Digital first leadership

Digital First Leadership

Steve ButtryThe Gazette

March 19, 2012#gaztrain

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Tell the group• One way you and your staff have

changed work to become digital first• One significant challenge you still face in

becoming digital first

Leadership discussion

How should you change meetings at The Gazette to reflect digital-first

priorities?

Leadership discussion

How do your staff members need to change their daily workflows to

reflect digital-first priorities?

Leadership discussion

How should you persuade/push/help newsroom

curmudgeons to adopt digital-first priorities and practices?

Leadership discussion

How can your newsroom do a better job of encouraging risk and

rewarding experimentation?

Leadership discussion

How do standards need to change in your newsroom to pursue

digital-first priorities? What are some standards you need to uphold and defend? How?

PrioritiesWhat should you:• Stop doing?• Do less of?• Automate?• Outsource? To vendor? To community?• Accept lower standard for?

Priorities

What is one (more) thing your staff should stop doing or do

differently?

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