Jamie Mottram is director of content development at the USA TODAY Sports Media Group, which includes the viral sports site For The Win.
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Katherine Bell Management is both the problem and the solution
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Melody Kramer Crowdsourcing the future of news
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Sarah Marshall The allure of a finishable news experience
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Errin Haines Race is your beat, too
Latoya Peterson News in a remix-focused culture
Aaron Edwards Diversity: Don’t talk about it, be about it
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Stacy-Marie Ishmael Text-plus, not post-text
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Matt Waite Fewer and fewer shut-off valves
Lauren Henry Scholz Accepting anonymity
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Hayley Nelson Managing assets across platforms
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