
How do media companies target young talent to shape future transformation?
INMA Presentation File
09 December 2020
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There is no doubt that in 2020, human resources departments found their year to shine, and news media leaders faced challenges and opportunities they previously couldn't have imagined.
Starting with the logistics of safety and work-from-home transtions and continuing with workplaces that are forever changed by the universal need for diversity and the pandemic, the business of people management has perhaps never been more challenging, important, and interesting.
Creative examples abound from INMA members, showing HR as a centre of innovation, continuing education efforts for employees, human talent tied to the growth of digital subscriptions, embracing cross-functional teams, and working to diversify staff and voices.
— Dawn McMullan, INMA
INMA Presentation File
09 December 2020
Read MoreThroughout the pandemic, HR was responsible for some of the most crucial decisions that organisations had to take to keep businesses intact and ensure employees were safe, secure, engaged, and productive. How will that continue in 2021?
14 March 2021
Read MorePsychological capital is critical to performance development and management.
14 June 2021
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26 January 2021
Read MoreThe New York Times, Financial Times, and Stuff share with attendees of an INMA Master Class how they are reflecting audiences with hiring and engaging employees. These efforts are even more tricky during a pandemic.
31 January 2021
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23 February 2021
Read MoreSetting priorities as a team ensures everyone’s ideas are validated.
07 July 2021
Read MoreTo demonstrate its commitment to becoming a greater ally in the fight against systemic racism, racial injustice, and discrimination, Gannett launched a dedicated Take Action Web site, detailing the actions it is taking as a company.
05 July 2021
Read MoreNWZ’s Nordwest Academy provides continuing education for employees with more than 50 courses in seven different categories. The programme is increasing employee satisfaction, making the company more attractive to potential employees, and growing knowledge companywide.
03 March 2021
Read MoreDuring this particularly difficult times, news media leaders need to be compassionate, communicate clearly and transparently, and focus on priorities.
17 November 2020
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton delves into the art of saying no. Sometimes it is necessary when a product idea is just bad. Yet one must guard against always calling full stop when perhaps the idea needs more work and input from other team members.
04 August 2021
Read MoreNine transformed its product team from a closed-door operation into a fully collaborative environment. INMA Product Initiative Jodie Hopperton shares the steps along that journey.
16 February 2021
Read MoreProduct leaders from Condé Nast and The Washington Post share how their product teams have evolved into more collaborative efforts with other departments in their companies.
19 May 2022
Read MoreJensen Boey of SPH Media and Giulianna Carranza of El Comercio shared stories of their data transformation during Wednesday’s Webinar.
18 May 2022
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton shares what she is learning from Tony Fadell’s (the inventor of the iPad and iPhone) book about data-driven product decisions vs. opinion-based product decisions. Plus, a look at how culture and clear goals drive a strong product culture.
17 May 2022
Read MoreTo get and keep the best talent, news media companies need to level up to the newest priorities and mindset of employees, letting go of these 10 myths, Tammy Erickson, executive fellow/organisational behaviour at the London Business School, told INMA members.
05 May 2022
Read MoreSCMP’s paywall allows a rigorous approach to understanding readers and what they are looking for. It also enables SCMP to make decisions around product and growth much faster.
25 April 2022
Read MoreA tech vendor with the right resources can begin working on projects right away, versus in-house teams that may need to be brought up to speed.
18 April 2022
Read MoreJournalists are at the forefront of the world’s challenges, and they need support to cope. Here are eight ways newsroom management can help.
10 April 2022
Read MoreMedia leaders from JP/Politiken, Gannett/USA Today Network, The Guardian, and The Globe and Mail shared the why and how of creating newsroom buy-in to business goals during a recent INMA Newsroom Initiative master class.
05 April 2022
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton shares thoughts on how to avoid duplicative work by product team members.
24 March 2022
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton explores how media companies benchmark products (hint: there is no one answer) and how to avoid duplicative work by product team members.
22 March 2022
Read MoreThe process of building and promoting a culture of experimentation at media companies is important for corporate innovation and success in volatile times.
21 March 2022
Read MoreGen Z wants a work environment within a media company where they are not judged on anything other than their work — a place where everyone is given a chance to grow.
20 March 2022
Read MoreWhile digital transformation is happening, the bigger challenge remains how to transform the fundamental print-first organisation, processes, and mindset that pervade newsrooms today.
08 March 2022
Read MoreThe changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic require media companies to consider permanent, long-term approaches to content creation and delivery. Events are one content area that must be reconsidered.
27 February 2022
Read MoreIn an INMA members-only Webinar, Archant CEO Lorna Willis and Chief People Officer Tom Kay described the customer-first approach that helped advertisers problem solve during the pandemic, as well as how employee relations changed in the time of COVID.
23 February 2022
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03 February 2022
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01 February 2022
Read MoreThe managing editor of digital at Standard Group Limited in Kenya shared the building blocks of the company’s reader revenue strategy and how data is key to everything.
30 January 2022
Read MoreAs one of her three big themes for this year, INMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton shares advice on how to handle conflicting objectives — a job that often falls to the product team.
26 January 2022
Read MoreINMA President Damian Eales, global head of transformation at News Corp, addresses the issues facing news media companies such as work-from-home, paid content, the role of data, where advertising goes next, the Big Tech relationships, and where INMA fits among these big subjects.
17 January 2022
Read MoreCOVID-19 has changed newsrooms forever. The “distributed” or “virtual” newsroom is the new normal.
16 January 2022
Read MoreProduct leaders from Gannett, The Straits Times, The Hill, Dow Jones, and Financial Times emphasised the importance of clear communication to successfully build and navigate product roadmaps during the recent INMA Methodologies to Launch and Innovate Products Master Class.
11 January 2022
Read MoreThe pandemic changed what is expected of media leaders. Future leaders will be acknowledged for demonstrating neo-leadership traits like tenacity during volatility, virtual empowerment, decisional agility, and emotional resilience.
16 December 2021
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton looks back at a year of learning about product. Her biggest lesson learned: Clearly articulated goals and objectives are everything.
08 December 2021
Read MoreDuring the recent INMA Africa News Media Summit, BCC Africa Advisor Peter Burdin shared his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities of turning around the media talent gap on the continent.
22 November 2021
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton dives into the ACT report, cheering on its focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
09 November 2021
Read MoreDigital transformation supports a business model of providing news that audiences want, where and when they want it. But the slow infusion of this thinking into legacy companies can be challenging for digital natives in the newsroom.
26 October 2021
Read MoreBuilding on her work as a leader in The Wall Street Journal’s diversity initiatives, Louise Story shares her theory on how diversity among audience, product, and team members/company leaders must work together for media companies to successfully diversify their audiences and staff members.
29 September 2021
Read MoreMedia organisations that intend to stay at the top of their game with world-class talent need to ensure hiring is beyond what it used to be before 2020.
27 September 2021
Read MoreAs part of the Facebook Latin America Reader Revenue Accelerator Programme, Prensa Libre adopted an experimental mindset as it launched its digital subscription platform and brought together a multi-disciplinary team.
12 September 2021
Read MoreDietmar Schantin of IFMS Media Consultancy shares key practices that news media organisations can implement to hire the best people for the right positions.
11 August 2021
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11 August 2021
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton shares four opportunities media companies offer employees that other product-focused teams (tech companies, for example) may not.
21 July 2021
Read MoreDuring the first day of INMA’s debut Asia/Pacific News Media Summit, the director of product at Nine in Australia shared how content and editorial teams have come together at the company. The free summit drew 612 participants from 35 countries.
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
Read MoreJohn Kundert, chief product officer at Financial Times, and Karl Oskar Teien, director of product at Aftenposten, joined INMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton for an INMA members-only Webinar to discuss the delicate relationship between product and editorial.
07 July 2021
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton digs into what differentiates journalism and content experiences, as well as the natural tensions around the two media company teams.
22 June 2021
Read MoreData can help media leaders identify those individuals who will best benefit the company, measure their own effectiveness, and identify team blind spots.
08 June 2021
Read MoreINMA Executive Producer Mark Challinor interviews Gannett President Maribel Perez Wadsworth about COVID challenges in the past year, Gannett’s commitment to diversity, future goals for USA Today and its other titles, digital subscriptions, and Big Tech.
19 May 2021
Read MoreThe global COVID-19 pandemic presented media with challenges that may be shaped into new opportunities. Here are the things Dagbladet is considering as it transitions to a post-COVID newsroom.
09 May 2021
Read MoreWhen a position isn’t filled quickly, there is a tendency to make concessions. But news media executives who wait for that “unicorn” will find it worth the wait in the long run.
02 May 2021
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Jodie Hopperton talks to the head of product management at Asana, Jackie Bavaro, about what processes to take with new product ideas, how much interaction product managers should have with customers, how to best work with stakeholders, and best practices in hiring a product team.
28 April 2021
Read MoreHealth, safety, employee well-being, and mental health were among the most talked about aspects of the workplace in 2020. Will these lessons carry into the future at media companies?
20 April 2021
Read MoreA-players are characteristically human centered, results oriented, have high-learning agility, and are intrinsically motivated. They like to excel, come in all shapes and sizes, and can work in all departments of the company.
06 April 2021
Read MoreThe most important thing for building a culture of connection is that a deeper connection must be made between the different departments (horizontal) and between the different layers in the company (vertical).
09 March 2021
Read MoreNeeds-focused leaders realise their success is dependent upon a host of invested stakeholders. News media leaders can learn from the companies consumers truly love.
28 February 2021
Read MoreStrategy, structure, and culture must work in harmony for organisations to realise their full digital subscription potential.
15 February 2021
Read MoreManagement consultant Abhijit Bhaduri shares thoughts on how to hire for new roles that no one already has experience for, as well as three things media organisations need to consider.
04 February 2021
Read MoreINMA Product Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton shares advice on successfully communicating among media company departments.
03 February 2021
Read MoreMedia organisations may need to engage in exercises to redefine their core mission as they work through digital transformation with their teams.
02 February 2021
Read MoreAuthor and management consultant Abhijit Bhaduri shares three pieces of advice for hiring better talent with INMA.
21 January 2021
Read MoreINMA Project Initiative Lead Jodie Hopperton takes a big picture look at how many news media companies — Tamedia in Switzerland, Bauer in Germany, Schibsted in Norway, and MediaNews Group in the United States — intersect product and tech.
20 January 2021
Read MoreJodie Hopperton, head of INMA’s new Product Initiative, talked with the head of product and technology of the U.S.-based MediaNews Group about how the product team works internally.
19 January 2021
Read MoreLeading from a place of empathy and authenticity shows employees that media organisations care about their people.
18 January 2021
Read MoreAuthor and management consultant Abhijit Bhaduri outlines three key factors to take into consideration when recruiting new talent — the most important being the candidate’s opportunity to upskill.
14 January 2021
Read MoreDeveloping a data-driven strategy at Grupo RBS over the past two years involved hiring the right talent, positioning technology within the company, and building out data products.
03 January 2021
Read MoreThe lean staff at The Daily Beast means that everyone works together in cross-functional ways to produce the content and brand messaging for the company.
22 December 2020
Read MoreEmployees are powerful advocates for an organisation, building trust with and demonstrating transparency to the outside community.
07 December 2020
Read MoreAt Dagens Nyheter, digital subscriptions are a key focus of the company strategy, so it was natural to have the editor-in-chief also be the CMO.
03 December 2020
Read MoreTwo executives from Mediahuis Partners found success in transforming their companies through human connection, resulting in astounding growth. They shared their journey in an INMA Webinar.
02 December 2020
Read MoreFunke Media Group in Germany and Nikkei in Japan are finding success driving growth through innovations in their organisational strategies. They shared how at an INMA Readers First Meet-up.
22 November 2020
Read MoreWhen Aftenposten transformed to bring its editorial and commercial departments together, the culture change resulted in teams working together for mutual success.
29 October 2020
Read MoreFinancial Times responded to its virtual transition with updated communication platforms, metrics, and strategies, meeting and exceeding its audience engagement goals for 2021.
12 October 2020
Read MoreImplementing the “All of Us” initiative has created a quantifiably more diverse, dynamic, and responsive workforce for Stuff. Here are the programme’s five objectives.
27 September 2020
Read MoreAmedia’s live graphic production requires a cross-country team, but viewers reap the benefits to enjoy coverage of Norway’s women’s premiere league football.
21 September 2020
Read MoreThe pandemic has forced media companies to adapt and adjust their corporate cultures in ways they never imagined possible. How will it all work in the longer run?
15 September 2020
Read MoreNZME took a flexible, modern, and personalised approach to training and mentoring employees, and it has paid off with better retention.
13 September 2020
Read MoreThe rule of BLUE — believe, learn, undying intent, and evaluate — highlights key cornerstones media human resources teams need as they help employees achieve their purpose through passion. COVID adds another: Sincerity.
31 August 2020
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