In his blog post “Six Ways Editors Can Innovate (And Do Their Day Job)”, author Ville Seuri presents tips and techniques that allow news organizations to implement innovation whilst successfully running the business and meeting deadlines. In regards to combining the day-to-day job of journalism with the ability to lead innovation, Seuri comes up with a list of six major lessons – “think big”, “know your strength and your audience”, “prioritize”, “respect autonomy”, “take an interest in your staffers´ progress” and “simplify, communicate, listen, repeat” – that he believes one needs to follow in order to run a both successful and innovative newsroom.

In his paper “How to Lead Innovation and Still Keep Your Newsroom Working”, the author goes into more detail about the process of implementing change and innovation in such a difficult, stressful setting. He also emphasizes the importance of good communication: "Being innovative and effective at the same time does not work without having clear goals, and even the clearest of goals don’t work if they are not communicated effectively. Moreover, it is not enough that vertical communication works, newsroom managers will have to make sure communication also functions horizontally”, he states.

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