Changes in News Work: Implications for Newsroom Managers

This article explores managerial changes at two basic levels, i.e., the task of managing and the resulting impact on the role of management. It begins by discussing the coming convergence, digitization, and industry change that directly impact the newsroom. The authors then deduce the main, functional shifts that will occur in the central management duties as well as the transitional skills that newsroom managers will need to develop. More importantly, it sets the stage for examining new roles and attitudes that newsroom managers and their organizations will find strategically and tactically essential—if somewhat cumbersome and not all together welcome.