Leadership Report 2007: 10 Key Questions for Newsrooms

Change is accepted as inevitable in the industry, but some organizations seem to be better at it than others.  And even innovative organizations face difficult questions in the next decade.  Here is a list of the most important ones raised by conference participants and the presenters who spoke:

  1. What is the role of print in the organization today and in the future?
  2. What is the vision of our organization?  What is appealing and compelling about this vision?
  3. What will be the successful business model for news organizations in the future?
  4. Can we maintain our role as the watchdog of the community despite these changes?
  5. How can leadership in the newsroom be spread out?
  6. What are our worst fears about the changes we need to make?
  7. What should be the leadership structure of the modern newsroom?
  8. How do we try to keep things the same as an organization?  What has that meant to our need to change in the past?
  9. What do we need to let go of to moved towards our vision?
  10. How is innovation best achieved in organizations that are still tied to putting out a daily print product?

Leadership Report 2009

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Michele McLellan

image
This report was compiled by Michele McLellan, a longtime journalist who now advises organizations about leadership, culture change, staff development and project development. McLellan assists with KDMC leadership programs and blogs at Leadership 3.0.

Leadership Blog

Read News Leadership 3.0, a blog dedicated to exploring issues of digital newsroom leadership. Visit the blog.

Leadership Report 2009

Read the 2009 Leadership Report from KDMC.

Leadership Report 2008

Read the 2008 Leadership Report from KDMC.

Leadership Report 2007

Read the 2007 Leadership Report from KDMC.

KDMC NEWSLETTER SIGN UP

All fields required.

LATEST FROM KDMC

Leadership 3.0 Blog

OJR

KDMC News

Latest Comments

Make key government documents easier to find, understand
CBS said on 09/10:

These online tools are very helpful. I have a Cricket Balls business and I try to do as much as I can myself but finding information is

Read on...

10 lessons from NPR's digital transformation
CBS said on 09/10:

Stormy I agree point 2 is very important but so are the others. I run a Cricket Balls store and I have put these principles on the

Read on...

Pitfalls of the pay wall
pariuri sportive said on 09/10:

There are some very great sources here and thank you for being so kind to post them here. So we can read them and sports betting give our opinion on

Read on...

Upcoming Seminars

October 3 - October 7, 2010
Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp
KDMC@USC