Introverts are no less mentally healthy than extroverts, she said, and both groups exhibit traits that help them be good journalists. Introverts are good listeners and concentrate better. She said introverted reporters could improve if they understood their own tendencies and learned to deal with them. Editors can help, too, by giving introverted staff members the privacy they prefer and by allowing them extra time to make suggestions on newsroom issues instead of pressing them to speak out at brainstorming sessions. You work too hard and too long.
Families pay the price at home.
So, Miller said, the editor should change the culture by first changing the editor. Effect change, but make the workplace stable. Encourage high productivity, but also creativity.