Carole Kneeland Project's Newsroom Leadership Conference

Austin, TX

Oct 11, 2006 - Oct 14, 2006

The conference targets news directors who are first-time news directors and those who have fewer than three years in the job.

Participants learn to set journalistic standards, delegate responsibility, work productively within the corporate culture, and make ethical decisions under deadline pressure. Balancing authority while encouraging creativity is a large focus of this program.

The NLC will be Wednesday, October 11 - Saturday, October 14, 2006. It will be in Austin, Texas. The Kneeland Project pays hotel and tuition.

Trainers will include:
• Valerie Hyman, President, News & Management Training and founding director of the Poynter Institute's broadcast program.
• Joan Barrett, General Manager and former News Director at KWCH-TV, and former protégée of Carole Kneeland at KVUE.

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