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# EP #20: Creating your DIY newsroom

[ Stuart Howie](https://blog.govcommsinstitute.com/podcast/author/stuart-howie)

  | Nov 11, 2021, 8:22:40 PM

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Stuart Howie, author, communications and media consultant, journalist and speaker shares with us insights and strategies from his latest book, The DIY Newsroom.

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Stuart draws on the principles and practices of newsrooms. Why newsrooms? Well, newsrooms are at the top of the content food chain – information is their reason for being.

Stuart knows a thing or two about newsrooms, having transformed newsrooms across a 30-year career as an editor and journalist, including time as editorial director for Fairfax Regional Media.

Discussed in this episode:

- What editorial operations that impacts a nation looks like. And the parts you can take and tailor to your own operations.
- The power of acting SMART™. What it is and how you can control your message for maximum impact.
- Future-proofing your comms strategy for 2019
- Essentials for authentic stakeholder engagement
- Building diversity into an engaging strategy that converts

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###### About the Author

Stuart Howie

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<https://blog.govcommsinstitute.com/podcast/the-power-of-telling-a-story>

### [EP#51 - The power of telling a story](https://blog.govcommsinstitute.com/podcast/the-power-of-telling-a-story)

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<https://blog.govcommsinstitute.com/podcast/getting-value-from-video>

### [EP#52 - Getting value from video](https://blog.govcommsinstitute.com/podcast/getting-value-from-video)

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<https://blog.govcommsinstitute.com/podcast/freedom-of-information-in-government-the-facts>

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