Strategy

Creating a distinctive radio station sound

A radio station can only achieve impact if it has a unique and consistent sound and delivers content that the listeners can relate to.

Funding the news – a guide to sustainability

A list of sustainable business models for media managers who are planning to start a media outlet in economically challenging circumstances.

Convergence: transforming news production

Introducing a converged news operation is rarely easy. Those trying to introduce changes in workflows, roles and responsibilities are often met with resistance.

Reviewing news output is essential

A media house needs to be continually assessing whether its output is meeting the needs of the audience and achieving business targets.

Planning a journalistic collaboration

Here we look at the practical steps needed in setting up an editorial collaboration with another news organisation or other information source. In the previous article we looked at what is ‘Collaborative journalism’. In this article we look at how to do it.

Setting up a media business

A media business is like a table with four legs - the target audience, the editorial proposition, values, and the market.

Community radio project plan

Launching a community radio station is a complicated exercise with lots of overlapping elements. The most important thing to do, before you do anything else, is to stop and think.

Preparing a media corporate plan

The corporate plan is the most important tool in a media chief executive’s toolbox. Without it the media organisation can become lost and directionless.

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Refresher: Digital newsgathering and production

This compressed one-day course provides an intensive overview of the essential skills and strategy required to run a sustainable, audience-focused digital news operation.

Evaluating the impact of training

The evaluation process at the end of a media training session begins the moment you are engaged by the media organisation you are being asked to help because this is when you know the expectations and deliverables.

Lesson: Proactive story development

This lesson plan teaches journalists how to take a proactive approach to newsgathering by investigating, anticipating, exploring, and exposing stories of significant public interest.