Managing a newsroom requires a high level of skill, time management and the ability to adapt to a constantly changing culture. Content, staff and technology are always changing within this industry, so Press Association training offer a number of bespoke newsroom management courses to keep you up to date and optimise your input into the functions of the newsroom, whatever your role in it may be.
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Below is a list of newsroom management courses available through Press Association training:
If you have a bespoke newsroom management training need, please do not hesitate to contact us.
News-editing
Our experts help delegates examine the entire content of the modern newspaper and ways in which it can be made more relevant and useful to readers. throughout our news editing related courses we use the latest research to examine the changing market and how newspaper executives can make their content relevant, accessible, entertaining and exciting.
Who should attend: Mainly those on, or aspiring to, the newsdesk and anyone else who directly influences the content of the paper.
Course Length: Five days
The editor's chair
This newsroom management course is delivered by acknowledged specialists, covering all editors' topics and issues, such as design and public speaking, leadership, market research and drawing up an editorial strategy. View more about the editors chair course.
Features-editing
The features (as well as the sports) editing courses are high-powered and look at the topics that turn on the reader; where to find them and how to get the best out of them. This course is essential for anyone who takes responsibility for the features content of a newspaper on magazine.
Who should attend: Anybody taking responsibility for a publication's features material.
Course Length: Two days.
Sports-editing
The sports editing course, run by experienced sports journalists, deals with everything a good sports editor needs to know for achieving the right content for the readership; establishing the balance between factual reporting and comment and speculation; dealing with the grassroots sport; giving the fans a voice and knowing how to bring humour, anger, passion and sparkle back into the pages
Who should attend: Anybody working on, or able to influence, the sports pages.
Course Length: Two days
The journalist as manager
In this two day course you will learn to ensure change is delivered successfully to your team; to manage difficult and under performing people; leadership; performance management and how to maximise productivity from your news team.
Run by specialist journalists, for journalists, this exciting new course takes management theory and applies it to the real world of journalism using practical examples which could have come straight from your newsroom. View more about our journalist as manager course.
Editing a Leisure guide
This is a new course devised by Peter Sands to help newspapers ensure their What's On guides are targeted at the right market. The course is based on research showing how people spend their leisure time and what they want from a newspaper entertainment guide. The content looks at the topics, tone and style of successful guides. There are detailed sessions on listings, reviews, advice, the print/web relationship and appropriate design. It is a hands-on course and delegates will leave with a raft of ideas and a set of proofs to form the basis of a revitalised guide. More about our editing a leisure guide course.
Managing change
The media industry is changing like never before. Traditional skills and roles are being redefined and difficult decisions made on a daily basis. This course cuts through the management-jargon and equips newsroom managers with the skills to introduce effective change, deal with resistance and re-motivate the staff. View more about our managing change course.
Time management
As the pressure on editorial executives grows ever more intense, managing multi priorities is an essential skill. This course will help you the manager navigate your way through complex tasks to ensure deadlines are readily met and business priorities are achieved.
Course Length: One day
If you cannot find a program to suit your training needs in the above list of newsroom management courses, please contact us for a bespoke training proposal.