PRNDG → Your Team

As News Director, you steer the energies of a news team to find and deliver meaningful information, efficiently and effectively, over and over again. The keys are:

Clearly defined roles and responsibilities
A system of team coordination
A system for selection and improvement of employees

First, you must remember that the news department is part of the larger station team.

Issues & Challenges → Cultivating Excellent Stationwide Relations

Along these lines, it’s vitally important that News Directors and Program Directors and General Managers work together. The ND and PD jobs can often overlap. It helps to articulate how that works.

Issues & Challenges → The ND’s Role in Programming

Outside Help → LNI: PD/ND Relations

Roles and Responsibilities

The traditional radio newsroom operates sort of like an oil company: drilling for raw news, processing it, dispensing finished stories to customers. This “news pipeline” requires team effort from end to end.

Inside:

Gatherers
Organizers
Presenters
Students and Volunteers

more: Your Team → Roles and Responsibilities

Coordination

The news process presents unique challenges to a team and its manager. The process demands a blend of creativity and discipline, mindful planning and fast action. You manage these seemingly conflicting needs by setting goals, rationing resources and adjusting to circumstances.

Inside: