The news media plays an important role in covering the impact of crime on communities and individuals. While crime survivors and victim advocates can find the media glare difficult to navigate at times, reporting can be beneficial in many cases including renewing investigators’ attention on unsolved crimes or raising awareness... - MORE - Recording Available – Reporting with Care: Media, Victims, and Marsy’s Law in Wisconsin
The news media plays an important role in covering the impact of crime on communities and individuals. While crime survivors and victim advocates can find the media glare difficult to navigate at times, reporting can be beneficial in many cases including renewing investigators’ attention on unsolved crimes or raising awareness... - MORE -
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the 2026 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics.Now in its 17th year, the Shadid Award recognizes ethical decisions in reporting stories in any medium, including print, broadcast and digital, by journalists working for established news organizations or publishing independently.
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Kidd O’Shea is returning to Milwaukee, where he started his media career, to join TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV). He will join the TMJ4 morning news team as the station’s new traffic anchor and community correspondent.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kidd home to TMJ4,” said Tim Vetscher, the station’s news director. “His...
All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government.
In one recent case, the name “Microsoft” on a state Public Service Commission was redacted – blocked from public view – along with pages and pages of other information. The redactions served no purpose,...