NewsU: Advice for the Newly Named News Director

If you are looking for e-learning opportunities to enhance your leadership skills, turn to Advice for the Newly Named News Director, an interactive online course designed to prepare news directors for the first few months on the job. The course is available free as a part of a joint initiative of the Radio and Television News Director’s Foundation (RTNDF) and the Poynter Institute’s News University (NewsU).

The course is based on RTNDF’s popular handbook, INCOMING! Advice for the Newly Named News Director written by Deborah Potter, executive director, NewsLab.

Like the handbook, the course presents skills and information to help first-time and transitioning news managers become more comfortable and confident in their new roles. Available at www.newsu.org, Advice for the Newly Named News Director allows you to:

* Create your own two-month action plan with the tips you collect throughout the course.
* Test your leadership skills with the “Getting to Know Your Newsroom” challenge. In this maze game, you’ll race against the clock to meet your staff, manage your time and gauge your effectiveness as a new manager.
* Sit in the hot spot and learn how well you can manage a disaster as a news director.

This course is sponsored by a grant from the McCormick Tribune Foundation to RTNDF's News Leadership Project. NewsU is a project of The Poynter Institute and is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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