Jill Geisler
Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity Loyola University Chicago
Jill Geisler is the inaugural Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity, a position designed to connect Loyola’s School of Communication with the needs and interests of contemporary and aspiring media professionals worldwide. Geisler is known internationally as a teacher and coach of leaders in media and beyond. She developed and guided key management and leadership programs of the Poynter Institute for 16 years and continues to be the go-to expert when leaders need help managing change, improving their culture and teams, tackling ethical challenges or building their individual leadership skills. Geisler’s first career was in journalism, where she worked as a reporter, producer, photographer and anchor before becoming, at the age of 27, one of the USA’s first women to serve as news director of a major market TV network affiliate. She led an award-winning newsroom for several decades, defined by its commitment to enterprise, ethics and yes, fun.
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Notes from Ferguson: ‘Don’t feel intimidated by the national/international press’
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Notes from Ferguson: ‘You just have to wonder if people looking to make a point saw the coverage and decided to jump in’
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Notes from Ferguson: ‘Let the story tell itself’
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Notes from Ferguson: ‘I get it, but everybody overdid the jailed journalist story’
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