Category Archives: News

Do you write your stories as if you were talking one-on-one with a viewer, or are you writing in that crazy language used only by TV news people – dropping auxiliary verbs, using coptalk jargon, or any of the other cliches that have become far too common in TV news?... - MORE -

The use of drones in local news gathering is slowly growing, but more stations are adding drones as another way to get video for stories. Here’s a column from RTDNA about increased use of drones. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

JoAnne Stevens’ words of wisdom here, free, courtesy of RTDNA. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Some thoughts on the topic from Melody Kramer at Poynter. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Some thoughts on this from Nieman Journalism Lab contributor Mira Lowe are here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

You should. It may affect your work some day. Here’s a story from the RTDNA about a prior restraint case involving an Iowa news organization. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

That’s the opinion of Tracie Powell, a Nieman Journalism Lab contributor. She lays out her reasons for this belief in this article. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Not fake news – just mistakes! Compiled by Poynter. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

That’s the title of this article from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. Who’s the designated trainer in your newsroom? Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

That’s the phrase Monika Bauerlein, CEO of Mother Jones, uses to describe the attacks on media itself. She points out it used to be politicians would attack a particular story as being false, but now they attack all media as being “fake news”. Read her thoughts on the matter here... - MORE -