Comments on: Making time for innovation http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/ by john hassell Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Michele McLellan http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-609 Michele McLellan Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:35 +0000 http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-609 Great examples. A positive way forward is key. It's also important to understand the culture at work in most newsrooms and how it can make it difficult for people to let go of outmoded practices and routines. Great examples. A positive way forward is key. It’s also important to understand the culture at work in most newsrooms and how it can make it difficult for people to let go of outmoded practices and routines.

]]> By: Michele McLellan http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-608 Michele McLellan Wed, 28 May 2008 01:49:33 +0000 http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-608 John: Great post on the power of the good idea. At the same time, I think folks in newsrooms need to pay attention to old newsroom culture, which makes it difficult to let go of the old in favor of the new. I posted about that here: http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/leadership_blog/in_a_culture_of_perfectionism_its_hard_to_let_go/ John: Great post on the power of the good idea. At the same time, I think folks in newsrooms need to pay attention to old newsroom culture, which makes it difficult to let go of the old in favor of the new. I posted about that here:
http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/leadership_blog/in_a_culture_of_perfectionism_its_hard_to_let_go/

]]> By: Doug Fisher http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-601 Doug Fisher Mon, 26 May 2008 14:16:34 +0000 http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-601 Excellent point. There are going to have to be many difficult conversations in newsrooms. One that I have told editors of smaller papers I consult with that they will have to have at some point: Perhaps we need to hire another online specialist in place of a reporter so that we can effectively present what it is we can do. If nothing else has been brought home in recent years, it's that resources are limited and how we choose to spend them is critical. Excellent point. There are going to have to be many difficult conversations in newsrooms. One that I have told editors of smaller papers I consult with that they will have to have at some point: Perhaps we need to hire another online specialist in place of a reporter so that we can effectively present what it is we can do.

If nothing else has been brought home in recent years, it’s that resources are limited and how we choose to spend them is critical.

]]> By: Jack Lail http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-596 Jack Lail Sun, 25 May 2008 14:01:16 +0000 http://www.theexplodingnewsroom.com/2008/05/25/making-time-for-innovation/#comment-596 Those are some very good examples of doing things differently. Those are some very good examples of doing things differently.

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