Interview with Rich Wellins, Development Dimensions International

IFRA: What are some of the key findings of your recent research on leaders? Wellins: Well, we are showing number 1, that confidence in leadership is at an all-time low. We survey ...>

Interview with Anna Kirah, CPH Design 1 2 3

IFRA: What are some of the key points from your latest work on the notion of crisis and how to innovate to succeed? Kirah: I think the first thing that people need to do is stop think ...>

Marek Kostrzewinski über seine Erfahrungen in Indien

Text not yet available in English. IFRA: Erzählen Sie ein bisschen von sich: Wie alt sind Sie? Wo stammen Sie her? Was ist Ihr beruflicher Background und welche Aufgaben haben Sie b ...>

Panchaksharam Mohanraj on his experiences in Germany

December 2008. In fall 2008 Panchaksharam Mohanraj worked for almost three months at Rheinisch Bergische Druckerei in Düsseldorf as an exchange engineer coming from the South Indian newspaper ...>

Matthias Tietz on technical exchange programme

Text not yet available in English. Kennengelernt haben sich M. Tietz und K. Balaji 2005 in Dallas, Texas, wo anlässlich der Nexpo auch ein Meeting der Technischen Arbeitsgruppe (TG) de ...>

Kasturi Balaji on technical exchange programme

Kasturi Balaji is Director of The Hindu Group. He and Matthias Tietz, Managing Director of Rheinisch Bergische Verlagsgesellschaft (Rheinische Post), both members of the IFRA Advisory Council ...>

Q&A with James O'Shea, former L.A. Times editor

James O’Shea spent approximately 25 years with Chicago-based Tribune company in a variety of positions, eventually becoming managing editor of the Chicago Tribune in 2001. In late 2006, h ...>

MBA для медиа стартует в октябре

Завершается набор на первую в России образовательную программу для медиаменеджеров «Медиа MBA», которая стартует с 15 октября 2007 года. Занятия будут проходить на базе Международной Школы Бизнеса Финансовой Академии при Правительстве РФ (МШБ ФА) возле м. Аэропорт. Напомним ...>

Управление персоналом в АФС/ИМГ

Вопрос: Когда ваша компания начала заниматься НR в современном смысле этого слова? Что побудило к этому? Тамара Шкулева: В 2003 году HR- дирекция была создана в ИД АФС, а в 2004 году аналогичная дирекция появилась и в ИнтерМедиаГруп. До этого в обеих компаниях весь ...>

Трудно учиться, не зная языков

Вопрос: Для наших СМИ управление персоналом, HR, –сравнительно новое направление… Александр Горюнов: Для наших СМИ это действительно так. Достаточно мало менеджеров по персоналу, которые продвинуты в этом бизнесе. В основном НR специалисты в медиа – это кадровик старого ...>

Интернет и знакомства

Дмитрий Мурзин, заместитель генерального директора «Медиаком» - главный редактор газеты «Сити клуб», нового еженедельника City club, который будет распространяться в московском Сити. Преподает на факультете журналистики МГУ. В середине 90-х был главным редактором «Фи ...>

Четыре случая обращения к рекрутерам

Наша практика показывает, что 60-70 процентов издателей заполняют вакансии на руководящие должности через личные связи и по рекомендациям знакомых, а не через открытые рыночные механизмы. Чаще всего к нам в агентство обращаются, когда ищут работников на должности, связа ...>

Q&A with Magdalena Kock, Stampen Group

Magdalena Kock sits on the corporate management team (5 persons) for Stampen AB, including all properties of Stampen (newspapers and printing companies) and she’s also part of the management team that comprises those 5 persons + the managers of each business units. She ...>

Russia facing deficit of skilled managers

A deficit of skilled personnel on both the editorial and commercial sides is arguably the single most serious problem facing the publishing business in Russia. At the individual company ...>

Pierre Baudhuin, directeur des ressources humaines du quotidien Ouest France*

Not yet available in English techniques de presse : Existe-t-il une conception particulière des ressources humaines dans le groupe Ouest-France ? ...>

Q&A with Anthony Cheng, Singapore Press Holdings

newspaper techniques: What are the challenges of hiring good managers and to keep them, speaking more on the production side? Anthony Cheng: Hiring and keeping good mana ...>

Q&A with Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation

nt: How do you keep good managers from going to other fields or other competitors? Alberto Ibargüen: There are a couple of things. Number one, you treat people with res ...>

Q&A with Sheila R. Solomon, Chicago Tribune

newspaper techniques: How do you keep good managers from going to other fields or other competitors? Sheila R. Solomon: By providing challenging opportunities. So ...>

Бутч Уорд, Институт Пойнтера: интервью

Вопрос: Как вы удерживаете хороших менеджеров – от ухода к конкурентам или в другие сферы деятельности? Бутч Уорд: В каком-то смысле удержать хорошего менеджера – то же самое, что удержать любого хорошего журналиста: надо создать обстановку, которая ясно показывает, что ...>

Катлин Пеллегрино, редактор раздела вакансий: интервью

Вопрос: Как вы удерживаете хороших менеджеров – от ухода к конкурентам или в другие сферы деятельности? Катлин Пеллегрино: По-моему, The Sun-Sentinel отличает очень серьезная программа трен ...>

Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei's intensive management development programme

We have featured this company many times in the magazine over the years, whether it was for its membership into the International Newspaper Color Quality Club or for its other quality and p ...>

Interview with Mark Kurtich

On 8 February, the Los Angeles Times closed its San Fernando Valley plant, one of three plants that it had been operating. Here, Mark Kurtich, senior vice president of operations for the Tribune Co.-owned newspaper explains why this decision was made and how the Los An ...>

Q&A with Howard Weaver, the McClatchy Company

Howard Weaver: May I start these replies with one caveat? I don’t want to pretend that I am speaking for “the newspaper industry” or “the media.” Those broad aggregations are seldom mea ...>

Fairfax's editorial restructuring in Australia

By early 2006 Australia’s second-largest publisher, John Fairfax Holdings, had shed about 70 editorial staff. This represented what corporate spokesman Bruce Wolpe said was at the “higher ...>

Interview with Barry Dennis

newspaper techniques: What have been the results of the restructuring at Archant Norfolk? Barry Dennis: The results of it all are a bit unknown as yet, but from where I sit it's all about the principle of working smarter. When you have two or three u ...>

Interview with Dick van der Meer

In 2005 Algemeen Dagblad, the second largest Dutch newspaper by paid subscriptions, merged with seven regional titles. After a preparation of only 10 months, the new title appeared in September, coming in 22 different local and regional flavours. Dick van der Meer, deputy e ...>

When consolidation calls in the U.S.

Merging operations is nothing new for sister publications in North America, as large publishers continually try to identify efficiencies (or inefficiencies) and squeeze the most out of their available resources. Naturally, efficiencies can mean job cuts and a bit of anxiety ...>

Interview with John Morton

newspaper techniques: This is not the first time we’ve seen cost reduction in the newspaper industry – and it certainly won’t be the last – but the impetus for the recent round of staff cuts seems a bit unclear. Are we seeing a survival instinct kick in, or so ...>

Bruno Hocquart de Turtot on the situation in France

On 2 November 2005, after 18 months of negotiations, the publishers of the French regional newspapers signed an agreement with the trades unions on the reorganisation of technical jobs. Betwee ...>

Dropping newspaper demand leads to unusual merger in the Netherlands

Dutch publishers PCM and Wegener decided to join forces with a new title last year. Five regional dailies owned by Wegener merged with three PCM-productions, under which Algemeen Dagblad, ...>

In the U.K., it's restructure or 'die'

The problems facing the U.K. press will be familiar to newspapers from around the globe. Dwindling advertising revenues, rival online classified services, and declining daily sales provide a familiar litany of woes. Events over the last few months, however, suggest that U.K ...>

Steve Outing on the stakes in the newsrooms

Steve Outing is senior editor at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. newspaper techniques: Do you fear a reduction in quality of journalism? Steve Outing: Definitely. You ...>

Knowledge Transfer program (available only in German and French)

Magdalena Kock, Personal­direktorin bei Stampen, Schweden, war für die Durchführung des Wissens­transfers bei Stampen/ Göteborgs-Posten verant­wortlich. ...>

Interview with Joachim Türk

Joachim Türk is editor in chief of the Rhein-Zeitung, a regional daily in Koblenz, Germany. Klaus von Prümmer, senior editor for newspaper techniques, spoke with Türk about the company’s recent reorganisation. newspaper techniques: The Rhein- ...>