programme
to make input into the process and projects underway at work. I also was able
to change the focus of our training of intern journalists to make them far more
marketable and employable in the future. But mostly I think I was enabled to
bridge the gap between experienced old hacks and enthusiastic, young
digital media acolytes, and demonstrate that it was possible to be part
of. and contribute to, this new journalism world even as a "mature"
journalist and media manager.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While I was doing the programme I was
given the role of Content Director to help move our fairly static website
to a breaking news site and I was later appointed Managing Editor on the
website which became the focus for my Master's dissertation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>How would you summarise your JLP experience?</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Challenging,
stimulating, eye-opening and hard work. It was wonderful to be able to
reflect on the role of journalism in society and the business of
journalism, to be pushed to be innovative and to be given access to knowledge
and tools that would help me understand the new digital media terrain, as
well as devise ways to manage people and projects through this
radical period of change. I had done a Certificate in Management a couple
of years before starting on the Programme but the JLP was in another league;
totally customised to practitioners in media and specific to our needs,
awash with visitors on the cutting edge of digital media and
given substance by excellent teaching staff and the energy and dedication
of Programme Director <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">François Nel </span></a></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The first and only programme of its kind in the UK, the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a>
continues to work with leading publishers from around the world, such
as News International, to provide custom courses that help equip
exceptional talent for leadership. For more information, contact
François Nel at FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk . </i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, UK53.7613383 -2.707384100000012953.7589918 -2.712426600000013 53.7636848 -2.7023416000000129tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-49017412564141293632013-02-11T07:30:00.000+00:002013-02-20T09:01:52.302+00:00Mastering Leadership: A Conversation with Laurice Taitz-Buntman <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Preston hasn't only been at the forefront of UK journalism
education and training for more than 50 years. It's also become the place where
journalism leaders<i> </i>worldwide learn. </div>
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Since the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> was established by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank">François Nel</a> in 2006, we've engaged with hundreds of editors and
senior journalists from many of the UK's leading media houses, including
Johnston Press, Trinity Mirror, Guardian Media Group and Cumbrian Newspapers,
as well as others around the world through a wide variety of activities - from
non-academic workshops, conferences, seminars and training courses, to postgraduate
certificates and diplomas.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JLP graduate Laurice Taitz-Buntman</td></tr>
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But last December five talented editors from South Africa, Bulgaria and the UK
became the first to earn the Master of Arts in Journalism Leadership award from
the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, home the UK's oldest
journalism programme. <a href="http://twitter.com/alisongow" target="_blank">Alison Gow</a>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <a href="http://twitter.com/dilyan_damyanov" target="_blank">Dilyan Damyanov</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/paddiclay" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://twitter.com/lauricetb" target="_blank">Laurice
Taitz-Buntman</a> <i>(left) </i><a href="http://www.twitter.com/paddiclay" target="_blank">Paddi Clay</a>, and <a href="http://twitter.com/stevematthewson" target="_blank">Steve Matthewson</a> were the first ones to have pressed through to the end.</div>
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We wanted to find out about just why they invested in the experience. Here are the
views of <b>Laurice Taitz-Buntman</b>, the
former managing editor of the Times Online (now TimesLive) in South Africa, who
heads the <a href="http://www.ischoolafrica.com/" target="_blank">iSchoolAfrica </a>Youth Press
Team programme that is working with 21 South African schools, corporate and government
sponsors and broadcast partners to train secondary school students to create
newsworthy video content for television.<br />
<br />
<i>Traditionally, journalists have moved up the career ladder
by learning all they can from the person on the rung above them. Why did you
choose to participate in the Journalism Leaders Programme?</i></div>
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Journalism is changing, and more than at any other time
journalists are being confronted with the impact of global and technological
shifts, the dissolution of traditional boundaries between the work and the
business of journalism, and the audience and our role as purveyors of news.
When I entered the programme I was working as a senior manager at one of South
Africa's largest newspapers, in an organization grappling with transforming the
newsroom from a purely print-based organisation to one more able to cope with
the demands of a digital age. The kinds of changes being experienced had little
precedent and it was clear that a new skillset was demanded. I chose the
Journalism Leaders Programme because it combined a management programme with a
focus on digital journalism.</div>
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<i>The Journalism Leaders Programme offers non-academic routes
for those who just want to attend residential sessions, as well as an academic
route with exit points at postgraduate certificate, post graduate diploma and
Master of Arts levels. Why did you keep going to the end – including writing a
research dissertation – even though you already have a MA degree?</i></div>
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At the time of enrolling in the programme I had worked as a
journalist for more than 10 years but had never studied journalism. My MA was
in African Literature and while it served me well as a journalist in terms of
giving me a more nuanced understanding of African politics, society and writing
I grew increasingly hungry for a more in-depth perspective of my chosen
field. Each residential session stirred greater interest and a desire to find
answers to particular questions. Completing my MA degree allowed me to focus on
an area of journalism culture in an in-depth way which I found highly
satisfying. Journalists are expected to master many subject areas and to do so
with a weekly or even daily deadline in place. Taking the time to do in-depth
research felt like an enormous privilege but also an opportunity to add
knowledge to a profession I feel so strongly about. </div>
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<i>How would you summarise your JLP experience?</i></div>
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Some of the words that come to mind are challenging,
fulfilling, a little maddening but mostly incredibly exciting. The residential
weeks fired up electrical circuits in my brain with fresh ideas, debate and
provocative discussions. My fellow students, media professionals with
wide-ranging experience internationally, and the outstanding faculty led by <a href="http://twitter.com/francoisnel">Francois Nel</a> made each visit to
Preston precious time in which to be inspired and intellectually refueled. The
JLP provided not only the big ideas, but ways to think about practical
implementation. In addition, the opportunity to step outside the newspaper's
deadlines and speak to and hear from journalists with diverse skills and to gain
a global perspective was an invaluable experience. </div>
<ul>
</ul>
<i>Earlier we also posted conversations with <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html">Alison
Gow</a> , editor of the Daily Post in Wales; <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.com/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html">Dilyan
Damyanov</a>, Editorial Director of Information Services at AII Data
Processing in Sofia; and <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with_11.html" target="_blank">Steve Matthewson</a>, Managing Editor: News, <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/" target="_blank">BDlive</a> and Business Day in South Africa. We plan to post conversations withthe other graduates over
the coming weeks. </i><br />
<ul>
</ul>
<i>
</i><br />
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<i>The first and only programme of its kind in the UK, the
Journalism Leaders Programme continues to work with innovating publishers from
around the world, such as News International, to provide custom courses that
help equip exceptional talent for leadership. For more information, contact
François Nel at FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk .</i></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE, UK53.7613383 -2.707384100000012953.7589918 -2.712426600000013 53.7636848 -2.7023416000000129tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-55647113965460768592012-12-27T14:49:00.003+00:002012-12-27T15:45:04.441+00:00Journalism thought leaders consider 2013<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
Effective leaders consider both present realities and future
possibilities. </div>
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In this <a href="http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2012/12/14/podcast-industry-experts-share-predictions-for-digital-journalism-in-2013/" target="_blank">podcast</a> <strong>Journalism.co.uk</strong> technology editor <strong>Sarah
Marshall</strong> spoke to seven industry thought leaders from both sides of the
Atlantic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- including both <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a>
director <a href="http://twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: black;">François </span>Nel</strong></a> and recent alumnus <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.com/2012/11/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank"><strong>Alison Gow</strong></a>, editor of the Daily Post -
about their expectations of the types of devices that will be used to access
news sites, ideas on sustainability, key social networks and platforms for
newsgathering, engagement strategies – and the kind of people we might find in
the newsroom of 2013. <br />
<br />
Also contributing are: <strong>Aron Pilhofer</strong>, editor of interactive news, New York Times; <strong>John Barnes</strong>, managing director of digital and tech at Incisive
Media and chair of the AOP (Association of Online Publishers); <strong>Mark Little</strong>, founder and chief executive of social news
agency Storyful; <strong>Raju Narisetti</strong>, managing editor, WSJ Digital Network, Wall
Street Journal; <strong>Stephen Pinches</strong>, group product manager for FT.com. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-35466895285245874502012-12-11T12:44:00.000+00:002012-12-12T06:43:10.538+00:00Mastering Leadership: A Conversation with Business Day's Steve MatthewsonFor those involved in the Journalism Leaders Programme, there has been much to celebrate in 2012.<br />
<br />
Since the Leaders programme was established in 2006, we've engaged with hundreds of editors and senior journalists from many of the UK's leading media houses, including Johnston Press, Trinity Mirror, Guardian Media Group<i> </i>and Cumbrian Newspapers, as well as others around the world through a wide variety of activities - from non-academic workshops, conferences, seminars and training courses, to postgraduate certificates and diplomas.<br />
<br />
But this December five talented editors from South Africa, Bulgaria and the UK became the first to earn the Master of Arts in Journalism Leadership award from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, home the UK's oldest journalism programme.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve Matthewson</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/paddiclay" target="_blank">Paddi Clay</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/dilyan_damyanov" target="_blank">Dilyan Damyanov</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/alisongow" target="_blank">Alison Gow</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/lauricetb" target="_blank">Laurice Taitz-Buntman</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/stevematthewson" target="_blank">Steve Matthewson</a> (left) were the first ones to have pressed through to the end.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank">François Nel</a>, the programme's founding director, wanted to find out about just why they invested in the experience. Here's what <b>Steve Matthewson</b>, Managing Editor: News, <a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/" target="_blank">BDlive</a> and Business Day in South Africa, had to say:<br />
<br />
<i>Traditionally, journalists have moved up the career ladder by learning all they can from the person on the rung above. Why did you choose to participate in the Journalism Leaders Programme?</i><br />
<br />
Very simply, the sea changes that have occurred (are still occurring) in the traditional media space mean that conventional wisdom and institutional experience within media companies is less useful than it might have been 10, 20 years ago. There may be routines, approaches or philosophies that older, more experienced leaders may be able to share but because the business of media is changing so quickly and the role of professional journalists in society is shifting, such experience appears to be less relevant. In fact, to some extent, there are fewer "greybeards" around anyway so more of the learning would have to come from outside the newsroom.<br />
<br />
Work-based experience seems to be about continuity; reproducing, perhaps more efficiently or in one's own style, the same products for which the previous generation was responsible.<br />
The Journalism Leaders Programme forced me to think critically about the business itself on a much more existential level (that is, why do we do, what we do, at all).<br />
<br />
Another key thing is that much journalism education is self-reinforcing whereas this programme consistently forced participants to look completely outside the industry for solutions and ideas.<br />
<br />
<i>Balancing the demands of editing a newspaper with the academic activities - residential weeks in Preston and applied projects - could not have been easy. What kept you going?</i><br />
<br />
It was extremely demanding. However, the fact that the programme was a blend of practical application and high-level, theoretical thinking about leadership and strategy, meant I was able to feed back much of what I learnt directly back into my work during and after every module. That gave me personal satisfaction and also made up for the absence from work. My employer gave me all the backing I needed as well as time to complete my studies. Also, the support I received from my fellow JLP students throughout the programme and the informal support network we created was really helpful in completing the course.<br />
<br />
<i>The Journalism Leaders Programme offers non-academic routes for those who just want to attend residential sessions, as well as an academic route with exit points at postgraduate certificate, post graduate diploma and Master of Arts levels. Why did you keep going to the end – including writing a research dissertation?</i><br />
<br />
On one level, it was the ambition to complete a proper post-graduate qualification which would have serious long-term value to my CV. I've done a number of short courses in leadership, newsroom management as well stated-based unit standards in assessment etc and, while empowering, these never had the same gravitas as a proper academic course.<br />
<br />
On another level, I just enjoyed each module so much so having completed three I really wanted to do the next three because they covered other areas in which I was interested in. And having finished the modules, it just made sense to do the dissertation. The dissertation was the hardest bit though.<br />
<br />
<i>How did your company benefit from your participation?</i><br />
<br />
Since I became a more confident, mature and thoughtful leader, Avusa (now Times Media) were able to - and did - promote me several times during the course of the programme. I took on much greater responsibility not just in terms of the number of people reporting to me or the size of the budget which I worked with, but I now work much more across traditional boundaries within the organisation and I am not just limited to an editorial role. I think I (and other editorial leaders) are of neccessity having to take on those roles anyway, but my participation in the JLP prepared me better for this new kind of leadership role. In addition, I would say the JLP was fairly cutting edge in exposing participants to key trends in the industry, new technologies and the challenges of managing creative individuals in changing environments so having someone like me to launch and run new "stuff" I think has helped the organisation move forward.<br />
<br />
<i>How would you summarise your JLP experience?</i><br />
<br />
Challenging, academically rigorous, well-structured, always current and absolutely relevant to my career.<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><i>Earlier we also posted conversations with <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Alison Gow</a> , editor of the Daily Post in Wales, and <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.com/2012/12/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Dilyan Damyanov</a>, Editorial Director of Information Services at AII Data Processing in Sofia. We plan to post conversations withthe other graduates over the coming weeks.</i><i> </i></li>
<li><i>The first and only programme of its kind in the UK, the Journalism
Leaders Programme continues to work with leading publishers from around
the world, such as News International, to provide custom courses that
help equip exceptional talent for leadership. For more information,
contact François Nel at FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk .</i></li>
</ul>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-67366029342600044122012-12-05T10:05:00.000+00:002012-12-12T06:43:44.446+00:00Mastering Leadership: A Conversation with Dilyan DamyanovToday is a Red Letter Day for the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a>.<br />
<br />
Five talented editors from South Africa, Bulgaria and the UK will be the first to earn the Master of Arts in Journalism Leadership award from the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, home the UK's <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/" target="_blank">oldest journalism programme</a>. <br />
<br />
In the seven years since the Leaders programme was established, we've engaged with hundreds of editors and senior journalists from many of the UK's leading media houses, including Johnston Press, Trinity Mirror and Guardian Media Group, as well as others from around the world through a wide variety of activities - from non-academic workshops, conferences, seminars and training courses, to postgraduate certificates and diplomas.<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0oFvhgMO2zs/UL8bG4EdfOI/AAAAAAAAAUg/WaBFocXa44A/s1600/DilyanDamyanov.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0oFvhgMO2zs/UL8bG4EdfOI/AAAAAAAAAUg/WaBFocXa44A/s200/DilyanDamyanov.jpeg" width="174" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dilyan Damyanov</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
But <b>Paddi Clay</b>, <b>Dilyan Damyanov </b>(left), <b>Alison Gow</b>, <b>Laurice Taitz-Buntman</b> and <b>Steve Matthewson</b> will be the first ones to have pressed through to the end.<br />
<br />
<b>François Nel</b>, the programme's founding director, wanted to find out about just why they invested in the experience. Here's what <b>Dilyan Damyanov</b>, Editorial Director of Information Services at <a href="http://www.aiidatapro.com/" target="_blank">AII Data Processing</a> in Sofia, had to say:<br />
<br />
<i>The media landscape in Bulgaria is very different from the UK, why did you choose to enrol in the Journalism Leaders Programme?</i><br />
<br />
UCLan's Journalism Leaders programme was, and still is, one of a precious few academic programmes that teach strategic leadership in the ever changing media environment. Back when I enrolled, it was so novel and ahead of its time that there simply were no other options on the market, especially programmes that are flexible enough for a professional to be able to balance them with their work and social life. There is certainly nothing like it in my country and, to the best of my knowledge, it's a one-of-a-kind deal across Europe.<br />
<br />
<i>Unlike most academic courses, the JLP comprises a series of modules that can be taken in any order on a pay-as-you-go basis. What kept you coming back to Preston?</i><br />
<br />
I kept coming back to Preston for two reasons. One was the opportunities presented by the programme to build a network and learn not only as part of the scheduled academic activities but also on the sidelines of the modules, in a fun and engaging setting. The second reason was that the dedication and passion of everyone involved with organising and teaching this programme always meant I had access to relevant, up-to-date, useful information and tools. Thank you!<br />
<br />
<i>How would you summarise your JLP experience?</i><br />
<br />
The Journalism Leaders programme had a profound impact on how I see the media industry and how I approach strategic challenges. I met inspiring people, made great friends and had some of the most fun times of my life.<br />
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<li><i>Earlier we posted a conversation with <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mastering-leadership-conversation-with.html" target="_blank">Alison Gow</a>, editor of the Daily Post, and plan to post conversations with each of the other graduates over the coming weeks. </i></li>
<li><i>The first and only programme of its kind in the UK, the Journalism Leaders Programme continues to work with leading publishers from around the world, such as News International, to provide custom courses that help equip exceptional talent for leadership. For more information, contact François Nel at FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk .</i></li>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-38785842818519998882012-11-30T13:32:00.000+00:002012-12-03T11:43:05.744+00:00Mastering Leadership: A conversation with Daily Post editor Alison Gow Wednesday, 5 December 2013, is a milestone for the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a>.<br />
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It's been almost seven years since we welcomed the first cohort to Preston. Since then, we've engaged with hundreds of editors and senior journalists from around the world through a wide variety of activities - from non-academic workshops, conferences, seminars and training courses, to postgraduate certificates and diplomas.<br />
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But the five editors from Bulgaria, South Africa and the UK who earn their Master of Arts in Journalism Leadership awards next week, will be the first cohort who have pressed through to the end.<br />
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We wanted to find out about just why they invested in the experience. Here's what Alison Gow, editor of the Daily Post in North Wales, had to say:<br />
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<b>Traditionally, journalists have moved up the career ladder by learning all they can from the person on the rung above. Why did you choose to participate in the Journalism Leaders Programme?</b><br />
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I joined the Leaders Programme in 2007 under a Trinity Mirror initiative, along with 12 other colleagues from the regional editorial teams. The course made me ask myself a lot of hard questions about my perceptions of journalism, storytelling, audience, management and - not least - where I wanted to go in my career. I also emerged with a post-graduate qualification, but I really felt that I wanted to be pushed further in my thinking, so when <a href="http://www.twitter.com/francoisnel" target="_blank">François</a> [Nel, founding director of the programme] said there was an opportunity to continue, and work towards an MA, I knew I wanted to do it.<br />
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It's very easy to get complacent when you've been doing something for a long time. I like being out of my comfort zone and having what I might consider accepted norms challenged, but learning new things (including quite practical things, like financial planning) it also helped me frame and articulate my own ideas around Journalism. It was like having a tool-kit of practical and theoretical methods, and that has been invaluable.<br />
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<b>Balancing the demands of editing a newspaper with the academic activities - residential weeks in Preston and applied projects - could not have been easy. What kept you going? </b><br />
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Practically, there is a lot of support from tutors during the residential weeks and via distance learning, so that network was vital. I'm indebted to them all for their assistance. I also enjoyed a lot of the readings (less so the ones about budgeting...)<br />
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My course-mates were brilliant, funny and clever - I consider them my friends now, so that was a rewarding aspect. I also had great support from Alan Edmunds, my editor-in-chief while I was at Media Wales, who was unexpectedly cool with the idea of me heading off to Preston in work time to do academic 'stuff'.<br />
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But mostly I think what kept me going was that I enjoyed learning new things, sharing and getting feedback on ideas with likeminded people,learning from amazing guest lecturers, talking through industry disruption, innovation, people management - things that impact on us working in the Press every day.<br />
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<b> The Journalism Leaders Programme offers non-academic routes for those who just want to attend residential sessions, as well as an academic route with exit points at postgraduate certificate, post graduate diploma and Master of Arts levels. Why did you keep going to the end – including writing a research dissertation?</b><br />
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I went straight into local newspapers from school, aged 18, and my last qualification was the NCE. So although that was right for me then, I had reached the stage where I wanted to learn more. I would never have had the discipline to do it on my own, but I also wouldn't have wanted a career break to achieve a qualification - the Leaders Programme was the perfect fit. The MA gave me a goal to aim for, and focused my attention on investigating something that really mattered to me as an editor - namely, how was the role changing, and what was it becoming.<br />
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<b>How do you think your company benefitted from your participation?</b><br />
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Without the original leaders course I would never have specialised in digital journalism, and I think the knowledge, enthusiasm and - probably - blinkered fixation on online storytelling I gained as a result of that - benefited TM.<br />
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Although I self-funded my MA aspect of the course, TM continued to support me in practical ways, and the benefit for the company is, I think, that I am a more effective leader and manager as a result. My studies helped me gain a better understanding of Journalism, innovation, industry disruption, strategy - and practical things such as project management, financial planning and marketing. It sounds simplistic but I interviewed a lot of editors for my dissertation research and the overwhelming feedback from them was that they wanted and needed more training and development to do their jobs more effectively.<br />
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<b>What advice do you have for companies and individuals considering investing in further professional education?</b><br />
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It involves time, commitment, money and determination, but the rewards are immense.<br />
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I verbally signed up for the leaders course as I drove back from a job interview for an editorship - 2 weeks later I was in charge of my first newspaper and website, and on a study programme working towards an MA. It would have been easy to say I had too much on and back out, but there never is a good time, is there? If you feel it's important, you just have to jump.<br />
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Most of the people TM put forward for the first J-Leaders Programme back in 2007 have now significantly advanced their careers, either within the company or externally, and I don't think that's a coincidence.<br />
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<b>Can you summarise your JLP experience?</b><br />
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Rewarding, exhausting, challenging, essential, fun. I laughed a lot, learned a lot, made good friends and got to know all the good pubs in Preston. Plus next Wednesday I graduate - something I would have thought completely beyond my grasp as an 18-year-old trainee journalist. It's been life-changing.<br />
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<li><i>Also graduating with MA degrees will be Paddi Clay, Dilyan Damyanov, Steve Matthewson and Laurice Taitz-Buntman. We plan to post conversations with each of them over the coming weeks. </i></li>
<li>The first and only programme of its kind in the UK, the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders" target="_blank">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> continues to work with leading publishers from around the world, such as News International, to provide custom courses that help equip exceptional talent for leadership. For more information, contact François Nel at FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk . </li>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-60377202435012581532011-03-15T20:58:00.007+00:002011-04-04T13:36:45.842+01:00Spring 2011 Seminars and Workshops to focus on making, managing and monetizing data journalism projects<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>There was a time when the typical editor’s job was pretty straightforward: he or she had to ensure that, when the presses rolled at a pre-determined time every day, the newsroom had produced enough pre-planned stories of reasonable quality and variety on pre-determined themes to fill the pre-set space between the advertising. That’s certainly changed.<br />
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Today’s mainstream media managers are expected not only to be custodians of existing operations and to satisfy existing (often shrinking) audiences, but many are also expected to identify new opportunities to reach new users using new formats on new platforms in print, online and on mobile. Increasingly, editors are expected to innovators. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Journalism Leaders Programme</a>'s Spring 2011 seminar<b><i>, Managing Multimedia Project: delivering innovation in the Digital Age</i></b>, aims to help equip entrepreneurial managers meet that challenge.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Discussion leaders include a dynamic team of industry executives and senior academics: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><ul><li><strong>Tom Johnson</strong> works in the space where journalism and technology overlap. A former editor at the Scientific American, Tom is co-founder of the Institute for Analytic Journalism and professor emeritus at San Francisco State University. </li>
<li><strong>Mac McCarthy</strong> is a sought-after management development consultant and senior lecturer in the School of Sport, Leisure and The Outdoors. </li>
<li><strong>Katie Taylor</strong> has spent many years as a self-employed consultant specialising in enabling communication between different levels of staff, especially during times of radical change. She is now Senior Lecturer in Agile Software Development at UCLAN. </li>
<li><strong>Nicola Grout-Smith</strong> is a master teacher of business accounting and finance for non-specialists at the Lancashire Business School. </li>
<li><strong>Karla Geci</strong> is Strategic Partner Development for Facebook and former head of marketing for Bebo. Karla works with broadcasters, media companies and content owners who want to leverage the Facebook Platform to build social applications and experiences on their owned web properties and Facebook Pages. She will be speaking at the Digital Editors Network meeting, which is part of the week's schedule. </li>
<li><strong>Jack Riley</strong> is Head of Digital Audience & Content Development for The Independent , the i paper and the Evening Standard. Jack will be speaking at the Digital Editors Network meeting, which is part of the week's activities. <br />
<strong>François Nel</strong> is a digital media specialist and the founding director of the Journalism Leaders Programme.</li>
</ul></div><div class="MsoNormal">For more information about the seminar, which runs from 23<sup>rd</sup> to 27<sup>th</sup> May 2011 in Preston and forms key part of the academic module JN4055, please<b> <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/75320055/JLP-Spring-2011-Seminar-Managing-Multimedia-Projects---delivering-innovation-in-the-Digital-Age">download the flyer here</a></b>. To participate in the seminar only, please complete this <strong>enrolment </strong><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/73826731/JLP-Seminar-Registration-Form"><strong>form</strong></a>. To find out more about how your participation can help you earn academic credit towards a postgraduate certificate, diploma or MA degree, please see the programme <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">website </a>and contact the programme director <b>François Nel </b>at FPNel @ uclan.ac.uk .</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Note: This Spring the Journalism Leaders Programme and Vision+Media are sponsoring the <a href="http://digitaleditorsnetwork.blogspot.com/">Digital Editors Network</a>’s two-day data journalism workshop lead by Tom Johnson of the Institute for Analytical Journalism. More information about #djcamp2011 on 19<sup>th</sup> to 20<sup>th</sup> May in Manchester is available <a href="http://digitaleditorsnetwork.blogspot.com/">here</a>. </i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-57911769550757385472010-12-15T11:51:00.003+00:002010-12-16T11:25:47.682+00:00Research findings: Innovation at the top of the agenda for news executives worldwide<div style="font-family: inherit;">When almost 500 newspaper owners, publishers, editors-in-chief and senior commercial managers take the time answer 21 detailed questions about the issues that face their businesses today and their plans for the future, the results are bound to be fascinating. But I believe they're also important - and give cause for optimism about the future of the industry. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">ç</span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">ois</span> Nel </b>has been conducting in collaboration with <b>Martha Stone</b> at the World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and <b>Erik Wilberg</b> of the Norwegian Management School, is the largest and most comprehensive study of its type. Nel says the findings clearly show three key points:</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><ol><li><div><b>The impact of the global economy recession is easing</b>. No, we're not out of the woods yet. Far from it. But a third fewer publishers (18.5 % in 2010 vs 28% in 2009) reported severe revenue declines – that is more 20 per cent. Declining print advertising revenue was the biggest driver of overall revenue decline, with more than 80% of the respondents saying they lost between 1% and more than 20% of their print ad revenue, with the most pronounced declines happening in Northern Europe and North America regions. Meanwhile online advertising revenue and content revenue did not take the same hit as print revenues, with half of the respondents reporting growth, many reporting no change, and a handful, less than one-quarter, reporting <span style="font-size: 12pt;">a decline in the last fiscal year. </span></div><br />
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<li><div><b>Advertising-supported print products are no longer enough. </b>The vast the vast majority of the world's news publishers recognise their traditional revenue sources of print advertising and newspaper subscriptions will no longer provide the financial returns of years past and, in response, the publishers are making it a top priority to diversify their revenue streams and to development new products and new channels.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/TQiLg6XFIxI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wbevr7br280/s1600/WNFCS2010-Channels.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/TQiLg6XFIxI/AAAAAAAAAQg/wbevr7br280/s320/WNFCS2010-Channels.JPG" width="228" /></a></b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><i>Publishers are bullish about mobile.</i></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b> Innovation - and mobile - are keys to future success.</b> One question summed up the publishers’ collective desire for the future of their business, and that is, new business growth. Respondents in both 2009 and 2010 spoke loudly and clearly: the way forward is through investment in new product development for new revenues. We consider this to be one of the most important findings of the study</span>. Other clear investments for newspaper companies were marketing and branding for newspapers, increased audience research and investment in customer relationship management. In 2009, investment in new product development was followed by marketing and branding for the newspaper, increased audience research, investment in customer relationship management and investment in editorial technologies. This year, investment in new product development was followed by marketing and branding for the newspaper, and then "mobile platforms." When asked, “Please consider which of the following platforms could be opportunities for your organisation over the next three years,” the top choices were mobile phones (58%), followed by Websites (54%) and then e-readers, such as Kindle and iPad (53%.). Clearly the emerging importance of mobile is an important take-away from this year’s study and, of course, we’ll be investigating this in some greater depth in 2011. </span> </li>
</ol>Innovation and growth targets might be set in the boardroom, but they're enacted by those in the newsrooms and backroom offices. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Helping build the capacity of those charged with making the future of news happen remains the focus of the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> which, after having the winds taken out of our sales somewhat by the global economic recession, is once-again accepting applications for our innovative executive development courses that will run from after Easter 2011. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">A <b>free summary </b>of the study is available for download on the WAN-IFRA <a href="http://www.wan-press.org/article18740.html">site</a>. And, of course, <span style="font-family: inherit;">Fran</span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-GB</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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Australasians rate 'em even more resistant than printers & admin</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SxrnFlyHc7I/AAAAAAAAAQM/FZUajC1jiQQ/s1600-h/Tweet2-WNFCS09.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 61px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411891985466749874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SxrnFlyHc7I/AAAAAAAAAQM/FZUajC1jiQQ/s200/Tweet2-WNFCS09.JPG" /></a>#waninindia09 WNF&C Study: 84% say need 2 maintain or increase media & leadership training, while 1.8% will cut that & 7.3% don't invest</span></p></span><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The study, conducted in collaboration with colleages at the World Association of Newspapers & News Publishers and the Norwegian School of Management, will also be reported in an upcoming Shaping of the Future of the Newspaper report. And, of course, the respondents who chose to add their contact details will be receiving a copy. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;">The next study will be completed in time for the 63rd Congress in Lebanon in June 2010. </span></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-35458859444902617312009-10-11T14:59:00.008+01:002009-12-23T09:14:50.896+00:00New study to look at what laid-off UK journalists do next<p>We've all seen the <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/534780.php">grim headlines</a>.</p><p>These are bruising times for the newspaper industry in the UK and elsewhere. And, as cash-strapped companies scramble to drive down expenses while they scurry to find ways news revenue streams to make-up for the loss in advertising and tumbling circulations, hundreds of journalists' jobs have been lost in the fray.</p><p>Are you one of the journalists who has been laid off? Or did you leap when redundancy packages were being offered?</p><p>If so, please take a few minutes to help out researchers from the University of Central Lancashire who are working with the team at <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/">Journalism.co.uk</a> to survey UK newspaper journalists who have been laid off, or who leapt.</p><p>We want to know how about your experiences of being laid off and how you have adapted in your personal and professional life since leaving the newspaper. We're also considering the gap in knowledge and experience you have left behind. </p><p>The survey, which draws on work by <a href="http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/03/five_year_study_hopes_to_disco.php">colleagues in the US</a>, is voluntary and confidential. Results cannot be attributed to a specific individual unless the individual chooses to reveal himself or herself. You also can refuse to answer any question. The survey will take 10 to 15 minutes to complete.</p><p>If you would like to <strong>take part in the study, please </strong><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=L8PXLnxy_2bafyBYLo30GZjA_3d_3d"><strong>click here </strong></a><strong>. </strong></p><p><strong>If you'd like a copy of the survey results</strong>, just add your contact details at the end and <strong>we'll send the report to you</strong>. </p><div style="WIDTH: 600px" class="dipity_embed"><iframe style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid" height="300" src="http://www.dipity.com/Journalismcouk/personal/embed_tl?" width="425"></iframe><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><a href="http://www.dipity.com/Journalismcouk/personal">Laura O.</a> on <a href="http://www.dipity.com/">Dipity</a>.</p></div><br /><p>Got questions or comments? Please contact me, François Nel, at FPNel @ uclan . ac . uk</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-61507360889430650832009-03-17T14:54:00.021+00:002009-04-08T16:11:53.125+01:00Spring Seminar & Study Visit: Innovation in the Digital MarketplaceDespite what the critics say, there is a great deal of invention going on in most newsrooms.<br /><br />New technology is enabling new ways of building stories that aim to meet the expectations of an audience that is increasingly, if not yet solely, online.<br /><br />But while invention is essential if the mainstream media is to survive in an increasingly competitive landscape, it isn’t enough.<br /><br />As the Pew Research Centre's latest <a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1151/state-of-the-news-media-2009">report </a>on the state of American journalism points out:<br /><blockquote><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The n</span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">ews industry does not know -- and has done less than it could to learn -- how to convert this more active online audience into revenue</span></blockquote>What is required, then, is <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">innovation </span>which has two parts: (1) the generation of an idea or invention, and (2) the conversion of that invention into a business.<br /><br />That will be the key focus of the Spring 2009 seminar, <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Innovation and the Market: Understanding Users, Delivering Value, Growing Revenue</span></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</span><br /><br />Lead by <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Jeanne Hill</span>, an international marketing and adverting expert and Principal Lecturer at the Lancashire Business School, the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">five-day seminar from 11-15 May 2009 plays out in Preston, Liverpool and Manchester</span> and is offered in collaboration with the Experian market intelligence company Hitwise.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/2009/02/05/welcome-to-our-new-newsroom-92534-22958251/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319000727127764978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 211px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SdDi-uR-r_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/xf3aLURzYsc/s200/LiverpoolCoverItLive-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Included in the programme is a study visit and applied workshop in Trinity Mirror’s recently integrated Northwest & North Wales newsroom in Liverpool. Facilitated by the Leaders programme director <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Francois Nel</span>, participants will work with Hitwise <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/robin-goad/">Robin Goad</a> </span>and TM executives <a href="http://headlinesanddedlines.blogspot.com/"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Alison Gow</span></a> and <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Mark Dickinson</span> to test-drive the Newspaper Next 2.0 approach to identifying opportunities that create value for customers – and generate revenue for the organisations.<br /><br />The value-packed programme also provides a chance to participate in:<br /><ul><li><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://digitaleditorsnetowork.blogspot.com/">Digital Editors Network </a>Spring meeting, which features <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Goad</span>, <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/">Patrick Altoft</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span>and <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.twitter.com/nickincumbria">Nick Turner</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</span><br /></li><li><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://journalismleadersforum.blogspot.com/">12th Journalism Leaders Forum</a> & networking reception, which will mark the opening of an exhibition on the history of journalism in Preston, home to <st1:country-region summit="" technologies="" social="">England's oldest <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/journalism_media_communication/index.php">journalism</a> cou</st1:country-region><st1:country-region summit="" technologies="" social="">rse.</st1:country-region></li><li><st1:country-region summit="" technologies="" social="">Key sessions of the <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.socialtechsummit.org/">Social Technologies Summit 2009</a></st1:country-region></li></ul><st1:country-region summit="" technologies="" social=""><br />For more information on the seminar and to register, see the <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5059409/JLP-Spring-Seminar-2009-Innovastion-and-the-Market">downloabable flyer</a> and <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4999134/JLP-Seminar-Registration-Form">registration form</a> on the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Journalism Leaders Programme</span> <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">website </a>or email <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.blogger.com/FPNel@uclan.ac.uk">Francois Nel.</a><br /><br /></st1:country-region><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://breeze01.uclan.ac.uk/p85951664/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319004049992298690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SdDmAI6nsMI/AAAAAAAAAOk/LeYqFqXUbEI/s200/KENOxley-Video.jpg" border="0" /></a><st1:country-region summit="" technologies="" social=""><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Notes: For feedback on previous previous seminars also see <a href="http://breeze01.uclan.ac.uk/p85951664/">this short video interview with Ken Oxley</a>, deputy editor of the Sunday Sun (Newcastle).</span></st1:country-region><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br />Seminar participation is limited to 15.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-46541161189514062532009-01-16T16:15:00.004+00:002009-01-19T09:49:23.337+00:00Winter Seminar & study visit: Is this the UK's most radically-transformed news operation?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SXRLiwCNf7I/AAAAAAAAAJw/kiCGX2cyE4c/s1600-h/BHham-Newsroom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SXRLiwCNf7I/AAAAAAAAAJw/kiCGX2cyE4c/s200/BHham-Newsroom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292938522448986034" border="0" /></a>Trinity Mirror, has radically restructured their Birmingham newsroom and now not only integrate the print and digital operations of three newspaper titles – but have also cut the production process from five to three steps.<br /><br />Neil Benson, Editorial Director for TM's <a href="http://www.trinitymirror.com/brands/regionals/">regionals </a>division, <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2008/10/turning_the_newsroom_on_its_head_intervi.php">spoke to the EditorsWeblog</a> about the initiative and we’ll be taking a closer look - and also visit the newsroom - as part of our <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders/JPLSeminar.pdf">Winter seminar</a>, 2-6th February 2009.<br /><br />For more details and information about enrolling for 'Multimedia Content: making it, managing it, mobilizing it', see our <a href="http://www.ukjouranlism.org/jleaders">website</a>.<br /><br />Additions to the great line up of presenters are: Mark Skipworth, Executive Editor of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph in London, Robert Peston, the BBC’s Business Editor, and Eric Ulken, until recently the Online Editor for the LA Times.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-87561678686414034472008-08-13T13:52:00.012+01:002009-01-29T12:01:16.759+00:00Autumn Seminar - Are your newsroom decision-makers equipped for the demands they face?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders/seminars/JLP-NewsroomLeadership6-10Oct2008.pdf"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233988924463953378" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/SKLdMikAteI/AAAAAAAAAFw/ap-6Jmcwlzg/s200/JLP-Seminar-Oct2008.JPG" border="0" /></a>Of this there’s little doubt: today’s newsroom decision-makers face unprecedented demands.<br /><br />Against the backdrop of a general economic slump, traditional media managers are compelled to adapt their operations to meet shifts in customer expectations driven along by constant changes in technology, which also embolden new and existing competitors.<br /><br />The result: There has never been a greater need for motivated leaders with a thorough knowledge of the opportunities of the digital age, as well as the capacity - and confidence - to mobilise creative teams and deliver results.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The five-day 'Newsroom Leadership in the Digital Age', which runs from 6-10 October 2008, aims to give participants the tools they need to address the key issues facing newspapers that operate in today's competitive, technologically-advanced environment.</span><br /><br />Our international team of resident and visiting tutors - including Julie Martin, the Evening Gazette editor behind the multiple <a href="http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/10/05/gazettelive-beats-the-nationals-for-double-success-84229-19901725/">award-winning GazetteLive.co.uk</a> site, scholars and master teachers - will help participants build the advanced knowledge and skills.<br /><br />The programme will also include the 10th Journalism Leaders Forum and networking reception, scheduled for 7th October on the theme: <a href="http://journalismleadersforum.blogspot.com/2008/08/suggestions-welcomed-constituting-panel.html">“Hard Lessons: What are the tough times teaching media decision-makers about the way forward?”</a><br /><br />Participants in the Preston seminar, which also includes a series of practical digital skill master classes, will also have the option of earning academic credit and working towards a university award.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To get more information on the 'Newsroom Leadership in the Digital Age' seminar and to apply before <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through">30 August</span> 12 September, please visit our <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders.">website</a>. </span><br /><br />If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please don't hesitate to the programme director François Nel at FPNel @ uclan. ac. uk.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-7009627694525827562008-05-07T14:55:00.015+01:002008-05-08T22:34:28.868+01:00At a glance, 2008 Newsroom Barometer indicates editors may agree with market analysts on pathway to successFor news executives scrambling to respond to the pressures on audience numbers and revenues, the findings of the 2008 Newsroom Barometer should be encouraging – or alarming. At first glance, editors seem to agree with analysts that future growth depends on investment.<br /><br />For editors, the top concerns were people. In the survey, 35% said training journalists in new media skills would be their top priority if they were given resources to invest in editorial quality. The second most common concern was recruiting more journalists, which was chosen by 31 % of editors.<br /><br />Of course, future success will not come about simply because more journalists are making more stuff, because value doesn’t simply depend on quality or even the availability. It <em>also </em>depends on scarcity.<br /><br />Consider this example from the headline news: Clean water is important, but where it’s plentiful, it’s not considered very valuable. But, as the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7387037.stm">aid workers in Burma will tell you</a>, the cyclone has left large swathes of the country under water – salt water – and clean drinking water is scarce and, therefore, very valuable indeed. Not surprisingly, much of the energy and relief money will be spend on just that.<br /><br />Determining what is scarce in the news and information marketplace – and therefore, potentially, valuable is the first step towards growth for the industry. And that takes investment not only in growing skills of the journalists, but in the building the knowledge of those who manage the business and lead the teams.<br /><br />Of course, the Newsroom Barometer question was hypothetical (editors where asked what they would do if … ) . Between the newsroom and the market are the business managers. And, for many of them, margins are still all.<br /><br />But, as Deutche Bank analyst Paul Ginocchio <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.com/2008/04/investing-in-news-media-aint-for.html">said recently </a>publishers make a mistake by thinking that the market cares more about margins than profit growth. "I think the market knows now that you can’t cut your way to profitability…It’s not a cost issue, it’s a revenue issue. Growth takes investment." Strategic investment (<a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.com/2007/03/dive-into-digital-exposes-need-for-new.html">I've argued before</a>) should prioritise building the knowledge required to <strong>make better, faster decisions</strong>, along with the skills & technologies to do things better, faster. <br /><br />The global survey gathered the answers of 713 editors and senior news executives from 120 countries, and was conducted online in March 2008 by Zogby International and commissioned by the<a href="http://www.wan-wef.org/"> World Editors Forum </a>and Reuters.<br /><br />Other highlights:<br /><br />- 86% believe integrated print and online newsrooms will become the norm, and 83% believe journalists will be expected to be able to produce content for all media within five years.<br /><br />- Two-thirds believe some editorial functions will be outsourced, despite frequent newsroom opposition to the practice.<br /><br />- The largest group – 44% – believe on-line will be the most common platform for reading news in the future, compared with 41% last year, while 31% cited print (down from 35%last year), 12% mobile and 7% e-paper. The rest were unsure.<br /><br />Also see: Reports by the <a href="http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2008/05/1_newsroom_barometer_2008_main_results_t.php">Editors Weblog</a> , <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/531528.php">Journalism.co.uk </a>, the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/06/pressandpublishing2">Guardian</a>, <a href="http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/080507newspapersurvey.shtml">Hold the Front Page</a> , <a href="http://www.geek.com/newsroom-barometer-2008-results-suggest-future-of-free-news/">The Geek</a> and <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Reuters (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=46769">video</a>)</span>.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-85153853108945666462008-04-25T14:41:00.005+01:002008-04-25T18:39:49.875+01:00Investing in the news media ain't for sissiesThe news business ain’t for sissies.<br /><br />‘It was always so,’ I can hear the hacks (and former hacks) mutter. Indeed. But these days it doesn’t only take guts to make it in the newsroom, it also takes nerve to be in the boardroom – and on the trading floor.<br /><br />Technological changes and challenges that have been rocking the newspaper industry and reshaping its culture for a decade and more have combined with increasingly dire financial prognoses. In the United States, an industry whose health has been declining for years got sicker still in 2007, with circulation, advertising revenues, and profit margins all falling – and, in a spreading number of markets, taking staff size down with them; one newsroom executive ordered to plan another round of cuts described the situation as “<a href="http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/narrative_newspapers_intro.php?media=4">past bleeding – we’re into amputation now</a>”.<br /><br />In Britain, the picture hasn’t been that gloomy – until recently. Consider, for example, that in 2006 profits still <a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=36981">flowed like ink</a> at regional newspaper giant Johnston Press, long considered the best performing amongst its peers. The picture looked <a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40487">rather different</a> in 2007 and, given the general economic gloom, the forecast for 2008 <a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40576">isn’t any better</a>.<br /><br />Perhaps it’s not surprising that analysts at Deutche Bank and elsewhere are yelling ‘sell’ and the share prices for news media companies seem to have gone into freefall. Share prices for Johnston ( <a href="http://www.citywire.co.uk/personal/share-prices-and-performance/share-factsheet.aspx?InstrumentID=1860">JPR</a> ), Trinity Mirror (<a href="http://www.citywire.co.uk/personal/share-prices-and-performance/share-factsheet.aspx?InstrumentID=3200">TNI</a> ) and Daily Mail & General Trust, which includes Northcliffe Media ( <a href="http://www.citywire.co.uk/personal/share-prices-and-performance/share-factsheet.aspx?InstrumentID=872">DMGT</a> ), have more-or-less halved over the past year. And things aren’t much better for the largest regional news group in the UK, Newsquest, owned by US-based Gannett, whose share price (<a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=84662&p=irol-stockquote">GCI</a>) closed at $27,.93 yesterday (24/04/08), down from $56.73 exactly a year ago.<br /><br />So, what’s going wrong? And, perhaps more critically, what can we do about it?<br /><br />That’s the focus of the 9th <a href="http://journalismleadersforum.blogspot.com/">Journalism Leaders Forum</a> on 29 April and a theme I’ll continue to explore this summer, thanks to some funding from the <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/host/nexus/">Centre for Research-Informed Teaching</a> at the <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/">University of Central Lancashire</a> where I <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">work</a>.<br /><br />The issue is complex and answers aren’t likely to be simple (<em>and comments, suggestions would be very much appreciated</em>). Yes, the much-discussed trio of changes in technology, economy and demographics have indeed played a part. But I’d suggest that, as the folks at AA will tell you, the first step to recovery is looking in the mirror and ‘fessing up.<br /><br />Sam Zell, the US real estate magnate who bought the Tribune Company and took it private late last year, thinks that too.<br /><br />Speaking at an Inland Press Association meeting (reported by Martha Stone in the <a href="http://www.futureofthenewspaper.com/">Shaping the Future of the Newspaper report 7.3</a>), Zell said, “I think the newspaper industry has stood there and watched while other media enterprises have taken our bacon and run with it...It’s too much complacency… [The industry has been] standing there and letting this happen while Rome is burning.”<br /><br />Of course, that’s not entirely true. Some folks have fiddled a bit (see Mark Andressen’s <a href="http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/02/inaugurating-th.html">NYT ‘Deathwatch’</a> ), but others (most notably companies outside of the US, such as <a href="http://journalismleaders.blogspot.com/2005/11/lessons-from-front-convergence-at.html">Nordjyke Medier</a> in Denmark) got cracking and are coining it.<br /><br />Deutche Bank senior analyst Paul Ginnocchio suggests that is't not only about what media executives are doing that is a problem - there's also things they should STOP doing. When Martha Stone asked him, "What are some of the most common mistakes publishers make that diminish their business in the eyes of analysts?," he replied:<br /><br />"It's focus more on margins than revenue growth.<br /><br />For a long time they thought Wall Street was focussed on margins. But Wall Street cares about profit growth, not margin expansion. I think the market know now that you can't cut your way to profitability. It's not a cost issue, it's a revenue issue.<br /><br /><em>Growth takes investment. </em>[emphasis added]<em>"</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=40565">Investing </a>in the news media during a <a href="http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/wire/1774">downturn</a>! Now that certainly aint' a job for sissies.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-63048313691324477552008-03-14T12:52:00.005+00:002008-08-27T16:30:36.508+01:00Key Journalism Leaders Programme Dates for 2008-9The 2008-9 academic year is already shaping up to be a busy one for the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Journalism Leaders Programme </a>team.<br /><br />Along with reviewing applications to our postgraduate courses (certificate, diploma and MA), we're also scheduling a raft of bespoke training solutions for media companies in Europe and further afield. And, yes, we're also planning more open events, including the 10th <a href="http://journalismleadersforum.blogspot.com/">Journalism Leaders Forum,</a> which is slated for 14th October 2008. Some other key dates are below.<br /><br />Of course, if you'd like more information about any of <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/">our </a>activities, don't hesitate to get in touch with the programme director François Nel at FPNel @ uclan . ac . uk.<br /><br /><strong>KEY DATES for 2008-9 </strong><br /><em>Applications for academic courses are now being reviewed.</em><br /><br />AUTUMN<br /><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through">9 </span>12 September - Deadline for Late Enrolment<br />22 Sept-28 Nov - Autumn Block<br /><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through">13-17</span> 6-10 October - Autumn Residential in Preston<br /><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through">14</span> 7 October - 10th Journalism Leaders Forum<br />& <a href="http://digitaleditorsnetwork.blogspot.com/">Digital Editors Network</a> workshops<br /><br /><br />WINTER<br />12 Jan-20 March - Winter Block<br />2-6 Feb - Winter Residential in Preston<br />3 Feb - 11th Journalism Leaders Forum &<br />Digital Editors Network<br /><br /><br />SPRING<br />20 April- 26 June - Spring Block<br />11-15 May - Spring Residential in Preston<br />12 May - 12th Journalism Leaders Forum &<br />Digital Editors Network workshops<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-7041517399245902792007-09-20T13:40:00.000+01:002007-09-20T13:50:04.119+01:00New editorial leadership programme for Trinity Mirror<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/RvJqdJhBrsI/AAAAAAAAADc/WzpQrbBLQH0/s1600-h/Neil_Benson1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112265576022126274" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NvxFrP5ZV9g/RvJqdJhBrsI/AAAAAAAAADc/WzpQrbBLQH0/s200/Neil_Benson1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Trinity Mirror Regional have chosen our <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Journalism Leaders Programme</a> to spearhead their editorial leadership training and development over the next year. The tailored TM Editorial Leaders Programme will replace Today's Editor, their in-house course for senior editorial staff. <p>In an interview with the <a href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=38888&c=1">Press Gazette</a> Neil Benson, TM Regionals editorial director (right), said, "We are delighted to be teaming up with UCLan, who have an excellent pedigree and a highly innovative and interactive approach."<br /><br />More in the UK trade press at <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/530574.php">Journalism.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2007/09sep/070920ucl.shtml">Hold the Front Page.</a> </p><p>Together with the editorial development work we do for Johnston Press, <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/">we </a>now provide key digital training and direction for the two largest regional newspaper groups in the UK. Other partners include the Guardian Media Group, Cumbria Newspapers and Johnnic Communication in South Africa. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-67114254336717694342007-03-20T13:43:00.004+00:002012-12-17T11:13:32.113+00:00Dive into digital exposes need for modern skills<span lang="EN-GB"><i>This piece first appeared in the Press Gazette's journalism training supplement:</i></span><br />
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NEL, FRANÇOIS (2006) “Dive into digital exposes need for modern skills” <i>Press Gazette</i>, Journalism Training 2006, pp.12-14, 27 October 2006.</div>
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Once suspicious, even hostile towards the Internet, most mainstream media groups are now diving into digital. But it’s not only the industry attitude towards technology that is getting a rethink. Demand for new skills and fresh approaches have news organisations reconsidering their stance on staff development, too. </div>
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Time was when a reporter with aspirations for the top job was expected to pick up most, if not all, that was required for promotion by being resourceful and imitating those further up the ladder. In a pinch, a working hack would be sent off for few days to pick up this or that new production skill. Or, perhaps, to brush up on the latest in media law. </div>
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“There is no tradition of mid-career training in British print journalism,” Prof Hugh Stephenson of City University noted in his 2003 report for the European Journalism Centre. “Indeed, the national newspapers have in the past not been involved in serious journalism training of any kind, relying instead on being able to recruit experienced journalists from regional newspapers.” </div>
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Thus it was that editors were apprenticed and, once appointed, seldom entertained hints that there might be more to learn – especially not from outside the fraternity. While most industries came to see investment in staff development as a norm, turning MBAs into a must-have for executives and phrases such as ‘our people are our most important asset’ into clichés, journalism relied on a cliché of its own - the School of Hard Knocks. </div>
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The result: “The journalism side of media organisations are managed by people with less formal training for the task that they are expected to perform than would be found in any other comparable activity,” said Stephenson. His observations were confirmed in a study of 148 senior newsroom staff that University of Central Lancashire colleagues and I conducted last year: a small minority of respondents - four per cent – reported having any formal postgraduate qualification in management and more than 40 percent said they had had no management training at all. Indications are that is changing. </div>
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Yes, editors still like to reminisce about the days when reading newspapers was a national habit and profits flowed like ink. And, yes, some still lament the oft-repeated trio of demographic, economic and technological forces that is pushing down circulations and endangering newspapers as a vehicle for journalism. </div>
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But increasingly editors also appreciate that fending off profit-hungry investors by focussing with efficiencies - slashing expenses and firing staff – has limits. Even if they haven’t read Philip Meyer’s book, “The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Digital Age,” many have heard of the University of North Carolina professor’s calculation that, at the current rate of decline, the last American newspaper reader will recycle his final paper copy in April 2040. Even those who dismiss Meyer’s premise as fear-mongering have a niggling sense that where there is smoke, there may just be fire. </div>
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Many news executives now also concede (in private, if not in public) to what Tim Porter, the associate director of the Knight Foundation-sponsored project, Tomorrow’s Workforce, calls the “unpleasant truth”: journalists - and their managers – need to share responsibility for the decline in readership and relevance of newspapers. </div>
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Writing in a recent edition of the Harvard University Nieman Reports, Porter doesn’t mince his words: “Risk-averse newsrooms have spent several decades with their collective heads in the ink barrel, ignoring the changing society around them, refusing to embrace new technologies, and defensively adhering to both a rigid internal hierarchy and an inflexible definition of “news” that produces a stenographic form of journalism, one that has stood still, frozen by homage to tradition, while the world has moved on.” </div>
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'Risk-averse newsrooms have spent several decades with their collective heads in the ink barrel'</div>
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Having raised their heads and come clean, media executives are now primed for change. The Big Question: “Where to from here?” Alert to the knowledge cul-de-sacs in their own organisations, they’ve gone looking for answers - and talent – elsewhere. Some have raided from old rivals - the Telegraph lured their new media director Annelies van den Belt from News International; others have hunted further afield - Johnston Press found their digital director Alex Green at the Virgin Group. </div>
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Parachuting in key expertise to help develop strategy is understandable, often essential. But it is only a part solution. The key challenge facing the industry is not simply the ability to conjure up a new multimedia formula to replace the old print ones. It’s not even to update the technologies and adapt to new work practices. It is changing the newsroom mindset. Just ask Ulrik Haagerup. </div>
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The editor-in-chief of the Nordjsyke Medier in Denmark, Haagerup was a key player in the unremarkable regional newspaper group’s transformation into a world leader of media convergence. From a single newsroom, Nordjyske Medier now tell news stories through a website, a radio station, television channel, digital notice boards, mobile phone alerts, a free commuter paper and, yes, a daily newspaper. And they’re doing it with the same number of editorial staff – and mostly the same people – that they had to start off with. In the process, they’ve reversed declining market share, re-energised the workforce, and advertising revenues are up 33 per cent from 2002 to 2005. </div>
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Not surprisingly, Haagerup and other NM colleagues are in wide demand internationally as speakers and their newsroom has seen a steady march of visitors – foreign newspaper bosses and academics (including our team at UCLan) keen to see how the Scandinavians have done it. </div>
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Some, like the Daily Telegraph, are said to have used NM’s hub-and-spoke newsroom as a blueprint for the design of their own new offices. Though it’s still way too early to judge - especially from the outside – reports suggest that the Telegraph’s implementation is especially, perhaps even needlessly, messy. Writing in the Media Guardian, former Daily Telegraph foreign correspondent and recent Harvard Business School graduate Philip Delves Broughton put it down to one thing: internal mismanagement. If that is true, it would not be surprising. And it would confirm the relevance of the advice Haagerup repeats like a mantra when asked about the key to his organisation’s success: “This is about people, it’s not about technology, it’s not about organisational charts, it’s not about money - it’s about people.” And, for that reason, staff development - ongoing and comprehensive – is non negotiable, says Haagerup. </div>
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Perhaps it’s not surprising that Haagerup is bullish about learning; after all, five years after completing his undergraduate degree in journalism he headed off to spend a year at Stanford Business School. However, it would be wrong to dismiss his comments as opinion grounded in the experiences of a single, exceptional individual. Amongst Danish journalists, Haagerup’s attitude and even his educational background is not unique. </div>
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Unlike in the UK, there has been long and strong tradition of staff development in Denmark following a 1979 agreement between the Danish Newspaper Publishers Association and the Danish Journalists Union that all journalists should have one week’s paid training leave a year, which may be accumulated for up to six years.</div>
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Yes, the British experience is very different. But the investment by Johnston Press, Cumbrian Newspapers and the Guardian Media Group in courses such as those offered by the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Journalism Leaders Programme </a>is one indication things are changing. News organisations have come to realise that to survive in this era of heady change and intense competition, investment in talent is essential. Those that aim to thrive are training their journalists. They are developing their managers. They are learning as institutions. Together they are discovering that change is a thrilling phenomenon – and learning is the oxygen for growth.</div>
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<i>- For more from Tim Porter see this<a href="http://breeze01.uclan.ac.uk/p66892234/"> recording </a>of the 4th Journalism Leaders Forum. There's a short and powerful interview with Ulrik Haagerup and colleagues <a href="http://dolphins.uclan.ac.uk:8080/">here</a>.<br />
- To join in the 6th Jounalism Leaders Forum on 15 May 2007 <a href="http://journalismleadersforum.blogspot.com/">see the latest details</a>.<br />
- To join the recently-established Digital Editors' Network, get hold of the initiator Nick Turner of Cumbrian Newspaper via the <a href="http://digitaleditorsnetwork.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.<br />
- If you, like The Indepedent editor Simon Kelner or The Sun managing editor Graham Dudman, you graduated from a journalism programme at Preston, link into our <a href="http://www.uclan.ac.uk/home/alumni/index.htm">alumni network </a>and you'll get information about the series of special events planned to mark our 45th anniversay over the course of the 2007-8 academic year. Yes, we've been leading journalism education in England since 1962.</i></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-1156162102679044272006-08-21T12:54:00.000+01:002006-08-21T13:52:51.420+01:00Discuss the challenges of leading innovation with 'the most powerful figure in Britain's regional newspaper industry'<em>The Independent's</em> Raymond Snoddy wrote this today on Johnston Press chief executive Tim Bowdler:<br /><blockquote><p>The most powerful figure in Britain's £3bn regional newspaper industry is neither the flaxen-haired Sly Bailey of Trinity Mirror nor the curly-topped ruler of the Harmsworth press dynasty, Viscount Rothermere, but an engineer with a track record in companies that make everything from ball bearings to milk floats.... </p><p>In this age of ever-increasing competition from the electronic media, Johnston, a company whose origins go back to a Falkirk printing business in 1767, still delivers hefty profit margins to its shareholders of about 35 per cent...</p></blockquote><br /><p></p><p>Snoddy’s <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1220592.ece">profile of Bowdler </a>also includes a discussion about the Johnston’s strategic partnership with the Department of Journalism in Preston, which is the hub of the company's digital innovation.<br /><br /><strong>To hear more from Bowdler on the challenges of leading journalism in an digital age, join the next </strong><strong><a href="http://ukjournalism.co.uk/jleaders/forum/index.htm">Journalism Leaders Forum</a> on October 17th. Why don't you <a href="http://journalismleadersforum.blogspot.com">join the free global discussion in person or online</a>? </strong></p><p>The open forum is scheduled as part of the autumn residential week activities for participants in the Journalism Leaders Programme courses. Applications for The <em>Principles of Journalism Leadership: Strategies for a Digital Age</em>, which is being offered this autumn, are still being accepted. <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Visit the programme website </a>or contact the director, François Nel at leaders[at]ukjournalism.org for more details. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-1151591044944452292006-06-29T15:14:00.000+01:002006-06-29T15:27:45.030+01:00Journalism Leaders team help Johnston Press (UK) move to multimedia<p>In a presentation to the City yesterday, Johnston Press (UK) <a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story1914.shtml">went public </a>about their efforts to convert 70 traditional newsrooms into multimedia operations, starting with the Lancashire Evening Post in Preston.<br /><br />Their key partner? The <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org">Department of Journalism </a>team at UCLan.<br /><br />Department head Mike Ward, author of <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/research/index.htm">Journalism Online </a>and an initiator of the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">Journalism Leaders Programme</a>, coordinated the team who advised on Johnston's strategy and helped refine the planning for implementation – and who continue to provide management and <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/news/story/291.htm">skills training</a>. </p><p>Research in this area also continues with the Johnston Press <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/research/online.htm">Chair in Digital Journalism Development </a>(described by Les Hinton, executive chairman of News International and a Johnston Press director, as <a href="http://www.societyofeditors.co.uk/speeches/conference_speeches_oct16_700pm.html">"one the most sensible corporate investments I have seen for a long time."</a>)<br /><br />Others worldwide who also want to build the capacity - and confidence - to lead journalism in a digital age can participate in our flexible and highly-rated Journalism Leaders Programme, which is currently accepting applications for the next block. More details are available on our <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders">website </a>. </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422017.post-1140630750047971242006-02-22T17:41:00.000+00:002012-11-30T12:41:55.362+00:00First Journalism Leaders Programme residential gets enthusiastic 'thumbs up'The verdict was unanimous: The first residential week of the new Journalism Leaders Programme was a great success.<br />
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<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2626/1110/1600/JLPGroupWinter2006A.0.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="128" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2626/1110/320/JLPGroupWinter2006A.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 124px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 292px;" width="308" /></a>An analysis of questionnaires to participants- who joined the professional development course from news organisations in Africa, Asia and Europe - shows that everyone was ‘very satisfied’ or ‘satisfied’ with the overall experience. The key to that, according to participants, was relevant content and stimulating discussions with colleagues and presenters.<br />
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“Great variety. Huge thought gone into it. Excellent presenters,” wrote one respondent when asked what they liked most about the experience. “Discussions, sharing of experiences and ideas,” wrote another. “Leaving on a high. Privilege to attend,” noted a third.<br />
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<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2626/1110/1600/JLPGroupWinter2006.jpg"></a>Presenters, too, gave the programme a ‘thumbs up’. “Very lively and stimulating!” is how one discussion leader described the week, which included extensive discussion of a specially-commissioned <a href="http://dolphins.uclan.ac.uk:8080/Ramgen/Content/lbs/pr/nov05/Denmark.rm">case study</a> on convergence at Nordjyke Medier in Denmark.<br />
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The on-campus residential week formed part of the first module of the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders/">course</a>, which is offers modules in three 10-week blocks and blends face-to-face sessions with extensive online discussion and support.<br />
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In addition to the core <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders/staff/index.htm">faculty</a>, participants also heard from:<br />
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<li><a href="http://bayosphere.com/blog/dangillmor">Dan Gillmor</a>, author of <a href="http://wethemedia.oreilly.com/">We the Media</a>. A former US newspaperman, he is one of the web’s leading advocates of grassroots journalism.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.journalism.co.uk/profiles/story1561.shtml">Pete Clifton</a>, Editor of BBC News Interactive, responsible for one of the web’s most successful news sites.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/08_august/04/cath_hearne.shtml">Cath Hearne</a>, editor of BBC London’s nightly news programme and was at the helm on July 7th, a day in which some of the most vivid images of the London bombings were contributed by members of the public.</li>
<li>John Fray, Deputy General Secretary of the <a href="http://www.nuj.org.uk/">National Union of Journalists</a>, which represents 35000 journalists in the UK and Ireland.</li>
<li>And <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.co.uk/staff/index.htm#mward">Mike Ward</a>, author of Journalism Online and head of the journalism department at UCLAN.</li>
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What advice do participants have for other considering joining the programme? “Read the pack [of materials sent to you before the residential session]. Be prepared to be challenged, stretched, puzzled, but over all have fun!”<br /><br />Applications for the September 2006 intake are currently being accepted. Visit the <a href="http://www.ukjournalism.org/jleaders/">course website </a>or contact course leader François Nel at <a href="mailto:FPNel@uclan.ac.uk">FPNel@uclan.ac.uk</a> for more information. <div class="blogger-post-footer">Presented by the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14345018354294250363noreply@blogger.com1