Al Tompkins from Poynter has written ten essays aimed at helping broadcast journalists improve their skills for 2022. The essays cover topics like “Tell big stories with small moments,” “To tell stronger stories, limit subjective adjectives,” and “To tell stronger stories, lead with tension.” You can find all ten essays compiled here. Happy New Year!
WAOW-TV meteorologist Mike Breunling is retiring after 25 years in the business. His last weathercast is Friday. Breunling worked more than seven years at WAOW-TV in Wausau and more than 17 years before that at WSAW-TV, also in Wausau. In a blog post announcing his retirement, Beunling wrote that his interest in meteorology started at… – MORE –
Poynter is offering a free leadership academy for diversity in media. Applications are due soon. Here are the details form Poynter: In-person: Oct. 9-14, 2022 The Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media is a transformative, tuition-free leadership program that trains journalists of color working in digital media to thrive, professionally and personally. In partnership with… – MORE –
RTDNA this week issued new guidelines for crime coverage which you can find here. From RTDNA: The new guidelines include the use of mugshots and police released video; the use of “suspect” or “person of interest” descriptions; non-violent crime reporting; and considerations for policies to update digital crime stories. Keep this handy and share it… – MORE –
Poynter is offering journalists a free opportunity to learn about inclusivity through case studies based in Chicago. Check it out: Content Audits and Centering Audience Self-directed course, start anytime Learn about content audits, making inclusivity part of story workflow and growing subscribers in underserved communities from four Chicago-area newsrooms. In the first two case studies,… – MORE –
Check out this opportunity from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute: The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute invites proposals from individuals and organizations who wish to partner with us on practical innovative projects that address current gaps, challenges and needs in the journalism industry. Chosen projects often include devising new strategies or models to solve… – MORE –
We’re all seeing the devastation from the tornadoes that ravaged four states on Friday, and some of the journalists on the ground are sharing their stories. Poynter is writing about it here. Check it out.
A Poynter webinar held this week about battling bias is now available for viewing for WBA members. You can find the recording here. The session explores: Where do our biases come from? How do we recognize our own biases? Eight kinds of biases that can influence our journalism (these don’t make you a bad person,… – MORE –
If you’ve ever wondered if your audience cares that you might be appearing in a newscast from your living room, a study seeking to answer that question says the audience seems fine with it. Poynter reported on the study, which you can read about here.
The Donald W. Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri is holding the 2022 Women in Journalism Workshop April 8-10 at the Institute. The Women in Journalism Workshop is an annual workshop that focuses on challenges and issues specific to women in the journalism industry today. We want to help build safer, more diverse and… – MORE –
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