Culture & Inclusion

For many newsrooms, changing the systems that protect unhealthy culture could be a few sustained decisions away from reality.

Don’t forget to reward yourself for building new habits, and think about how you can incorporate these into your newsroom’s workflow.

With all of the demands on a newsroom, how do you make time to build new habits in pursuit of larger goals?

Maybe you’re proactively planning your day around the suggested well-being task, or maybe you need to check your calendar each day for a reminder — there’s no right or wrong way to do this.

You’ve made it through the first week of prioritizing well-being! What activities made a positive impact on your day? Were there any that were difficult to accomplish?

The cohort shares its learnings with newsrooms working to identify gaps and opportunities to broaden sourcing and find ways to better reflect the deep diversity of communities in their coverage.

Why a 20-day, 20-action challenge? Because prioritizing the well-being of ourselves, our journalists, and by relation, our organizations takes deliberate steps toward healthy habits and self-awareness.

Five actions to take this week to build resilient mental health habits.

You will never know how your community is engaging with your coverage unless you ask. Our partners at the Record-Journal in Meriden, Conn., experienced this firsthand after holding more than 80 conversations with community members and hearing from more than 2,000 survey respondents. 

It is okay if this takes longer to get off the ground than you think it will.