Category Archives: News

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri is holding a panel discussion about misinformation and disinformation during the election season that you can watch for FREE. Check out the details here: Jeff Kao, computational journalist at ProPublica, Aimee RInehart, Deputy Director of First Draft News and ... - MORE -

There’s no doubt that journalists are working under extraordinary stress right now, but RTDNA is offering some ideas for self care to work into your daily routines. This article offers ideas for when you’re exhausted, anxious, angry, and feeling in a creative rut. It also offers idea for unwinding after... - MORE -

The news-filled year that is 2020 has prompted awards programs to add special categories so newsrooms can highlight the work they did in an extraordinary year. The Society of Professional Journalists is adding new categories on COVID-19, inequalities in society, and video game coverage. Read about that here. The... - MORE -

Poynter is writing this week about how the general election “has all the ingredients to become a river of disinformation.” “The press needs to publish work capable of putting these conspiracy theories to test. Journalists must also produce explainers, detailing how the electoral process works and how the... - MORE -

Ever since the advent of digital advertising, there’s been a focus on making the ads more efficient through targeting. The hope, of course, was to make them more valuable. Well, a Dutch broadcaster recently decided to conduct an experiment in which it did away with all targeted ads. Conventional wisdom... - MORE -

RTDNA is hosting the following FREE webinar giving Black newsrooms leaders talk about their experiences in broadcast journalism. Don’t miss this! We often say that journalism “gives voice to the voiceless,” when what it really does – or can do – is remind us to listen to voices we’ve ignored.... - MORE -

WISC-TV and Madison Magazine Editorial Director Neil Heinen will retire in September after 28 years or writing editorials. In an article posted to the station’s website Heinen said, “It’s been an honor and a privilege for more than three decades to represent owner Elizabeth Murphy Burns and the Murphy Burns... - MORE -

In a scene from the movie “A Few Good Men,” the character played by Tom Cruise spars with Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessup over a hazing that killed a soldier. Cruise demands, “I want the truth!,” to which Nicholson famously responds, “You can’t handle the truth!” Wisconsin citizens are getting the... - MORE -

Check out this great FREE opportunity to learn from research that was conducted this summer into key issues facing journalism. Here are the details from the Reynolds Journalism Institute: Laura Murgatroyd, Fairriona Magee, Caroline Watkins, Tatyana Monnay and Trent Tarantino, spent the summer working remotely with newsrooms on projects to ... - MORE -

Journalists are naturally drawn to Twitter. It’s fast and thrives on news. It’s a must-have for news junkies. But Poynter is highlighting some reporters who are making an effort to spend less time with Twitter. “…for all the value journalists can extract from Twitter, they can also fall victim... - MORE -