Category Archives: News

The Knight Foundation is making the investment. Read about it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Do you understand your First Amendment rights as a reporter or photographer? If not, Poynter has a free seminar/tutorial on the topic, and you can register here. There is also a special section of the WBA Newsroom site with information specific to Wisconsin’s laws regarding news media access, which you... - MORE -

An interesting piece from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard: the future of news. Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Christopher Jones-Cruise thinks the reason is that so many young reporters have heard the horrible syntax of “NewsSpeak” from others in the newsroom, and they think they have to emulate it. Some of it, to me, is simple laziness. How many cop shop stories conclude with “the incident remains under... - MORE -

One look at this  from Axios and you’ll see what the problem is. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Newly-installed RTDNA executive director Dan Shelly writes about it in his column. Many of us who are broadcast news personnel spent time working on a student print publication in college. The chilling story of universities suing their own student publications is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Be accurate when using psychological terms. This article will help. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

A thousand reporters, eventually – at least that’s the goal. Read the interesting article from Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

An interesting look at the Voice Artificial Intelligence developments that may impact how consumers get their news. The article from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

It’s a special section of the WBA Newsroom site, designed for student participation. Submit your video and get reaction from working professionals in Wisconsin broadcast newsrooms! Find it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -