Category Archives: News

According to the RTDNA, newsroom employment was up 1.1% over last year. Reporters were the most frequently hired new personnel.  See for yourself here. Posted by Tim Morrissey

One of the toughest things for a lot of people to do is separate their opinion from what’s factually accurate. If you have newsroom responsibilities that include writing stories for the web, or taking a shift monitoring your station’s social media sites, you invariably get some commenters who will post something contrary to the facts,… – MORE –

Three-time Emmy Award winning sportscaster Alanna Rizzo, who spent time in Wisconsin as a Madison TV sportscaster and is now with the Los Angeles Dodgers game-day broadcast team, has some straight-up truth about what it really takes to make it in “the biz”. She pulls no punches when addressing students about what it takes to… – MORE –

It’s an age-old question that has new meaning today, with our 24/7/365 news cycle, and instantaneous news on social media: what’s a reasonable amount of time to give someone (or some organization) to comment on a story you’re going to run? Often, our deadlines are much more pressing than the timeline for a person or organization that… – MORE –

The RTDNA is out with the latest installment in its annual survey of broadcast news, and the numbers in this summary indicate positive news for women in the industry, but not such good news for minorities in the profession.   Posted by Tim Morrissey

The annual Radio-TV Digital News Association’s annual salary report is out and the bottom line is, things are about the same. This is what the Association itself says about this year’s annual report: “Research by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) shows television newsroom salaries made gains in the past year, while radio newsroom… – MORE –

This happened a few days ago in San Francisco. You may not have heard the details, which are here.   Posted by Tim Morrissey

It’s not the first time it’s ever been done, by any means – a college teacher spending time in an actual, working TV newsroom. Plenty of Wisconsin’s higher educators have volunteered time to work hands-on in a TV newsroom. But this young Ph.D. is documenting her story, as her life took her from the newsroom… – MORE –

The average age of TV News Directors in America is 46, and the most common name for a male TV News Director is Mike, and for a female News Director it’s Cathy. Male News Directors tend to be just slightly older than female News Directors. These trivial facts – and some far more revealing facts… – MORE –

OK, the second part is easier than the first. Anybody can pronounce “park”. But unless you’re Polish and very familiar with your national heroes, or live around Kusciuszko Park in Milwaukee, you may not know how to pronounce it. There was a drowning there a short while ago, and Milwaukee broadcast journalists had to pronounce… – MORE –