"What the $#!& were you thinking?!" and other Newsroom No-Nos in a Shifting Workplace Culture

Newsrooms are known for their “salty” workplace culture where “f bombs” fly as frequently as breaking news alerts sound; gallows humor long used to manage the stress of having a front row seat to death and destruction. Both of these mainstays of newsroom culture are becoming increasingly problematic in today’s multi-generational newsrooms. This panel will offer thoughts on what that means for educators training future journalists and for the employers who seek to hire them. Moderator: Steve Bien-Aime, University of Kansas