Monthly Archives: June 2017

Here is the news release from the Elections Commission: Statement on Federal Request for Wisconsin Voter Information Date: June 30, 2017 MADISON, WI – Michael Haas, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), issued the following statement today regarding the request by the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity for... - MORE -

The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association supported the lawsuit against the Appleton School District, which claimed the district held committee meetings in secret, and in so doing violated the state’s Open Meetings law. The district argued that the committee was exempt from the law.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the school board... - MORE -

The President’s latest Tweet-storm this morning, attacking CNBC’s Mika Brzezinski for her disparaging comments regarding him on “Morning Joe” generated a significant number of demands that Twitter suspend or shut down Trump’s account. That’s not likely going to happen, but Twitter won’t say exactly what its rules are. Many journalists... - MORE -

From one end of the state to the other, there was severe weather yesterday, and in every locale, in every market, Wisconsin’s broadcast news teams put out warnings, alerted their audiences, covered the events live, and kept people safe and informed. That’s why articles like this one, from Huffington... - MORE -

The scholarship info for college students and young working professionals is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

If you work in TV news, take a moment to read this article (link below). Your first reaction may be “that’ll never happen HERE”, but consider what’s happened to radio news in the past decade. When the economy went bust in 2008, scores of radio broadcasting companies cut their news... - MORE -

There are plenty of articles and posts about BAD hiring experiences; here’s a post that compiles stories from journalists who’ve had a good hiring experience. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Salon is trying it. The publication will neither use his name nor his photo today. What little they’re saying about their rationale is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The most important three words in the headline for this post are “will make you”, a phrase which is identified as a sure-fire way to generate more traffic for the news stories you post to social media. Or, so this article says. Read about the most and least effective headline... - MORE -

Read the article here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -