Tony

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Comanche (Esa Rosa). 📰/⛺️/🏍. Poynter faculty. Steering for News Product Alliance. Formerly of Oklahoma/Texas/Florida. Now hidden away in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Websitehttps://www.tonyelkins.com
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News Product Alliancenewsproduct.org
TonyFeb 9, 2023

🚨 Are you a BIPOC journalist with leadership responsibilities or leadership potential? Join me and Kathy Lu this October for the Poynter Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media in St. Pete FL. Applications are open now: https://www.poynter.org/shop/leadership/diversity-lead-2023/

The interactive, week-long academy will focus on critical skills you need to:
- Develop effective management styles
- Navigate newsroom and digital culture
- Build collaborative teams
- Manage across differences
- Negotiate effectively
Apply asap.

Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media (October 2023) - Poynter

This competitive program trains BIPOC journalists working in media to thrive professionally and personally. Apply by Feb. 17, 2023.

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TonyFeb 6, 2023
Wife is away visiting family and friends, so the the dog and I went hiking all weekend. 6 miles on Saturday and 5.5 on Sunday. We're both moving a little slow this morning.
TonyJan 31, 2023

Mandy Jenkins has been such a wonderful connector of so many people in our community. Please help or amplify if you can.

https://gofund.me/fcf968e6

TonyJan 30, 2023

A thought leader. 👀

https://www.poynter.org/from-the-institute/2023/tony-elkins-thought-leader-in-design-product-thinking-and-deib-joins-poynter-faculty/

Tony Elkins, thought leader in design, product thinking and DEIB, joins Poynter faculty - Poynter

Elkins, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, will initially be responsible for co-directing Poynter’s Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media.

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TonyJan 25, 2023
I’ve been doing this media gig for 25 years and this round of layoffs has me feeling very anxious. I want to say it’s about the general economy and “looming” recession, but honestly, I feel like it’s 2008 and the C-suite just hasn’t learned a single lesson and has no idea how to relate to its audience and deliver products to consumers. We have to do better at delivering products our consumers will engage with. We’re doomed otherwise, regardless of what Wall Street says.
Show threadTonyJan 20, 2023

If I've met you, worked with you or learned from you — you've played a huge part in my next journey and I can't wait to share it with you. Thanks everyone, and I'll see you soon.

👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

TonyJan 20, 2023

🚨 Like a lot of others — some personal news.

Today is my last day at Gannett. It's been quite the strange journey to get here. I started in 2006 at an NYT Regional paper and survived sale after sale after sale until the Gannett merger.

I will be starting my dream job soon — it is quite literally my dream job — and a release will be going out soon.

( 👀 I can't believe I'm Press Release worthy 👀 )

TonyJan 12, 2023
Dan SinkerJan 12, 2023
So @kissane said it better and I'd QT if I could but seriously Medium has dropped more strategic directions than you would believe and each time they leave real people in the lurch so like migrate to their masto server with caution.
TonyJan 11, 2023
Hear me out . . . Maybe, just maybe, we should invest in infrastructure and software updates for aging systems. That would be a good use of my tax dollars. I like roads and bridges being where they should be, and flights to being on time.
TonyJan 10, 2023
Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Charlie XCX and BLONDIE! I kind of want to go to Coachella now, you know, except for the being old and the pandemic.