Category Archives: News

As the state legislature in Wisconsin continues to close down access by journalists (and the public in general) to the workings of government, the RTDNA is fighting attempts to restrict access to information regarding the activity of the federal government and the communications it receives. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The latest of the ongoing attempts to keep the people of Wisconsin from knowing what their state government is doing is the move by the State Public Records Board to decide that text messages are “transitory communications”, and as such, are not subject to the state’s Open Records law. As... - MORE -

Written by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone, a reporter with serious political chops, this analysis takes a few minutes to read, but it’s very interesting. It may even challenge some of your beliefs about how Journalists cover politicians. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Each year the Radio/TV/Digital News Association runs a popular exchange with Germany, with a chance for a broadcast Journalist to spend two weeks in June reporting from Germany and Brussels. Details are here if you’re interested. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Newsrooms are still debating the coverage of the home where the San Bernardino mass killers lived. Here are some more thoughts on the topic from a veteran reporter. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

My wife, a former on-camera TV reporter, and I went to see the movie “Spotlight” and thoroughly enjoyed it. Some other media friends who’ve seen the movie say it made them proud to be Journalists. Here’s an interesting article from the Center for Investigative Reporting with some great take-aways from... - MORE -

Using Wisconsin’s powerful Open Records law is one of the many important ways Journalists in the state find out what government is doing. It would seem that the intent of Wisconsin’s strong Public Records Law is clear: if it has to do with the people’s business, it’s public. (For a... - MORE -

For those of us who work in broadcasting, the video of the young reporter for WDBJ-TV/Roanoke being gunned down during a live shot is burned into our memory. Alison Parker and Adam Ward, her photographer, lost their lives while doing what should have been a routine live shot. Here are... - MORE -

Here are some great words of advice from nationally-respected broadcast consultant Tim Moore, Managing Partner of Audience Development Group. Well worth taking the time to read, remember, and put into play, particularly if you’re managing people in the newsroom. Vietnam seems like another age; farther away in feeling than in... - MORE -

Before long, Wisconsin cities will probably do something similar. Supporters of the relatively new drone ordinance passed by the City of Chicago say it’s not the first drone ordinance in the county, but claim it’s “the best one”. Read a brief article about it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -