Category Archives: News

The smart phone changed the game. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Many of the rules of broadcast journalism are unwritten. But many rules are embodied in professional codes of conduct, like the rule about deceptive editing. Katy Couric’s people got caught doing that in their zeal to make gun supporters look clueless, but now, another fact has come to light which... - MORE -

Many working broadcast journalists use Twitter as their primary social media platform, and a lot are on Instagram, too. Some changes are coming to that platform. Here’s a short tongue-in-cheek article about the changes. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Memorial Day in the U.S. goes back to 1868, when it was always observed on May 30th, as a day to decorate the graves of the Civil War dead with flowers. Until 1967, it was called Decoration Day, although references to Memorial Day can be found as far back as... - MORE -

Smaller in the sense that most of the rule-makers about whether or not we capitalize certain words have decided that the internet no longer deserves the status of having a capital “I”. It’s a generic word, says the New York Times. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

There is a special section of the WBA Newsroom site for journalism and broadcasting students to display their work and get feedback from broadcast news professionals. Please take a moment, select a story – maybe one from a student at your alma mater – and let them know what you... - MORE -

For many working broadcast journalists, their phone has become a mobile studio, particularly in radio news. Here are a few tips from a CBS Radio reporter. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Skilled news writers avoid cop-talk and other jargon, know that police incident reports must be re-written because they are laden with language no one but cops and lawyers use, and strive to write in short, clear, declarative sentences. (Unlike this long, run-on sentence!) Here’s a nice, short column from a... - MORE -

Vice’s Shane Smith minces no words when predicting what’s ahead for media in the coming year. Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

You don’t have to understand how algorithms work to grasp what this article is saying. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -