Category Archives: News

Karl Winter joins WKOW-TV as Sports Director

Karl Winter will join the 27 News team as Sports Director starting today. Winter will join anchors Amber Noggle, Brandon Taylor, and 27 Storm Track Chief Meteorologist Cameron Hopman weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m. Winter comes to WKOW-TV from WGBA-TV in Green Bay, where he covered Packers games, the... - MORE -

Racine journalist joins WTMJ-TV

Racine native Lauren Sklba will join WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee covering Racine County. Sklba worked as the news editor for The Journal Times in Racine since April 2023. She has prior television news experience, working as a producer for the CBS affiliates in both Madison and Denver. “Covering Racine County is... - MORE -

Madison station wins 2 national Murrow awards

Madison TV station WMTV-TV has won two national Edward R. Murrow Awards from RTDNA. The awards are for small market Breaking News Coverage for a piece about a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School and for Digital for a piece about a missing kayaker who was believed to have faked ... - MORE -

Fargen named news director at WMTV-TV

WMTV 15 News in Madison has named Bridget Fargen as News Director starting Sept. 8. Fargen has more than 15 years of experience in local broadcast journalism, with what the station describes as a proven track record of newsroom leadership, community engagement, and award-winning news coverage. A Wisconsin native, Fargen... - MORE -

‘Changing Landscape for Local Media’ session to be held in La Crosse

LeaderEthics, in partnership with the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethical Leadership at Viterbo University, will present The Changing Landscape for Local Media at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at Viterbo’s Nola Starling Recital Hall, 929 Jackson St., La Crosse. This Constitution Day event is free. Registration is available at leaderethics.us.... - MORE -

Toya Washington leaving WISN-TV

Anchor Toya Washington is leaving WISN-TV after 20 years at the station. Washington joined WISN-TV in December 2002 as a co-anchor and later anchored the 6 p.m. newscast and for more than ten years has been anchor of the 5 p.m. newscast. She started working part-time in 2011. She leaves... - MORE -

Free session discusses DEI through content strategy

Poynter is offering a free online session to help newsrooms emphasize diversity and inclusion through content strategy. It demonstrates this by showing how four Chicago newsrooms did it. The course is free and self directed. You can sign up here.... - MORE -

Good luck this Election Day!

It’s a big day for newsrooms, as most Election Days are. Keep up the great work you’ve done this election season and with your coverage over the coming days. To help you prepare, here are some Election Day tips from Poynter.... - MORE -

Column: Don’t pay too much for that photocopy!

How much does it cost to copy one piece of paper? If you ask records custodians in Wisconsin, many will tell you 25 cents. At least that’s what they charge. Is that number accurate? Commercial printers charge half that for small jobs, and bulk printing jobs can get as low... - MORE -

Mallory Anderson joins WISN-TV morning show

Journalist Mallory Anderson is joining “WISN 12 News This Morning.” On weekday mornings from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., Anderson will be the station’s new live desk anchor. She will be an integral part of the morning team that includes main co-anchors Diana Gutiérrez and Gerron Jordan, Milwaukee’s morning meteorologist... - MORE -

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