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Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders (December 2022)

$1,500.00

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Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders (December 2022)

This intensive, five-day workshop will give new newsroom managers the tools and the confidence to lead their team forward. 

December 12, 2022– December 16, 2022

Overview

  • Connect with a small cohort of other new managers for transformational leadership training
  • Gather at Poynter’s waterfront campus in St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Apply by Oct. 14, 2022

$1,500.00

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Learning Outcomes

The interactive, five-day workshop will focus on critical skills new managers need on their paths to leadership in journalism, media and technology. Accepted applicants will receive one-on-one coaching, 360-degree feedback from their own organization and a Myers-Briggs assessment of decision-making preferences. Other sessions will explore how to:

  • Establish your credibility as a leader, even if you are new in your role
  • Manage people who were once your peers, friends or bosses
  • Effective delegation
  • Conduct difficult conversations that get results
  • Provide feedback and coaching that will help your staff improve
  • Create better work-life chemistry
  • Understand and practice trauma-informed leadership
  • Negotiate better conditions for yourself and your team

$1,500.00

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Overview

  • Connect with a small cohort of other new managers for transformational leadership training
  • Gather at Poynter’s waterfront campus in St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Apply by Oct. 14, 2022

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Check out our custom training.

It’s time to let Poynter help you jumpstart your management career.

Maybe you’re an inexperienced manager just starting your new role. Or maybe you’ve got managerial experience but have had little training. In either case, you could use some tools — along with a big dose of confidence.

This popular in-person workshop will help you build a strong foundation as a leader so your staff can engage and excel. 

“I learned that great leaders are excellent coaches, not just fixers. This is the best training I’ve ever attended in my career spanning two decades. I appreciate this opportunity and will reap the benefits from what I learned this week for the rest of my career.”

— Brady McCombs, Rockies news editor at The Associated Press and graduate of the March 2022 Essential Skills for Rising Newsroom Leaders

You’ll receive personalized feedback — from your newsroom — about your strengths and challenges. You’ll get help for leading your staff through periods of turmoil and uncertainty, as well as growth and opportunity. You’ll get customized advice for addressing your most pressing concerns with coaching from Poynter faculty, one-on-one.

After the five-day workshop at Poynter’s waterfront campus in St. Petersburg, Florida, you’ll return home with improved self-awareness and management tools that will begin paying dividends immediately.

Questions?

If you need assistance, email us at info@poynter.org. 

This in-person-only program takes place Dec. 12-16, 2022. Sessions will tentatively take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time most days.

Accepted applicants must plan to arrive on site by 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, and should expect to dedicate uninterrupted time to the program for its duration. 

Below is a tentative schedule:

  • Day 1: Let’s get started
  • Day 2: Understanding yourself and your leadership
  • Day 3: Being the leader your colleagues need
  • Day 4: Getting what you need for yourself and others
  • Day 5: Bringing everything together

Who should apply

New managers from news organizations. This seminar is also beneficial to experienced managers who have had little or no management training. Employees who are about to be promoted to roles in which they’ll manage direct reports will also be considered for acceptance.

Application process

The process to apply is straightforward and simple. No letter of recommendation or reference is required. Please be prepared to answer questions about your professional experience, areas of interest and basic demographic information. All accepted applicants will also be required to complete a health screening form so we can ensure a safe environment for faculty and guests. 

Please apply as soon as you know this program is for you. Space is limited. The deadline is Oct. 14, 2022.

Cost

Tuition for this program is $1,500. It includes five days of in-person learning, one-on-one coaching, facilitated 360-degree feedback, a Myers-Briggs assessment of decision-making preferences and some meals and snacks. 

Participants (or their employers) will be responsible for the cost of travel and accommodations. Poynter works with local hotels to ensure a fair rate. More details will be shared with selected applicants.

Instructors

Lead Faculty

  • Doris Truong
    Director of Teaching & Diversity Strategies
    Doris Truong is Poynter’s director of teaching and diversity strategies. She helps newsrooms better cover their communities by providing the resources to recruit, retain and...
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Faculty

  • Kristen Hare
    Faculty, The Poynter Institute
    Kristen Hare covers and teaches on the transformation of local news for the Poynter Institute. Her work for Poynter has earned her a Mirror Award...
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  • Chris Sheridan
    Adjunct; Leadership Consultant; Professor, Wake University
    Chris is a coach, educator and storyteller who knows that getting to the right answer starts with asking the right question.  After 20+ years in...
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  • Butch Ward
    Adjunct
    Butch Ward has been a journalist and teacher of journalists for nearly five decades. He was managing editor of both The Baltimore News American and...
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Previous Instructors

  • Joie Chen (she/her)
    Adjunct
    Joie Chen brings a wide range of experience as a national and international television journalist to the Poynter Institute, where she serves as an adjunct....
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  • Kelly McBride
    Senior Vice President and Chair of Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership
    Kelly McBride is a journalist, consultant and one of the country’s leading voices on media ethics and democracy. She is senior vice president and chair...
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  • Angie Drobnic Holan
    Editor-in-Chief, PolitiFact
    Angie Drobnic Holan is the editor-in-chief of PolitiFact. She previously was an editor, deputy editor and reporter for PolitiFact, helping launch the site in 2007....
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  • Samantha Ragland
    Faculty
    A Southerner to the core, Samantha Ragland is a Poynter faculty member. Her portfolio includes the Leadership Academy for Women in Media and the Poynter-Koch...
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