5 Stories You Might Have Missed This Week

My hope for you this weekend: good weather, good friends, good food and drink—and maybe even a little time to catch up on whichever Backstory & Strategy pieces you didn’t get to during the week.

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Here’s what you may have missed:

• Influencers in the Newsroom: Building Trust Through Translators
  Who really carries your message into the community? It’s often not the masthead, but the translators and connectors inside and outside your newsroom.
• Your Workday Caffeine: How to Rediscover Joy at Work
  The right kind of meeting can leave you more wired than a triple espresso. Here’s how to spot—and spark—those energizing moments.
• The Career Conversation Isn’t Dead
  Annual reviews may feel outdated, but career check-ins matter more than ever. Here’s how to make them real again.
• Reclaim the War Tent
  Staff meetings too often drift into performance theater. This piece looks at their origin story—and how to bring back urgency and purpose.
• Remember Mike: The Story Behind the Perfect Lead
  A tribute to a reporter who couldn’t start a story without the perfect first line—and what that obsession can teach us.

As always, thank you for reading, sharing, and cheering this on—it means the world.

Have a great weekend, and I’ll be back Monday with more Backstory & Strategy.

—Yoni

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