Category Archives: News

The group Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting makes some pointed observations not only of the paltry TV coverage of women’s sports, but takes issue with the kind of reporting done about women’s sports. The article makes some interesting points, and you can read it here.   Posted by Tim ... - MORE -

Three journalists who were household names in the Madison media market were shown the door by the Wisconsin State Journal: Doug Moe, Andy Baggot, and Dennis Semrau were given their walking papers. Madison weekly newspaper Isthmus published an article written by Bill Lueders, who among other things is also head... - MORE -

Given a chance by colleague Matt Lauer to reveal what the NBC internal investigation into his remarks as anchor of NBC Nightly News revealed, Brian Williams declined. Poynter writes about it here. Williams will return to the organization to anchor breaking news on one of NBC’s cable channels. Lester... - MORE -

Five more Wisconsin broadcasters will be officially inducted to the WBA Hall of Fame at a ceremony today at the WBA Summer Conference at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. They are Don Carmichael, long-time President and General Manager of WBAY-TV, known for his commitment to local news coverage and... - MORE -

Research from Hofstra University shows the number of minutes of local news on TV and radio stations is about the same as it was a year ago. Read a summary of the study here.   Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Saying the fundamental principles of Journalism have held up well over the years, the Radio-TV-Digital News Association has announced some changes to its Code of Ethics. The revisions take into account the massive changes in the media landscape over the past 15 years, with the advent of so many online... - MORE -

An interesting column on the Poynter website regarding the declining use of hashtags among journalists.  Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

If you had information regarding secret government surveillance, and the FBI asked you to withhold the story, would you do it? Would it depend on the circumstances? The Associated Press had to make just such a decision a few days ago. Former TV News Director and RTDNA contributor Forrest Carr... - MORE -

Officer-involved shooting?  Sounds like a train-involved wreck, but you hear it all the time. It’s cop-speak, and a lot of inexperienced news writers think that’s how news is supposed to sound. Yet you’ll never hear anyone except a cop, prosecutor, or bad news writer speak like that, and they wouldn’t... - MORE -

In almost every case, the answer is “yes” – but this comprehensive survey from RTDNA goes into detail about broadcast news profitability. Well worth the few minutes it takes to read it.   Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -