It also opens those eyes to what it takes for managers to give continuing feedback. Staffers from news, production and engineering take part. The executive producer plays a role in the meeting, and even anchors drop in from time to time. He regularly holds critique sessions with photographers and reporters. Critique, probe and offer 'what-ifs' to get better storytelling performance.
Photographers meet monthly for a free group dinner and critique session.
Buy them lights with gels, get them involved in NPPA, demand and expect attention to detail. You will get results. At most stations, the newsroom and production staffs report to different managers, but at KJTV in Lubbock, TX, they report to each other. News director Jeff Klotzman picks a newscast and sets a monthly goal for the number of zero-defect shows. Debrief after each show with the news and production staffs together.