Follow the Leader Understanding leadership styles is an important element of any profession. Understanding the leadership style of editors for those in news media is vitally important for journalists and those aspiring to be journalists. This short course discusses leadership styles of those who wish to be in the role of frontline editor and provides insight to those who will work alongside them. Instructions: After clicking the link, read the brief description and click “Enroll Now” to view the resource. There is no charge for this resource. If you do not have Poynter account you will be prompted to create one to access this resource. Frontline Editors Introduction: Understanding Leadership Styles (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Week 1 - Budget Meeting 1 No unread replies.2222 replies. Your response is due Day 3 (Thursday). Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Organizing the News Team Budget meetings are a necessary part of news media organizations. It is the time where individuals and departments come together to plan what news they will deliver to their audience and how to present it. Since you will be simulating real-world media organizations in this course, you will also have budget meetings. The purpose of your live budget meetings and consistent collaboration in the Budget Meeting area of the course will be to work together to produce an investigative report suited for various media platforms that will be submitted in Week 5 of the course. Your investigative report will be in the form of a print publication and a broadcast script. The publications are fictitious in name. You will be using templates to simulate various media platforms that you will download from the classroom. While each of the templates are designed as an individual publication, once you have written your individual contributions, you will work with your News Team to combine elements of each report to create a cohesive investigative story. This means that parts of the story you wrote will be interwoven with parts from your News Team members. The following resources will help you to understand how to download the templates and use the platforms to present your work. · Downloading the Templates · Using Google Docs for the Print Publication and Broadcast Script · Using Google Sites for the Digital Publication In Day 1 of the course, you will indicate your time zone and flexibility. By Day 2, your instructor will have placed you in news teams based on this information. This week, you will meet the news team you will work within Weeks 2, 3, and 4 of the course to produce the investigate report due in Week 5 of the course. Since budget meetings in the real world are face-to-face, you will be using Zoom to conduct your weekly meetings. Zoom allows you to use video ...

1. Follow the Leader
Understanding leadership styles is an important element of any
profession. Understanding the leadership style of editors for
those in news media is vitally important for journalists and
those aspiring to be journalists. This short course discusses
leadership styles of those who wish to be in the role of frontline
editor and provides insight to those who will work alongside
them.
Instructions: After clicking the link, read the brief description
and click “Enroll Now” to view the resource. There is no charge
for this resource. If you do not have Poynter account you will
be prompted to create one to access this resource.
Frontline Editors Introduction: Understanding Leadership Styles
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Week 1 - Budget Meeting 1
No unread replies.2222 replies.
Your response is due Day 3 (Thursday). Your grade will reflect
both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your
responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under
the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion
will be evaluated.
Organizing the News Team
Budget meetings are a necessary part of news media
organizations. It is the time where individuals and departments
come together to plan what news they will deliver to their
audience and how to present it. Since you will be simulating
real-world media organizations in this course, you will also
have budget meetings.
The purpose of your live budget meetings and consistent

2. collaboration in the Budget Meeting area of the course will be
to work together to produce an investigative report suited for
various media platforms that will be submitted in Week 5 of the
course. Your investigative report will be in the form of a print
publication and a broadcast script. The publications are
fictitious in name. You will be using templates to simulate
various media platforms that you will download from the
classroom. While each of the templates are designed as an
individual publication, once you have written your individual
contributions, you will work with your News Team to combine
elements of each report to create a cohesive investigative story.
This means that parts of the story you wrote will be interwoven
with parts from your News Team members. The following
resources will help you to understand how to download the
templates and use the platforms to present your work.
· Downloading the Templates
· Using Google Docs for the Print Publication and Broadcast
Script
· Using Google Sites for the Digital Publication
In Day 1 of the course, you will indicate your time zone and
flexibility. By Day 2, your instructor will have placed you in
news teams based on this information. This week, you will meet
the news team you will work within Weeks 2, 3, and 4 of the
course to produce the investigate report due in Week 5 of the
course.
Since budget meetings in the real world are face-to-face, you
will be using Zoom to conduct your weekly meetings. Zoom
allows you to use video, voice, and text to communicate with
one another. You will be required to use video and voice to
communicate with your groups. In addition to the live meeting,
you will also continue to use the budget meeting discussion area
each week to collaborate with your team members according to
the instructions for each week of the course.
In order to complete this discussion, you will use a platform
called Zoom (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.. Please review the Zoom Quick-Start Guide (Links to an

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get started. This guide will familiarize you with the video
conferencing tool, review how to schedule and invite others to a
group meeting/presentation, record the meeting/presentation,
and then upload your video file to the classroom. If you choose
to use another video recording tool for your submission, please
follow the guide instructions to upload an MP4 video file into
your classroom using the same steps.
Important Note: All submissions require an upload of the video
to the classroom. Submission of a link to a video does not fulfill
the submission requirements.
Participation in budget meetings is a different type of
interaction, and there are certain guidelines that each team
member must follow. Please carefully review the Rules of
Engagement for Budget Meetings.
Prepare: Working in news teams can be a rewarding experience,
and it also comes with challenges. The greatest obstacle is
coordinating schedules so that you can meet for the live budget
meeting. While you are not required to meet in Zoom this week,
if you can connect with your news team during this week for
five minutes to test your technology, you will have the chance
to address any issues before your actual budget meetings in
Weeks 2, 3, and 4.
Reflect: Consider what times you can meet with your entire
team for the live budget meetings during the duration of the
course, and post those times in the discussion area. Remember
that flexibility is key to being a successful news team.
Write: Post your available times in the budget meeting
discussion area in the classroom by Day 3 of Week 1.

4. Respond to Peers: Dialogue with your peers to finalize a time to
meet each week. This means that you will need to review all of
the posts of others to find a common time to meet.
Required Resources
Text
Christian, D., Jacobsen, S., & Minthorn, D. (Eds.). (2015). The
Associated Press stylebook and briefing on media law 2015
(46th ed.). New York, NY: Basic Books.
Price, H., Husni, S. A., & Halpern Wenger, D.R. (Eds.). (2016).
Managing today’s news media: Audience first. Los Angeles,
CA: CQ Press.
· Chapter 4: Newspapers
· Chapter 5: Magazines
Multimedia
Montgomerie, A. [Adrienne Montgomerie]. (2013, January 10).
Basic proofreading markup for PDFs using Acrobat Reader XI
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.[Video file].
Retrieved from https://youtu.be/mq90O2_CYco
· This brief video explains to students how to use tools in
Adobe Acrobat Reader to make copy editing changes.
· Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
· Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
Technology
· Students will need a device with webcam and microphone
capabilities or a USB webcam (Links to an external site.)Links
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· Students will also use Google Slides (Links to an external
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5. to create a print publication.
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Week 2 - News Talk
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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and
you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates.
Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and
the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum
Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on
how your discussion will be evaluated.
Managing and Creating Print News Publications
Prepare: It is certainly true that print media faces a hefty task of
trying to keep up in the saturated world of news media. In
Chapters 4 and 5 of the textbook, Price, Husni, and Wenger
(2015) focus on how newspapers and magazines have had to
adapt in the face of technological advances to attract readers.
Read these chapters to gain a better understanding of their
views on what each medium must do to continue to thrive and
remain relevant.
Reflect: Now that you have read the chapters, think about the
suggestions posed by the authors in relation to the audience that
you and your news team will be writing for this term.
· Are the strategies for newspaper and magazines the same when
it comes to adapting to technology for the delivery of news?
· How can each medium ascertain that they reach an audience
for their print services?

6. Write: After you have reflected on these things, write a 250-300
word response that addresses each of the questions. In your
initial post, you must include at least one in-text citation from
the reading material and an additional in-text citation from a
scholarly source that you locate in the Ashford University
Library or from another credible source. At the end of your
post, include your name and a full reference for all sources
cited in the body of your post. All citations and references must
adhere to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford
Writing Center. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site.
Check it! Your post must be submitted through Grammarly prior
to submission.
Respond to Peers: After you have written your initial post, read
the posts of your peers and respond to at least three of them. Be
sure to identify at least one point in each argument with which
you agree and at least one point with which you disagree. Your
responses should address them by name, be between 100 and
150 words in length, and include your name at the end.
Week 2 - Budget Meeting - News Team 1
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Your response is due Day 3 (Thursday). Your grade will reflect
both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your
responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under
the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion
will be evaluated.
Individual Reflection and Team Collaboration
Prepare: This week you will work with your news team to
design a publication for a print newspaper, The AU Chronicle.

7. The template for the publication should be downloaded to your
computer (Downloading the Templates). Your news team will
be using Google Docs to build the publication. Reference the
resource document Using Google Docs for the Print Publication
and Broadcast Script prior to your Budget Meeting.
Reflect: Refresh your memory about the audience that you are
writing for by reviewing the demographics (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.. Your publication must have a
front page and a section for each news team member to write
one story. For example, if there are three news team members,
there will be a front page story and two sections of the news
team’s choice included in the publication. If there are only two
members, there will be front page story written by one members
and another section included with a story written by another
member. News teams may choose from the following sections
for their publications:
· Front Page News (required)
· Local News (We will use San Diego for city and California for
state news since it is home to AU.)
· Education
· National News
· Finance
· International News
· Health and Medicine
· Politics
· Technology
All team members must bring at least two current news topics
for which they feel confident they will be able to get an
interview from someone related to the topic (interviews may be
conducted via email, in person, or by phone). All ideas will be
presented in the Budget Meeting which will take place in Zoom
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The Budget Meeting: Join your news team at the agreed upon
time in Zoom session. Be sure to record your meeting session.
The team member chosen as Editor-In-Chief will be responsible
for starting and sharing the Zoom session in the group area of

8. the course. The news team will decide who will record the
meeting and share the link in their Budget Meeting area of the
course and who will take notes for the meeting to be shared.
Roles: The roles for this week are as follows:
· Editor-in-Chief
· The Editor-In-Chief will be responsible for downloading the
AU Chronicle Template from Doc Sharing and creating access
to the workspace for all team members.
· Writers
· Each news team member will write a story for a section of the
paper and load it as an individual file to the news team’s
Google Drive space for their editor to review. The writer will
load their individual PDF file to the space with their last name
so it can be identified by the editor.
(AUChronicle.TaylorMoore).
· Editors
· Each news team member will edit a section of the publication
for another news team member and return the file to the Google
Drive space for the writer to review suggestions and edits. The
editor will save the file indicating that it has been reviewed
(AUChronicle.TaylorMoore_edited). To understand how to use
editing marks in a PDF, review the Basic Proofreading Markup
For PDFs Using Acrobat Reader XI (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.video.
Discussion: Every person must be a part of the Budget Meeting
discussion presenting ideas and dialoging on the best approach
to take in gathering and presenting the news.
Extenuating Circumstances: If there is an extenuating
circumstance that has a verifiable excuse, the student must
contact the instructor for guidance on the necessary steps to
take. The students, however, must still participate with the news
team in the writing and editing of the publication.
Deadlines: Students must submit work in the Google workspace
and in the Budget Meeting area in the course by the following
deadlines:
· The Editor-In-Chief is responsible for posting the recording in

9. the team’s discussion area immediately after the session ends on
Thursday, Day 3.
· All articles must be loaded to the Google workspace by
Saturday, Day 5 so that editors will have an opportunity to
suggest edits.
· All stories must be loaded to the news team’s publication by
Monday, Day 7.
· The Editor-In-Chief must be sure that the publication is ready
for downloading by Monday, Day 7 no later than 11:59 PM.
The team is required to continue using the Budget Meeting
space in the course throughout the week to share and dialogue
about challenges and successes. A minimum of two posts are
required of all team members.