Self-Guided Training, Part 2

In your second week at Patch, we offer several self-guided lessons from our News Academy training site. 

• Your Traffic Pacing Report: To understand whether you are pacing toward goal or falling behind on the expected readership of your Patch and territory, you must understand and follow the traffic pacing doc. Officially called the General PV Pacing report, this sheet records every page view on Patch — whether it's a news article view, a calendar event, a user-created article or a home page.
  video; estimated time: 1 hour
  
  Related: Editor Data Dashboard: This is data tool through which you can see key performance metrics for your Patches, independent of the traffic pacing report
  video; estimated time: 40 minutes

• Developing Quality Coverage And Productivity: Patch staffers Lauren Traut (IL), Amber Fisher (CO), Nicole Charky (CA), David Giuliani (IL), Neal McNamara (MA) and Tiffany Razzano (FL) share their habits and advice for achieving a healthy rate of article production while delivering quality local news coverage.
  video; estimated time: 1 hour

• Covering Local Government: Meeting minutes and agendas for city councils, village boards and school boards are rich with local news stories if you know what to look for. A trio of Patch staffers with strong municipal reporting experience under their belts shows the way. video; estimated time: 25 minutes

• Patch Training References: Patch local editors are always learning and growing-- and we love to share the tips and tricks we learn with each other.  Here's a collection of important one-sheets to review about topics we've covered in past team sessions.

• Questions? If you have questions about any of the material covered in these self-guided training modules, please reach out to one of the following individuals:

your manager

Autumn Johnson, Senior Managing Editor of Editorial Operations: autumn.johnson@patch.com

Renee Schiavone, Managing Editor: renee.schiavone@patch.com