Training

Obviously, an individual with this background [Reuters hires Pulitzer winner and new deputy social media editor] needs no training. However, news agency work and Reuters in particular deserves some orientation. For those who don’t know me, I taught three years at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia, including one year as a full faculty member. I hold an Ed.M. from Columbia in Curriculum Theory and Design. I think all new hires, including those at the stratospheric level, should spend two weeks on the Americas Desk in Washington or the World Desk in London to get an understanding of the organisation and how it works. I found it a difficult adjustment coming from all-news radio in New York, even with an AP background. ■