The National Center on Disability and Journalism is out with a new style guide to help reporters covering stories involving people with disabilities. This great reference can be found in a link in this brief article describing the style guide.
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From ideas to help you before you even pitch a story, to ideas that will help you develop and understand the story more thoroughly, this quick read will be useful to a reporter just starting out in a state, or a veteran reporter.
Some of the ideas she talks about were reasons behind the creation of the WBA Newsroom – a resource to help all Wisconsin reporters, editors, producers, photographers, and managers.
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Although many radio stations still spend more money on their morning drive programming than any other daypart, the numbers tell a different story. Read about it here.
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A South Carolina politician thinks so, and has actually written a bill proposing it. And there are plenty of other attacks on the First Amendment in other state legislatures across the nation. Read a brief story about it here.
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This development is probably of more use to reporters on national and international beats, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Read about it here.
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Several state legislatures are considering bills to keep police body-cam video secret. New Jersey is now on that list. A brief article about it is here.
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This time it’s Indiana. The story is here.
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In this brief article from RTDNA Executive Director Mike Cavender, he exposes the latest legislative attempt to curb citizen coverage of police activity. Well worth reading.
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The RTDNA is sponsoring a survey to get more data about TV broadcasters who have been criticized by viewers, either on social media or via e-mail, because of their on-camera experience. A link to the survey is here. It only takes a few minutes to complete. It asks only for your email address, which will not be shared.
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Another state has taken action to limit reporters access to lawmakers. Read what the RTDNA has to say about it here.
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