Monthly Archives: September 2017

Christopher Jones-Cruise thinks the reason is that so many young reporters have heard the horrible syntax of “NewsSpeak” from others in the newsroom, and they think they have to emulate it. Some of it, to me, is simple laziness. How many cop shop stories conclude with “the incident remains under... - MORE -

One look at this  from Axios and you’ll see what the problem is. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Newly-installed RTDNA executive director Dan Shelly writes about it in his column. Many of us who are broadcast news personnel spent time working on a student print publication in college. The chilling story of universities suing their own student publications is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Be accurate when using psychological terms. This article will help. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

A thousand reporters, eventually – at least that’s the goal. Read the interesting article from Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

An interesting look at the Voice Artificial Intelligence developments that may impact how consumers get their news. The article from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

It’s a special section of the WBA Newsroom site, designed for student participation. Submit your video and get reaction from working professionals in Wisconsin broadcast newsrooms! Find it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

I’m talking about Katy Tur’s book “Unbelievable”. I paid for the Kindle download and read it this weekend. It’s full of great, “inside baseball” stuff about how network news really operates – which was more fascinating to me than the first-hand history Tur provides, regarding the Presidential campaign. I don’t... - MORE -

The numbers tell the story. Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Long story short, not really. Here’s the interesting piece from Buzzfeed. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -