WBA NewsroomIn case you missed it, here’s a very on-point article from CJR about why people assume interns run your station’s social media.
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Monthly Archives: April 2018
AP Stylebook Changes
Sometimes news people write things just because they’ve heard them used in news copy before, whether or not they make sense. As in describing a person with a handicap as “wheelchair bound”, even though that ancient descriptor is wrong and offensive to a lot of people with handicaps. Wheelchairs are used for mobility, and people aren’t bound to them.
The AP has issued some updates to its stylebook and Kristen Hare of Poynter has a nice summary of them here.
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Empathy In Journalism?
“Journalism isn’t typically a matter of life and death, but it’s as much a listening profession as medicine.” That’s just one of the thought-provoking quotes from this article about the need for empathy in Journalism. Read it here.
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How Much Of What Your Station Posts To Facebook Is Actually Local News?
Right around half, according to this article from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard.
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The Week In Fact-Checking (From Poynter)
Another great collection of bogus sources of information, and tools you can use to help determine what’s true and what isn’t.
Find it here.
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Regional Murrow Awards Announced By RTDNA
Check to see if your station won here.
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“A Climate Of Growing Animosity And Hatred Toward Reporters”
The 2018 report on hatred of the press from Reporters Without Borders is a chilling document, which surveys threats to reporters in nations all across the globe.
Read a summary of it, here.
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A New Manual For Journalists Experiencing Harassment Online
This is a very useful bookmark, from Columbia Journalism Review. Anyone who’s been attacked online will find a lot of useful info here.
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WBA Foundation Names Panelists For Primary Debates
The debates for both primaries are scheduled for the second half of July. The debates, which will be interactive with live social media, will both run a full hour.
The WBA Foundation has named the journalists who will participate as panelists. Read the story here.
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“Reinventing” TV News
What some stations are doing to attract younger viewers to their newscasts might surprise you.
Details here from Nieman Reports.
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