Anyone who works in any storytelling field has had to learn to manage deadlines. It’s a threat, a motivator, and sometimes a crucible for creative ideas. While many of us have spent our careers dreading encroaching due dates, the field of journalism is like a full-throttle sprint toward deadlines on a daily basis. For broadcast journalists like Lauren Victory, a longtime reporter for CBS 2 in Chicago, managing deadlines brings not only recurring challenges but also the ability to excel under the most trying circumstances. Along the way, she picked up an Emmy for her investigative reporting. In this conversation with Scott Leff, Lauren discusses all of the storytelling elements she manages for her segments, the evolution of her storytelling approach, how she distills complex topics into relatable stories, and how social media has altered the game.

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