Monthly Archives: February 2021

If it’s been awhile since you freshened up your toolbox with new journalism tools and resources, Poynter is offering 50 ideas for you to consider. You can check them out here.... - MORE -

Social media comes with benefits and drawbacks for journalists. It’s a strong tool for reaching a wider audience, but it an also be used as a tool for spreading misinformation. RTDNA is tackling the increasingly sticky issue of how much journalists should be using social media. You can check that... - MORE -

A Milwaukee PBS collaboration supported by Frontline combined the strengths of broadcast and print journalism to produce a two-episode documentary about Wisconsin’s changing rural economy. Read more about it here.... - MORE -

Tim Vetscher has been promoted to the position of news director at TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee. Vetscher joined the station in 2019 as editorial director. Before joining Scripps, he was a senior producer of in-depth and investigative reports for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, where he won an Emmy in 2018 for... - MORE -

A young broadcaster with links to Wisconsin is seeking help after losing her job at Voice of America which has left her unable to work because of her visa status. Benazir Samad is from Pakistan and this NPR story explains her situation. She had been a lead multimedia journalist at... - MORE -

Anchor Amy Pflugshaupt announced Monday that she will be leaving NBC 15 (WMTV-TV) in Madison effective March 4. Pflugshaupt was at the station for six years and worked previously at WSAW-TV in Wausau, starting in 2007. “She’s worked so hard connecting with our viewers each night. I’m glad that she’ll... - MORE -

To keep each other safe, we’ve been asked to add barriers  —  distance and masks  —  to our face-to-face interaction. We also have videoconferencing to help overcome those barriers. Yet to this day, Republican leaders in the state Assembly are holding meetings without requiring attendees to wear masks or offering... - MORE -

Poynter is offering producers special training next month and applications are due a week from today. Check it out: Poynter Producer Project Online group seminar, March 1-25 Apply by Feb. 8 Making stories work involves more than just teases and live shots. This eight-session, four-week online seminar will help you... - MORE -