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 his own death. The winners… – MORE –
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 began her career in Rhinelander… – MORE –
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. The local news industry is in… – MORE –
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 at the end of December.
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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.
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 as two cents per page.… – MORE –
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 Lindsey Slater, and Matt Salemme… – MORE –
Karley Marotta is WKOW-TV’s first ever female sports director. She was promoted from weekend sports anchor/reporter to sports director and will anchor the weeknight sportscasts at 6 and 10 p.m. “Karley has been a crucial member of our sports team and the perfect choice to lead our sports department.” said WKOW News Director Dani Maxwell.… – MORE –
Wisconsin Public Radio’s commitment to the highest standards of journalism includes training early career and underrepresented reporters each year. In 2022, three new journalism fellows joined WPR’s news team. “Educating new journalists through these fellowships is some of the most important work we do,” said interim WPR Director Tom Luljak. “Research-based journalism takes time and… – MORE –
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