editor on the verge

A friend of mine and former colleague emailed me Monday. He’s just been appointed city editor at a daily newspaper and is addressing his staff for the first time on Thursday and asked (probably half jokingly) if I had any words of wisdom. Knowing that this is his first management post, and remembering what it […]

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In some of the feedback that I received to my “Newsroom leaders, change or step aside” post, readers noted that surely there must be senior editors who could be role models for the rest of the newspaper industry. I included News & Record Editor John Robinson in my post as one such example. But honestly, […]

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A note on the title of this blog “editor on the verge.” I chose it because I believe that journalism is constantly on the verge . . . of something. Whether that is genius or insanity, success or failure, chaos or order depends frankly on where you sit. Like my industry, I often feel like […]

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I know, you’re thinking “Not another blog from yet another journalist who thinks he has all the answers or, even worse think he can see all the problems”. And you’re wondering what will make this blog different, and even more importantly, worth your already limited time. Off the bat let me tell you that I’m […]

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