This continues a series on advice for new top editors in Digital First Media newsrooms.
David Witke
Editors should be aware that we’re role models for the future editors on our staffs.
The editor who most shaped my own leadership is David Witke, who was managing editor of the Des Moines Register when I started working there in 1977 (the editor who hired me, in fact).
Dave has given me lots of advice through the years, but nothing he told me was as important as watching him lead. Here’s my favorite example of Dave’s leadership: (more…)
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