When Scott Libin and I email each other, our messages often start: “Greetings to my co-anchor,” even though we‘ve never worked at the same station
It’s our reminder of a great moment at a leadership conference, as we co-led a session. A participant said we delivered together like an experienced co-anchor team.
For us, that was the perfect compliment.
Why?
Because we know the hard work that goes into making anchoring look easy. Long before we were educators, each of us did some time behind an anchor desk. Later, we both became news directors who hired, scheduled, promoted, and coached on-air talent.
We admit it: We have a bias for high-performing anchors. But not just good readers. We love the leaders.
We know the impact leading anchors have on their newsrooms. They work in tandem with newsroom managers to develop stories and sources, coach junior staff members on their storytelling, and weigh in on ethical questions.
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