Articles tagged: SRCCON

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   Spotlighting SRCCON:LEAD’s Talks and Speakers

   By Lindsay Muscato

   Posted on November 18, 2019

   Our speaker roster for SRCCON:LEAD’s talks is going to be amazing.

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   How Would You Like Leadership in Journalism to be Different?

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on November 6, 2019

   As part of planning SRCCON:LEAD, we’ve heard from over 100 journalists about how they would like leadership in our industry to change. The answers were remarkably consistent: We need leadership that is more diverse, more interdisciplinary, more intentional in its development, and more open in its communication.

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   “Abandon Normal Instruments”: How We Spent SRCCON Fighting Creative Block

   By Katie Park and Alex Tatusian

   Posted on October 29, 2019

   Regardless of what role you play in your organization, you’ve likely encountered creative block: Sometimes it feels like every story has already been done, or there’s no way around the problem you’re trying to solve. Here’s our attempt to figure out why it happens and what you can do about it, from our SRCCON session in 2019.

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   Our Industry Needs to Invest in Childcare, Especially for Conferences

   By Emily Goligoski and Marisa Mazria Katz

   Posted on September 4, 2019

   On the difficulty of journalism professionals arranging night and weekend care for their children and how employers, allies, conference conveners and other parents can help.

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   Fix Your Feedback Loop

   By Bridget Thoreson

   Posted on August 27, 2019

   The solution to the horse-race coverage trap that is all too easy for newsrooms to fall into is what Jay Rosen of NYU describes as the “citizens agenda” approach. This involves turning to the citizens themselves before starting down the campaign trail and making a commitment to cover the issues that matter the most to them.

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   How SRCCON Changed the Way I Teach Journalism

   By Lisa Waananen Jones

   Posted on August 14, 2019

   Attending SRCCON transformed my own perspective on teaching by demonstrating how popular education strategies benefit professional journalists—and you can also use these strategies in newsrooms and journalism.

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   Why National Editors Should Connect with Local Reporters

   By Dana Amihere

   Posted on April 15, 2019

   How and why national news orgs should find local reporters to cover stories in their own communities.

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   Turn Your Critical Lens Inward

   By Lindsay Muscato and Rachel Schallom

   Posted on December 11, 2018

   Our Q&A; with SRCCON:POWER speaker Rachel Schallom on why industry coverage matters.

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   Turn Your Critical Lens Inward, Pt. 2

   By Ben Mullin and Lindsay Muscato

   Posted on December 11, 2018

   SRCCON:POWER speaker Ben Mullin on why media organizations must have more transparency.

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    You Have the Power to Make Change Now

    By Robert Hernandez and Lindsay Muscato

    Posted on December 10, 2018

    SRCCON:POWER speaker Robert Hernandez on how horizontal loyalty can change how you perceive what’s possible.

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    More Tech Will Not Save Us from Disinformation

    By Lindsay Muscato and Britt Paris

    Posted on December 6, 2018

    Britt Paris previews her talk on audiovisual fakes and tech’s hidden power structures.

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    We Are Never Neutral

    By Lindsay Muscato and Sara Wachter-Boettcher

    Posted on December 4, 2018

    SRCCON:POWER speaker Sara Wachter-Boettcher previews her upcoming talk.

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    Our Low-Stress Guide to Working Without an Editor

    By Casey Miller

    Posted on August 30, 2018

    If you’re working without an editor, it’s important to build your own support system. Here’s a roundup of our best ideas and strategies, based on our SRCCON 2018 session.

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    Great Conference Sessions, the SRCCON Way

    By Brent Jones

    Posted on August 15, 2018

    How can SRCCON session facilitators make the most of their time with participants, and help everyone get the most out of the conference? I talked with several people who have facilitated sessions about what went well, what surprised them, and what helped people get most engaged.

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    Rebuilding Ad Tech: Open Source, Publisher First

    By Amanda Hicks and Aram Zucker-Scharff

    Posted on August 14, 2018

    A recap of our SRCCON session on how ad tech could be so much better.

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    SRCCON 2018 Recap

    By Lindsay Muscato

    Posted on July 3, 2018

    Notes and links to what happened at SRCCON 2018.

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    Hello from SRCCON 2018

    By Lindsay Muscato

    Posted on June 27, 2018

    SRCCON 2018 is about to begin.

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    Six Tips for Unionizing Your Workplace

    By Lindsay Muscato

    Posted on June 26, 2018

    Unionizing 101, a SRCCON session preview.

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    Why a Kickoff Kit Makes Starting New Projects Easier

    By Lindsay Muscato

    Posted on June 25, 2018

    Aligning your team early can make all the difference.

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    Texting Your Audience is a Really Good Idea

    By Lindsay Muscato

    Posted on June 20, 2018

    A SRCCON 2018 session about interacting with your listeners and readers through SMS.