B.A. Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1972 M.A. Leadership, Duquesne University - 2004
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Jill helps news managers learn how to lead her favorite people in the world - journalists. Good journalists, she points out, question authority and resist "spin." It takes exceptional leaders to build trust, along with the systems and culture that grow great journalism. In addition to teaching leadership styles, conflict resolution, collaboration, coaching, decision making and problem solving, she also teaches in the area of ethics and broadcast journalism. Her background as a TV news director, reporter, anchor and producer inform her teaching on broadcast issues as well as her work with print and online leaders.
Jill lives in Bayside, WI and commutes to Poynter. You can often reach her in her home office: 414-351-0604 -- and hear her canine shelter adoptees Champ and Tugboat attempt to join in your conversation.
Jill's sons are Noah and MacNeil, both college students. Her husband is Neil Jaehnert, who owns a video production company in Milwaukee.
