IWMF Leadership Institute for Women Journalists

Deadline for Application: April 16

A MANAGER HAS A JOB, BUT A LEADER HAS A CALLING

Many women manage in newsrooms, but it takes more than management skills to become a leader. Leaders are the people who set the pace, the people to whom everyone goes for answers, who remain calm in crisis and who look at journalism as a calling and not just a job.

The IWMF Leadership Institute for Women Journalists offers women working in the U.S. media the opportunity to become leaders by developing the skills that all leaders have. The week-long program is open to aspiring leaders and mid-level managers who want to shine by sharpening their skills. (Journalists working outside of the U.S. are not eligible for this program.) The Leadership Institute will be held in Chicago from July 21-25, 2008.

Up to 25 journalists from print, broadcast and online news media will be accepted to the program. Tuition is $550 per person and covers training, housing, materials and most meals.

The IWMF Leadership Institute Offers:

• The opportunity to develop skills that will have an immediate impact in your journalism career
• Highly interactive sessions on issues crucial to effective leadership
• Discussions led by successful women media managers, who teach from experience
• Exploration of what it takes to be a media leader
• Opportunities to develop an action plan for future career goals
• Networking with colleagues from across the country

Program Agenda:

Session topics are scheduled on personal leadership skills as well as key issues facing media leaders today. The program is fast paced, with practical exercises and role playing that will put words into action.

Sessions cover:

• Review of leadership styles
• Managing relationships with colleagues, staff and supervisors
• Managing change
• Navigating newsroom politics
• Having critical conversations and difficult discussions
• Negotiating salaries, contracts and benefits
• Advocating for yourself
• Encouraging diversity
• Work/life balance
  

Speakers and session leaders include:

• Jerusha Arothe-Vaughan, director, management consultancy department, Independent Communications Associates Ltd.
• Marci Burdick, senior vice president of broadcasting, Schurz Communications
• Jill Geisler, Leadership and Management group leader, Poynter Institute
• Liza Gross, managing editor/presentation and operations, The Miami Herald
• Marcy McGinnis, director of broadcast journalism, Stony Brook University; former senior vice president for news coverage, CBS News

Questions

Contact programs@iwmf.org.

This program is funded by the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation.