Monthly Archives: June 2018

Capital Gazette puts out paper day after deadly shooting

The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland put out a paper Friday, the day after a gunman killed five people working in the newspaper’s office. pic.twitter.com/dEiIgEd15K — Capital Gazette (@capgaznews) June 29, 2018 This article from Poynter shared the many front pages dedicated to the shooting that appeared in other... - MORE -

Panel discusses journalist, newsroom safety

A panel at the WBA Summer Conference discussed important topics surrounding the safety of journalists and broadcast facilities. The panel was moderated by Juli Buehler, News Director, WLUK-TV and member of the WBA Board. The panel included: Dan Shelley, Executive Director RTDNA Ben Hart, News Director, WISN-TV David Oxenford, Partner,... - MORE -

Report shows progress on newsroom diversity, more work ahead

The latest release from the 2018 RTDNA/Hofstra University Newsroom Survey shows that while more women and people of color are working in newsrooms, those numbers are down for radio and the growth in minorities in the newsroom is not keeping up with the percentage of minorities in the U.S. population.... - MORE -

Lessons for flying a drone

Are you new to flying a drone? The Missouri Drone Journalism Program has flown more than 450 sorties since December and has learned a lot. They’re sharing with us five lessons they’ve taken away from their experiences. You can read about them here. One of the key lessons: Plan... - MORE -

Time to review your coverage map

When is the last time you looked at your coverage to ask who is missing, and why? That’s the topic raised today by an article from RTDNA. Is everyone in your coverage area getting attention? If not, how can you better serve them?... - MORE -

How Wisconsin’s Court System Works

There is much news coverage right now regarding the rights immigrants have in our federal court system. Here in Wisconsin, it’s unlikely we’d have to do a story about immigrants and the federal court system. It’s far more likely we’d be doing a story that somehow involves our state’s court... - MORE -

Understanding How So Much Fake News Gets Into Your Social Media Feeds

A couple of researchers, whose work has just been published by the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard, say there are three distinct biases that come into play, determining how fake news gets into the social media feed. The summation of their work is here. It’s fascinating! Published by Tim ... - MORE -

UW-Oshkosh Journalism Professor’s Book Hits Best-Seller List

A lot of people working in broadcasting in Wisconsin are graduates of the UW-Oshkosh RTVF program. Journalism professor Vincent Filak’s book “Dynamics of News Reporting and Writing” is ranked the #1 new book in Journalism by Amazon. Here’s a short article about Prof. Filak and his latest publication. Posted by ... - MORE -

What Will It Take For People To Embrace Actual Journalism Again?

That’s the title of an opinion piece published this morning by long-time newsman Paul Fanlund, Editor and Publisher of The Capital Times. His thoughts relate to both print and electronic journalism, and are, I think, well worth reading for anyone who works in any kind of newsroom. The piece is... - MORE -

Early Bird Registration Now Open For RTDNA Excellence In Journalism 2018 Conference

EIJ18 will be in September in Baltimore. Registration details are here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

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