Management courses

running a newsroom on a tight budget

In many of today's newspaper and magazine offices more and more is expected from fewer and fewer people. This course, from an editor who took weekly and evening newspapers to award-winning success with tight staffing levels, deals with using all available resources to best effect, keeping people motivated in a stressed environment and getting the most out of every job.

Who should attend: Desk heads with limited resources.

Course Length: Two days.

Managing a publishing business

Newspaper and media management has never been more challenging, or more exciting. But what are the skills required to establish a successful, results-orientated career, and what issues will managers face over the next five years? This is an intensive five-day course which looks at how to build, develop and lead a dynamic, prosperous enterprise which draws the very best performance out of people.

Who should attend: Sectional heads or deputies who are contemplating a move into wider management or existing executives who wish to broaden their skills, face the issues of the future and maximise their earning potential.

Course Length: Five days.

marketing for journalists

A high-powered course which aims to give journalists a greater understanding of their readership. The course examines market research, how to read it and implement its findings to the best effect, explores ways in which the sales-editorial relationship can be developed, and looks at the content and design that modern readers demand.

Who should attend: Editorial executives and senior journalists.

Course Length: Two days.

The journalist as manager

The challenges faced by newsroom department heads have never been greater than they are now. The multi-media revolution, economic pressures, the growing demands of readers and the rapid pace of change have all created more pressure for journalists managing teams.

To be successful, newsroom managers have to be strong leaders, project managers, be powerful motivators and be able to get more from already stretched staff.

So having a full tool-kit of managerial skills has never been more important.

In this two day course, you will learn:
- how to ensure change is delivered successfully to your team
- how to manage difficult and under performing people
- leadership
- how to manage projects effectively from start to finish
- how to maximise productivity from your news team
- the 11 managerial hats you wear as a news editor, picture editor, features editor, sports editor of assistant editor

Run by journalists for journalists, this exciting new course takes management theory and applies it to the real world of journalism using practical examples which could have come straight from your newsroom.

Who should attend: Newspaper or magazine deskheads (news editor, picture editor, features editor, sports editor or assistant editor).

Course Length: Two days.

budgeting and newspaper finance

A course for the publishing executive who has little formal training in accounting and finance. The course, which deals with budget planning, controlling costs and how to cut costs effectively when the need arises, is also useful to journalists who want to take a broader view of their industry.

Who should attend: Publishing executives and those who seek a greater understanding of the business.

Course Length: Two days.