Organizational Strategy

Solve complex challenges. Build for what’s next.

Organizational Strategy

Poynter partners with clients to tackle their most pressing challenges and develop customized solutions. Our team can help reimagine how your business works and help align people, processes and priorities for long-term success.

Our team brings deep expertise in journalism business models, newsroom leadership and organizational strategy to help you tackle what’s slowing you down and build what will move you forward. From evaluating current systems to developing new models for growth, we deliver customized, actionable support that strengthens your operations — and your impact.

What we offer:

  • Consulting to identify organizational pain points, bottlenecks and strategic gaps
  • Editorial strategy designed to focus resources on the highest impact journalism and work
  • Workflow mapping and redesign to improve speed, clarity and collaboration
  • Organization-wide KPI development to measure what matters most
  • Project management training to build execution and accountability
  • Revenue diversification planning to match editorial and audience strategy 
  • Leadership coaching to ensure decision-making reflects shared priorities
  • Coaching for change management and strategic implementation
  • Roadmaps for operational transformation grounded in your mission and market

Let’s build the newsroom of the future — today.
Reach out to Aaron Sharockman at partnerships@poynter.org, or complete the form to book a free 30-minute consultation. 

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Our Team

  • Sitara Nieves
    Vice President, Teaching and Organizational Strategy
    Sitara Nieves is the vice president of teaching and organizational strategy at The Poynter Institute, where she oversees Poynter’s gold-standard teaching programs, including the Digital...
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  • Tony Elkins
    Faculty
    Tony Elkins, a citizen of the Comanche Nation, is a faculty member at Poynter. His portfolio includes Poynter's early and mid-career leadership workshops Essential Skills...
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  • Kate Cox
    Faculty and Director, Leadership Academy for Women in Media
    Kate Cox has consulted, trained and coached news organizations across the globe to cultivate strong practices of leadership, strengthen ethics and craft, and build digital-first...
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  • Megan Griffith-Greene
    Faculty
    Megan Griffith-Greene is on the faculty at Poynter. Her work focuses on training and coaching funders interested in supporting local journalism, and is funded by...
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