Category Archives: News

From Investigative Reporters and Editors: Join IRE and OpenNews on Friday to reflect on how you’re coping with stressful situations. You can register for the webinar here.  Taking care of yourself is not a self-indulgence, it’s a necessity for doing your best work and sustaining the work that you ... - MORE -

If you’re a reporter moving to a new city, it takes time and effort for you to build trust with the community you’re covering. Poynter is writing this week about the critical process of building trust between a newsroom and a community.  The article has five tips that you can... - MORE -

Social media continues to be a source of widely-spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest example comes from Poynter which found that contrary to popular Facebook posts, the CDA has not confirmed any mortality rate for the virus and the 0.2 percent estimate is the low end of an... - MORE -

Many reporters dread the “man on the street” assignment, but some fresh thoughts on the story format might help bring it some life. Simon Perez, Associate Professor of Broadcast and Digital Journalism at Syracuse University, shared his ideas in this article on RTDNA’s website. Along with his tips, he shares... - MORE -

Newsrooms know how to investigate, but investigating police departments creates a unique challenge that calls for additional focus. RTDNA talked to the reporters behind numerous Murrow-award winning stories about police investigations to see what advice they have for making law enforcement accountable to the public. You can check out their ... - MORE -

The current shift in thinking about policing in American brought about by the death of George Floyd could also mean a resetting of the relationship between law enforcement and the media. Columbia Journalism Review published this article about how that relationship might change. There will be additional pressure on law... - MORE -

From Investigative Reporters and Editors: Join IRE and EWA on June 25 to learn about the most pressing education issues and what’s ahead. You can register for the webinar here.  The pandemic is causing an unprecedented disruption to the education of millions of students nationwide, with more questions than ... - MORE -

It’s been a crazy couple of months for newsrooms, and news directors are no doubt stressed from covering the pandemic, figuring out how to manage a newsroom through a pandemic, and now the death of George Floyd and all that has come from that. Candy Altman, retired VP News at... - MORE -

After 11 years at WSAW-TV in Wausau, Diana Normand is changing gears. Normand has accepted a communications job for an area school district. During her time at WSAW she worked a variety of roles including, most recently, assistant news director. Normand’s last day is Thursday.... - MORE -

In March, as Wisconsin enacted Safer at Home, state and local governments scrambled to build new ways to govern from remote locations while still complying with our open meeting laws. Even in the age of COVID-19, we still have the right to watch public bodies in action. In a positive... - MORE -