Mid-Summer Tweet Review: Six Urgent Editorial Management Questions
The most recent tweet in this post is also the most time-sensitive: A recommendation to attend a July 20 online presentation featuring editorial pro Kate Hand of Gardner Business Media. She will focus on six key questions facing editorial managers today:
- What skill sets will editorial team members need today and in the future?
- What are editors’ biggest challenges?
- How do you structure the fine line between “church and state” in today’s ever-evolving environment?
- Where are candidates for editorial positions being found?
- What benefits can be offered to keep team members happy and motivated — so they will stay?
- What support can be offered to help maintain a healthy and productive work/life balance for editors?
The presentation is part of MediaGrowth’s “Excellorator” paid subscription program, but a free trial is available. If you attend, let me know what you think.
Other timely tweets in this post include urgency of anticipating pending critical trends, dubious benefits of increased medical My Chart coding, difficulty focusing with Work From Home staffing decisions, and prompt response to correcting published errors.
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Attention all editors: next MediaGrowth Summit July 20 cannot be missed. Featured speaker Gardner Business Media VP Kate Hand’s guidance covers six well-chosen concerns. Be sure to allow lots of time for questions.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) July 16, 2022
Try 30 Options If Diversified Content Is Your Goal: Many readers are so swamped that content turnout has become boring at best. Need reminder of possible options? Request my list of 30: editsol1@optimum.net.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) July 14, 2022
Finally posted response to LinkedIn pollsters claim that sources of comments be identified because this draws more attention to site visitors. Perhaps, but in my field many excellent sources prefer not to be identified. My posts still usually draw 100 or beyond. That suits me.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) July 14, 2022
Editorial management ability to accurately anticipate the future clearly has become necessity. Plenty of cases already exist eluding solution. Top example defying decision: WFH vs.return to office mess.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) July 12, 2022
Still waiting for some ambitious medical mag editors to write a badly needed article covering how My Chart code usage is getting out of hand. Another nuisance is phone calls from alleged medical services.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) July 6, 2022
B2B editorial managers still wresting with returning staff from home to office dilemma may find some useful thoughts in the accompanying article. https://t.co/PYHwHrfcLU
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) July 6, 2022
May Tweets: Careless Editing Now a Competitive Threat https://t.co/u5bvuVm7VB
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) June 10, 2022
When you encounter a severe goof you overlooked while proofing an article before printing, do correct the error quickly. Some firms allow too much time before offering a prompt retraction. Such policies need revision.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) June 4, 2022
Always include important numbers in headline and/or deck accompanying article. Survey report should interpret data, not recite it.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) June 4, 2022
When planning for a competitive editorial future, be sure you have plenty of numerical content in your line-up. If possible, run original statistics and secondary source data in every issue.
— Howard Rauch (@fogindex8) June 4, 2022