Project Management in Newsrooms webinar

On Tuesday 17 October, APM held a webinar focussed on the recently published guide Project Management in Newsrooms, aimed at those working in a newsroom environment who have responsibility for managing projects of different sizes. The author, Robin Kwong, who has two decades of journalism experience working in a variety of roles in newsrooms across Asia, Europe and North America, shared his insights into best practices for each stage of an editorial project's lifecycle from planning and execution through to project wrap-up.

Patrick Scott, joined Robin in this session and explored ways to help improve your planning, communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills, and provided practical tips on what to do if someone says no to the project and how to handle unexpected developments.

Webinar resources

Robin and Patrick have very kindly allowed their conversation to be made available for viewing. The webinar recording is now on YouTube, and available in our APM resources area and also embedded below for reference.

The questions submitted from attendees during the webinar are being reviewed and answered.

Speakers

Robin Kwong, New Formats Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Robin Kwong has two decades of journalism experience working in a variety of roles in newsrooms across Asia, Europe and North America. He has been a reporter, editor, special projects editor, and a senior leader and manager in the newsrooms of the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal.

He has won multiple awards for projects including The Uber Game and The WSJ Six-Week Money Challenge. He graduated from Yale University and is an honorary fellow of the Association for Project Management.

Patrick Scott, Head of Data Journalism, Office of National Statistics UK

Patrick Scott is the Head of Data Journalism at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), leading the data journalism profession within a wider team of digital-content-related professionals. His work at the ONS primarily involves working with statisticians, making journalistic products using ONS data for a general audience.

Before joining the civil service, Patrick worked as a data journalist in news organisations including the New Statesman, the Telegraph and Reach.

Previous presentations and webinars can be viewed on the APM Slideshare and YouTube channels.

This webinar is suitable for professionals working in journalism or media environment, who are practising or interested in project management to help them in their role.

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