PAST PROGRAMS
NewsTrain/Cleveland
Oct. 25-26, 2005
| Tuesday, Oct. 25: | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Registration Location: At the GUITAR on the first floor (you can’t miss it!) |
| 11 a.m. | Welcome and introductions Doug Clifton, Editor, Plain Dealer Elaine Kramer, NewsTrain project coordinator Location: Community Room, second floor |
| 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
Key Leadership Skills Learn what the research says will move people to do their best work and what will chill their creativity. See how to stay motivated yourself in a Newsroom environment, and help others keep striving, too. |
| Why: | Leaders who inspire go the distance. This course covers three basic areas of leadership, based on relationships the front-line editor develops with others in the newsroom.
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| Presenter: | Edward Miller, Newsroom Leadership Group Location: Community Room |
| 1-2:00 p.m. | Lunch Location: Hallway area outside Community Room, then back into Community Room to eat. |
| 2-3:00 p.m. | Coaching Narrative Writing: What Barry Manilow Can Teach Us |
| Why: | Readers love a well sung (or well spun) tale. This seminar looks at the basics of narrative writing – and how the five W’s morph from “Who” to character development, “What” to action, “When” to chronology, “Where” to scene construction and “Why and How” to meaning – or what’s this story really about? |
| Presenter: | Stuart Warner, Writing Coach, Plain Dealer Location: Community Room |
| 3-4 p.m. | Editing Lab: Coaching Non-Traditional Story Forms |
| Why: | Readers appreciate different and creative approaches A discussion of the many options editors have to convey information in forms other than a traditional story. The seminar includes many examples, and reporting/writing approaches to produce them. |
| Presenter: | Bob Baker, writing coach, freelance writer and proprietor of Newsthinking.com Location: Community Room |
| 4-4:15 p.m. | Coffee Break Location: Hallway area outside Community Room |
| 4:15 p.m. | Managing a Creative Enterprise (Blue Team) The best editing occurs before a single word is written. Editors need to get involved early, talk about ideas, discuss the likely paths the story could take, the diverse sources that could be contacted. Learn how to ask the right questions; how to have difficult conversations about stories; and how to get writers to be better editors of their own work. Includes a discussion of how editors can make every word count. |
| Why: | It can be a challenge to work with creative journalists. This workshop teaches skills for working with a variety of personality types as you coach reporters to refocus routine ideas and to try a variety of story forms and storytelling techniques. |
| Presenter: | Bob Baker Location: Community Room |
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| 4:15 p.m. | Conflict Resolution/Collaboration (Green Team) |
| Why: | Because conflict is inevitable in a newsroom Learn the key steps to resolving a conflict, whether it is over a story or a vacation request denied. Learn strategies for defusing an emotional situation and preserving the work relationship. See the benefits of collaboration over perpetual turf wars, and help others to see them, too. |
| Presenter: | Edward Miller Location: Training Room 1 |
| 5:15 p.m. | Stretch break, coffee refills |
| 5:30 p.m. | Managing a Creative Enterprise (Green Team) |
| Why: | It can be a challenge to work with creative journalists. This workshop teaches skills for working with a variety of personality types as you coach reporters to refocus routine ideas and to try a variety of story forms and storytelling techniques. |
| Presenter: | Bob Baker Location: Community Room |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Conflict Resolution/Collaboration (Blue Team) |
| Why: | Because conflict is inevitable in a newsroom Learn the key steps to resolving a conflict, whether it is over a story or a vacation request denied. Learn strategies for defusing an emotional situation and preserving the work relationship. See the benefits of collaboration over perpetual turf wars, and help others to see them, too. |
| Presenter: | Edward Miller Location: Training Room 1 |
| 6:30 p.m. | End of first day |
| 6:30 p.m. | Reception |
| Why: | Because you deserve it! Location: Hallway area outside Community Room |
| Wednesday, Oct. 26: | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Continental breakfast available, newspapers courtesy of The Plain Dealer Location: Hallway area outside of Community Room |
| 9 a.m. | Good Editing Techniques (Blue Team) |
| Why: | For best results, an editor needs to be involved before, during and after a story is written. Develop your skill at discussing the story premise, the story's promise and the story's length at the time of conceptualization, and during reporting. Learn editing techniques that will help you work in partnership with reporters to create better stories. Plus, tips on cutting the fat, injecting perspective, disciplining anecdotal leads and writing with authority. |
| Presenter: | Bob Baker Location: Community Room |
| 10 a.m. | Management strategy circles (Blue Team) |
| Why: | The room is full of people who understand what you do, have many of the same challenges you face and have great ideas that may help. Take this opportunity to learn from each other in small management strategy circles. |
| Presenter: | Elaine Kramer Location: Community Room |
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| 10 a.m. | Building Credibility and Trust / Broadening our coverage (Green Team) |
| Why: | We reach more readers when we cover all of our communities Help your reporters develop and mine sources for great ideas and the most vivid, authentic stories. Plus, hiring a more diverse staff. |
| Presenter: | Arlene Morgan, associate dean, Columbia School of Journalism Location: Training Room 1 |
| 11 a.m. | Coffee Break Location: Hallway area outside of Community Room |
| 11:15 a.m. | Training: Get on Board |
| Why: | Because newspapers are a business, too A discussion of why some news organizations are putting more emphasis on professional development of their staffers. Resources you can use to get valuable training for yourself and push for more training for those you lead. |
| Presenter: | Elaine Kramer Location: Community Room |
| 11:45 a.m. | Editing and Writing for the Future |
| Why: | Hurricane Katrina altered the landscape of journalism, too. The storm caused such destruction in New Orleans and Louisiana that journalists had to adapt immediately to different ways of covering the story. They turned to the web. And so did readers, who added their own stories to make the coverage more complete. This seminar explores ways that print journalists everywhere can use the valuable lessons of Katrina coverage to reach readers. |
| Presenter: | Denise Polverine, editor-in-chief, Cleveland.com Location: Community Room |
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch Location: Hallway outside of Community Room, then seating inside Community Room |
| 2:00 p.m. | Good Editing Techniques (Green Team) |
| Why: | For best results, an editor needs to be involved before, during and after a story is written. Develop your skill at discussing the story premise, the story's promise and the story's length at the time of conceptualization, and during reporting. Learn editing techniques that will help you work in partnership with reporters to create better stories. Plus, tips on cutting the fat, injecting perspective, disciplining anecdotal leads and writing with authority. |
| Presenter: | Bob Baker Location: Community Room |
| 3:00 p.m. | Management Strategy Circles (Green Team) |
| Why: | The room is full of people who understand what you do, have many of the same challenges you face and have great ideas that may help. Take this opportunity to learn from each other in small management strategy circles. |
| Presenter: | Elaine Kramer Location: Community Room |
| -OR- | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Building Credibility and Trust / Broadening our coverage (Blue Team) |
| Why: | We reach more readers when we cover all of our communities Help your reporters develop and mine sources for great ideas and the most vivid, authentic stories. Plus, hiring a more diverse staff. |
| Presenter: | Arlene Morgan, associate dean, Columbia School of Journalism Location: Training Room 1 |
| 4:00 p.m. | NewsTrain Caboose/Taking the lessons home |
| Presenter: | Elaine Kramer Location: Community Room |
| 4:15 p.m.. | End of Workshop Feedback forms and end of workshop |