Another troubling report from Newspaperdeathwatch.com:
Good editors motivate people to produce at their highest rate. But quotas and story counting only leads to a reduction in quality and increases the possibility of mistakes. Certainly, editors should keep track of who is producing and who is not, but that goes far beyond the number of daily bylines.
A good investigative piece could take days or weeks to produce if done thoroughly. On the other hand, if someone is missing from the newsroom for hours on end and is producing nothing, obviously more supervision is in order.
But when you treat everyone like they were the worst producing person in the room, you hurt morale.
Managing is different than controlling.
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