At the end of the meeting, each participant was asked to name an insight or idea that they were taking back to their workplace. Here is what they said:
Thinking & Writing visually
Excellence
Patience
Thinking ahead
Listen to the 10th degree
Networking
Manage by listening
Bring writers and editors together as creative outlet
Treat sources as human beings
Cultivate photo-reporter relationships
Reporters are human, too
Standards
Listen, listen and listen some more
Care and encourage to care about readers
Passion
Dissect positive, replicate it
Articulate what matters
Give story time it deserves
Willing to take risks
Go after what intrigues you most (despite what your boss says)
Appreciate writing
Carve out time
Smooze
Look deeper
Finance stories can be compelling
Resignation: Don’t.
Have humility
Frame what we do from the reader’s perspective
Take criticism as a positive
Learn from listening
Find and tell good stories
Don’t give up; be persistent
Be hard-nosed
Devil’s in the details
Put yourself in the place of those in your newsroom.
