This ability to be empathetic and flexible commands the necessary respect. A newscast is not about trying to stack the most stories into 30 minutes. It's about knowing the needs and concerns of the viewers and your community so intuitively that you instinctively find time to value long-form stories when warranted and allow for probing interviews when 15 second soundbites are obviously superficial. Motivating newsroom capital to achieve this philosophy is based upon leadership. Not the authoritarian leadership that demands my way or the highway but leadership derived from service and human relations management.
Service is defined as the manager or news director who can show or coach by example.
A good leader is someone who has been there and done that more than a few times in more than one place. This experience and knowledge is useful in encouraging, instructing and disciplining newsroom capital toward achieving their best potential. Management is defined as listening to the goals and desires of team players and placing them in the most ideal position where they can excel while contributing most effectively to the success of the team. Hiring and placement is about selecting and motivating your human capital to reach its full potential and if possible the next level. Workers are motivated by more than money but also by a sense of accomplishment and a job well done.