Articles tagged: leadership

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   Introducing ‘Leavers’: results from a survey of 101 former journalists of color

   By Carla Murphy

   Posted on August 26, 2020

   For the first time in 50 years, Black and other journalists of color (JOC) are waging a public campaign to air newsroom grievances. How do we move away from 50 years of lip service to sustained newsroom diversity? This survey points the way.

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   A Mentor Will Get You Coffee, a Sponsor Will Get You Promoted

   By Erin Grau and Cindy Taibi

   Posted on January 24, 2018

   The benefits of sponsorship vs. mentorship, and notes on a framework for a sponsorship program.

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   Ms. Management: Driving Our Employees Over the Edge

   By Stacy-Marie Ishmael

   Posted on July 19, 2017

   Our fetishisation of stoicism means we tend to dismiss deteriorating mental health breakdowns as mere distractions, best treated with an hour or so of venting to colleagues and several infusions of hard liquor.

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   Ms. Management: I Hope You Find the Time to Read this Column

   By Stacy-Marie Ishmael

   Posted on June 21, 2017

   If you’re the kind of person who is into both checks on the executive branch and the finer points of employment law, you may already have come across the case of KNTV, Inc. and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL–CIO. If not—and who can blame you—a quick primer: that case set the precedent that an employer’s use of the phrase “I hope you” could be reasonably construed as “coercive.”

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   Ms. Management: Whose Stories Do We Consider?

   By Stacy-Marie Ishmael

   Posted on May 16, 2017

   On books, checklists, and the cumulative effect of unconscious decisions.

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   When They Don’t Want You To Lead

   By Emily Chow and Kaeti Hinck

   Posted on September 12, 2016

   It’s challenging to find your feet as a leader, even more so when you’re in an underrepresented group. For people of color, women and other underrepresented groups, there are structural systems and power dynamics in place that make navigating the workplace—and leadership—especially precarious. During SRCCON in Portland, we gathered to talk about our experiences and ideas for how to navigate shared challenges.