Today we launched
SuperVision, a new leadership column written by
Jill Geisler, head of Poynter's Leadership and Management Group. This blog is an evolution of the Leading Lines column. The main difference: SuperVision will deliver more frequent posts, often featuring video. Jill will offer quick tips and observations on leadership issues in the news, along with video illustrations.
Readers and viewers of
SuperVision will find:
- Hot topics with Jill's take on real-life leadership scenarios in newsrooms and beyond.
- Cool tips provide useful, at-a-glance ideas for managers, often with links to longer readings.
- Help! Answers to questions submitted by those who manage -- or are managed.
- Leadership at Poynter with links to upcoming Poynter leadership seminars.
- Distance Learning through NewsU leadership courses led by Jill: Difficult Coversations and Lousy Listeners.
- Leaders as Readers featuring book recommendations for leadership and management issues.
SuperVision is a natural next step for Jill, who is as comfortable on camera as she is teaching or writing. "At its best," she says, "SuperVision will be a mini-channel of daily information for newsroom managers. I'm trying to weave my broadcast journalism skills with my love of leadership teaching."
In bringing multimedia to her blog, Jill learned how to add basic HTML and upload photos to Poynter's content management system. She also helped create the resources in blog's left rail.
"I wanted to put myself in the shoes of many of the journalists in newsrooms today," she said. "Learning new skills isn't always easy, especially when you've never been technically adept. Believe me, I'm not. So be patient with me, but realize that if I can do it -- anyone can!"
Send
Jill your leadership questions and challenges, and she'll see you on
SuperVision.
