We spoke with Jennifer Mizgata, a consultant and coach who specialises in improving work culture in newsrooms, about what it takes to build a better newsroom culture for both new and established media organisations. Here’s a roundup of seven tips from her. 1️⃣ Start building a healthy newsroom culture early, but catching up later is better than giving up altogether. 2️⃣ When building a new organisation, provide structure and guidance on how people should work together: it’s okay for them to ask about how to do things and get feedback, and people should know where to go. 3️⃣ Be conscious of communicating organisational values whether it’s a 3-person or a 25-person team. Communicating the values externally, to the communities the newsroom serves is also important but often overlooked by media leaders. 4️⃣ Avoid leadership bottlenecks by normalising handing off responsibilities: Instead of the editor-in-chief being the only one who can sign off on story ideas, empower section editors to make those calls. Try to create clear everyday work processes. 5️⃣ For distributed teams, be mindful of communicating availability and work preferences: Try team norming. At the beginning of projects, check in around what people’s communication styles are, how they would prefer to get information. 6️⃣ For established organisations, use inflection points to make changes more natural and minimise internal resistance. 7️⃣ Start with small actions and experiments. This could be something as minor as asking at the beginning of every meeting how people are showing up today, or building in 10 minutes for feedback at the end of a standing meeting. More useful advice in the full article 👇
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