Whew! Team Hearken is back from a whirlwind few days at ONA. Here are our top takeaways, and some helpful resources to bring the inspiration and examples from the conference to life in your newsroom.
Fluffy goals, unmeasurable metrics, and forgotten impacts, oh my! Here’s how we’re helping newsrooms fix that shit.
My first day as a full-time reporter, I was given an angel.
I was covering a gas line explosion. As I surveyed the wreckage from across the street, a man walked up and wordlessly offered me a handmade wooden angel ornament.
When uttered outside of journalism circles, the word “engagement” means something fairly specific involving rings, love, wedding bells, commitment, and the like.