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By: David Berman

David Berman — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:44:33 +0000

I’m just sitting here looking through links to my site and rediscovered your post that mentions all those dreams that I had back then. Shall I tell you what really happens if you are the big corporation that does not let your team have headspace? What happens if you take your talent and crush it in a vice of isolation? At what point do your stars fade and die if you keep them in a box and dont let them sparkle? I’m still doing bits and bobs. they dont get webspace on the corporations dime and they certainly don’t get recognised. The machine makes one weary and saps the spirit by constant negativity.
I still do it and I do it right. I don’t have the oportunity to take it forwards at this time but my brain still works and I’m not done yet. Give me an inch and I will give you much more than a mile.

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By: Five top tips to shift newsroom culture « Sarah Hartley

Five top tips to shift newsroom culture « Sarah Hartley — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:40:01 +0000

[...] number one its Andy Dickinson who said: “Make some time, even if it’s just an hour a week for your staff to play. Try the web, [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:46:35 +0000

Thanks Ron

If I’m honest the idea of kit loans was inspired by my University who offer a loan (paid back in the salary) towards a bike. They use it to encourage people to be more green and healthy. The loan is interest free and large enough to be worthwhile for people. It strikes me as a win/win. We have a big issue with parking and when people suggest the bike, without the loan, that can seem a bit like saying “you sort our crappy parking problem for us”. At least the loan it feels like a team effort. (almost :) )

In terms of the personal brand I agree wholeheartedly with your view that the power is shifting from the content publishers to the content producers. There is still a big risk for individual journos to solo. But the behavior of the big orgs is almost forcing that hand.

By: Cheap or free, real world tips to encourage culture change at your news organization | Will Sullivan's website. Journerdism

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:39:46 +0000

[...] John Ndege: What are small, incremental steps one can make to fuel change at their media organization? “So how do you change the culture? Its tough. But it has to come from the top. You need to mold the culture into one that accepts and welcomes change. That is crucial. Because it is a willingness to change that allows for development and improvement. How do you get people to embrace change? You sell them the story of the advances that will come from it. You encourage innovation and forward thinking and develop a culture that doesn’t demonise failures.” [...]

By: Ron Sylvester

Ron Sylvester — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:51:38 +0000

Andy: Great suggestions, especially about subsidizing multimedia kits. I’ve been preaching celebrating failororethan a decade and no one will listen. But your’re right that as long as managers refuse to do it, they will stifle innovation. Same with personal trademarks of journalists. That ensures out future. We should do it no matter what. What we are seeing is a power shft from the content pubishers to the content producers. Publishing is becoming easy. Finding information you can trust will be left to the personal trademarks that individual professionals can establish. You can see that with the audiences being built by people who know how to use blogs and Twitter and other social networks. That’s where the audience is moving. Spot-on post.