The first and most major objective when I started the year as photo editor was to make sure that my staffers had a clear grasp of the basics that I had particularly struggled with when I started as a photographer - especially the exposure triangle. I really think a firm grasp of the exposure trianlge is the most major step to becoming a high quality photgrapher, which is why I put this slideshow together and presented it at and after school training. This slideshow was coupled with real hands on practice, so that staffers could famialize themselves with the broadconcepts, then spefically practice them and see the apllications real time on our equipment.
Team building activities were crucial for both my photo sections when I was photo editor and are eaually crucial now that I am EIC. Besides the obvious fun, I've found that doing things not for the sake of any deadline, but just to get to know one another and bond, facilitates greater growth both as an editor and for my staffers, and it helps ensure that they feel comfortable coming to me with issues and problems that they might have just tried to deal with themselves instead. Certain activities, such as our marshmallow spaghetti building challlange, also can impart a lesson about the nature of team work and collaberation.