Category Archives: News

From ideas to help you before you even pitch a story, to ideas that will help you develop and understand the story more thoroughly, this quick read will be useful to a reporter just starting out in a state, or a veteran reporter. Some of the ideas she talks about... - MORE -

Although many radio stations still spend more money on their morning drive programming than any other daypart, the numbers tell a different story. Read about it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

A South Carolina politician thinks so, and has actually written a bill proposing it. And there are plenty of other attacks on the First Amendment in other state legislatures across the nation. Read a brief story about it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

This development is probably of more use to reporters on national and international beats, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Read about it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Several state legislatures are considering bills to keep police body-cam video secret. New Jersey is now on that list. A brief article about it is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

This time it’s Indiana. The story is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

In this brief article from RTDNA Executive Director Mike Cavender, he exposes the latest legislative attempt to curb citizen coverage of police activity. Well worth reading. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The RTDNA is sponsoring a survey to get more data about TV broadcasters who have been criticized by viewers, either on social media or via e-mail, because of their on-camera experience. A link to the survey is here. It only takes a few minutes to complete. It asks only... - MORE -

Another state has taken action to limit reporters access to lawmakers.  Read what the RTDNA has to say about it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Al Jazeera America did a lot of things right – hired solid journalists with solid credentials, built a state-of-the-art newsroom, and aggressively went after stories. Some say they should have named the news channel something else. Some say the public isn’t interested in long-form news stories. For whatever the reasons,... - MORE -