Category Archives: News

Google is offering a suite of tools to journalists to assist with the crunching of data for long-term investigative projects. The Journalist Studio is a collection of tools that use technology to help reporters to their work more efficiently, securely, and creatively. You can read more about it here.... - MORE -

Last January, a person involved in local emergency management asked the Office of Open Government, part of the state Justice Department, whether emergency preparedness coalitions run by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) are subject to the state’s open meetings and open records laws. The answer to this question,... - MORE -

Poynter is offering a free eight-session workshop to help journalists more confidently cover America’s criminal justice system, from learning about COVID-19 inside jails to proposed changes in local policing. Participants will prepare for significant legislative and local changes in policing, spurred by both politics and protests. Formerly incarcerated people will... - MORE -

Competition for the 2020 WBA Awards for Excellence begins today. Stations can now submit award entries through BetterBNC. All entries must be submitted by Jan. 6, 2021 at 6 p.m. CT. Take note of the new deadline time, which is now at 6 p.m. Please also note that if... - MORE -

Poynter is hosting a free webinar on Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. CT about navigating legal challenges in journalism. Join The Center for Investigative Reporting CEO Christa Scharfenberg and general counsel Victoria Baranetsky in this interactive dialogue to discuss how reporters and news organizations can handle libel and slander suits,... - MORE -

I’ve worked a WSAW-TV for nearly 13 years.  In that time I’ve done just about every job in the newsroom—on air and behind the scenes. I’ve never been a fulltime anchor or reporter, but have anchored and reported on holidays. It’s really exciting! If you’re looking to get a little... - MORE -

Seven Wisconsin broadcasters won 14 awards from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The following awards were announced Sunday: Outstanding Achievement for News Programming – Evening Newscast: Smaller Markets (51+) WKOW, Madison: Molson-Coors Shooting Ed Reams, Executive Producer; Evan Bolin, Roderick Curry, Robert Newell,... - MORE -

The following is from WBA Young Professional Committee member Heather Poltrock who works at WSAW-TV in Wausau. There is no feeling worse than being unprepared. In broadcasting, preparation is everything. I remember the first time I filled in at the assignment desk. I’d been at the station about two years,... - MORE -

A Dane County judge has agreed with a Milwaukee TV station seeking the release of emails from Gov. Tony Evers. In September 2019, FOX6 (WITI-TV) requested more than four weeks of emails to and from Gov. Evers and his chief of staff, Maggie Gau. The request was part of an... - MORE -

WISN-TV morning anchor Sheldon Dutes is leaving the Milwaukee station to return to his hometown, Orlando. Dutes will be morning anchor at WESH-TV. While at WISN-TV, Dutes won two Emmy awards for Outstanding Achievement for News Programming. Before coming to Milwaukee, he was a reporter at WNBC-TV in New York... - MORE -