{"id":58,"date":"2005-10-07T15:43:18","date_gmt":"2005-10-07T23:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/?p=58"},"modified":"2016-06-08T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T22:11:07","slug":"healthy-journalists-what-does-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-healthy-journalism-organization-look-and-feel-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/2005\/10\/07\/healthy-journalists-what-does-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-healthy-journalism-organization-look-and-feel-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Journalists\/ What does a day in the life of a healthy journalism organization look and feel like??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Convener<\/strong>: Jane Elle Stevens<\/p>\n

Reporter<\/strong>: Florangela Davila<\/p>\n

Participants<\/strong>: Dan Gillmor, Eric Nelson, Stephen Silha, Linda Grdina, Florangela Davila<\/p>\n

Discussion\"Healthy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNews orgs. aren\u2019t connected\/aware of the community\/public.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo how does a community become part of the journalism organization?
\n\u201cCalls to a newsroom from the public don\u2019t even\/always get answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about an ombudsman?<\/p>\n

\u201cNews orgs. are too motivated by the bottom line. Can we persuade management to accept lower profit margins??<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. Look at something like the Center for Public Integrity that\u2019s doing investigative work and is non-profit funded.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at the Lawrence World Journal.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh profits don’t necessarily translate into good journalism.<\/p>\n

(But money matters).
\n\u201cThe reality: It\u2019s a lot more fun to be part of something that\u2019s growing vs, something that\u2019s breaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at the pay of journalists. They can\u2019t even live and function in the city\/ies they cover.<\/p>\n

\u201cNews org. talk about their \u201creaders.\u201d But \u2018readers\u2019 doesn\u2019t necessarily translate into The Community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is a healthy organization? Is academia healthier?
\nNo. J Schools might as well be microcosms of traditional newsrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cA colleague once said: Journalists are all insecure and they all want to have fun and make a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about nurturing one another? Finding people who share your spirit\/mission\/goals. Cultivate \u201chealthy pods\u201d in the newsroom. Maybe that\u2019s how an individual journalist might grow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only resource we have might be each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil there\u2019s a culture or acceptance of taking a risk nothing is going to change (in news orgs).<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at Silicon Valley where if you fail and you fail well, it\u2019s still attractive.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at how Silicon Valley has incorporated\/accepted Change as part of its culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no Research and Development in newspapers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no risk taking.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at what\u2019s happening at the Oakland Tribune. We took 14 people and we\u2019ve changed it into a webcentric newsroom. Journalists are taking cameras out, which forces them to get out of the newsroom, to talk to people face to face. It\u2019s like a bolt of electricity. They\u2019re out there now and they\u2019re engaged.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can still have depth in multimedia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe journalists need to be bloggers but the community needs to be bloggers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewspapers are still reluctant to point to elsewhere (link to other websites).<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at BBC. They link to everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at how there\u2019s a divide: alternative media vs. indie vs. mainstream.
\nThere ought to be something uniting everyone. We all have a common purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrint and TV has been problem oriented.
\nLook at the Internet: It\u2019s solution oriented.<\/p>\n

\u201cJournalism is a guide, not just an oracle.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new model to explore: mass media going hyper-local, largely written by the community. It could be a good business model. You could give people some training. Give community the tools by which it can cover itself.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the bridge to these solutions? The journalist, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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