Check your ego. Now, through your coaching, writers discover better ways to craft their own copy. People compliment the writer on a good story, rarely the coach. Your satisfaction comes from knowing the valuable role you play in the professional development of your colleagues and your newsroom. And every now and then, the writer just might offer the coach a little specific praise, too.
Good newsrooms treasure good writing.
Good writers treasure good coaches. She also teaches writing coaching as a staff skill and a value in broadcast newsrooms. Nearly 50 years of what he got right and wrong. Invisible Stories in Obvious News Tips to get beneath the surface. Crunch Times Newsroom cutbacks, layoffs and Wall St. reaction.