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From RTDNA:
When anchors get an opportunity for professional development, it’s usually in the form of “talent coaching” – to polish their on-camera delivery.
That’s important.
But my “co-anchor” Scott Libin and I have long believed anchors deserve more.
That’s why, more than 25 years ago, as faculty members of the Poynter Institute, we developed Anchor Leadership seminars. Anchors from across the country and the world spent time focused on coaching, collaboration, conflict resolution, ethics, and diversity – all steeped in journalistic values.
Anchors, we’ve missed you.
The RTNDA annual conference, , is going to be in Milwaukee. It’s not only my home turf (and in a neighboring state of Scott’s), but it’s also a city where anchors from every station have taken part in past Anchor Leadership programs. How cool is that?
So we pitched RTDNA to do this program and got a quick green light. Then we reached out to our Milwaukee anchor alums to help us as guest faculty — and they immediately volunteered.
That should tell you a good deal about how much a program like this means to those who’ve attended. We hope you’ll join them — and us — on June 12 in Milwaukee for the.