A Happy Newsroom
Audrey Cooper
09.23.19
How do you build a work environment that will help make your team happier and more productive? Audrey Cooper, first female editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, talks about how she worked to transform the newsroom. At the Chronicle, team cohesion and company fit gets top priority. According to Audrey, “I don’t care if you’re a twelve time Pulitzer winner. If you’re a jerk you are not going to work at the Chronicle because it’s not it’s not worth what you do to drive everybody else down.”
Summary:
How do you build a work environment that will help make your team happier and more productive? Audrey Cooper, first female editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, talks about how she worked to transform the newsroom. At the Chronicle, team cohesion and company fit gets top priority. According to Audrey, “I don’t care if you’re a twelve time Pulitzer winner. If you’re a jerk you are not going to work at the Chronicle because it’s not it’s not worth what you do to drive everybody else down.”
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