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Samantha Ragland

Florida
As seen in: Poynter Online, Palm Beach Post, Nieman Lab, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Providence Journal, Florida Times-Union, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, The Canton Repository, Erie Times-News, The Enterprise (Brockton, MA) and
Vice President of Journalism Programs @ampress | Former faculty @poynter; @gannett @pbpost alum | #digitalwomenleaders ☎️ calendly.com/sragland/30-min
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In this super rad position, Samantha is able to join her years of teaching with her passion for creative writing, journalism and Palm Beach County. Her primary goal is to oversee The Post's digital efforts covering entertainment. She leads a team of 4 reporters, helping them to differentiate the format and tone of their stories across various platforms — from Facebook and Instagram to Snapchat, Pinterest and email.
She has been with The Post since May of 2013 and has held various positions on t…

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Local news should help Americans build healthy relationships with civic information

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By Samantha Ragland
| American Press Institute
We wake up to notifications before our eyes focus and feet hit the floor. We move between work pings, group chats, weather alerts, school emails and endless scrolls. We’re parents; some of us are caregiving for young children, others for aging parents, or both. We’re juggling school schedules with soccer practice, work schedules with friendships, walking the dog, cooking dinner, going to the gym. Even journalists, whose job it is to both inform and be informed, are on news diets.
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3 organizational habits that make impact easier to see, strengthen and communicate

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By Samantha Ragland
| American Press Institute
Local news has become remarkably confident in measuring what it publishes and produces, but a bit less certain about measuring what it changes. Sam Ragland speaks at the recent API Local News Summit in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Lilly Chapa) Instead of trying to figure it out alone, 70 news practitioners from across business models, disciplines and roles convened in Pittsburgh alongside researchers, community organizers, educators and philanthropists.
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Managing a psychologically safe workplace

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By Samantha Ragland
| American Press Institute
This week’s action: In one conversation or meeting, practice being a host instead of a hero. Psychological safety — the belief that you won’t be punished or humiliated for speaking up with your ideas, questions, concerns or mistakes — is often framed as a workplace well-being concept. But it also shapes how teams collaborate and how organizations build trust with their communities.
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