Category Archives: News

After three years of covering sports at FOX 6 (WITI-TV) in Milwaukee, Kaitlin Sharkey is headed to Chicago. Sharkey will be working for FOX 32. Prior to WITI-TV, Sharkey covered sports for WBAY-TV in Green Bay and WSAW-TV in Wausau.... - MORE -

WMTV-TV anchor John Stofflet appeared in a video from RTDNA highlighting advice from anchor across the county on covering the COVID-19 pandemic. Ten anchor leaders, alumni of the RTDNA/Loyola University Chicago Anchor & Producer Leadership Summit shared there advice here. Stofflet appears at about 3:18.... - MORE -

Meghan Reistad will join Mike Curkov, Pauleen Le, and Justin Thompson-Gee to anchor the CBS 58 Morning News on weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. on CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) and from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on WMLW, The M. Since graduating from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota,... - MORE -

The coronavirus pandemic is stretching journalists and newsrooms in unprecedented fashion. To help, News University will make Poynter experts available for live, 30-minute Q&A video sessions covering the topics you need help with now. This free session will be held April 16 at 1 p.m. CT. Register here Join Alex ... - MORE -

Is the media doing a good job of covering the COVID-19 pandemic? Poynter set out to answer the question in this article this week. “It’s a mixed bag, often depending on political persuasion and where folks get their news. But overall and in general? More than half of U.S. adults... - MORE -

From RTDNA: Today, RTDNA, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), along with a core coalition of over 40 local and national media and nonprofit partners, announced the launch of a joint bilingual campaign to recognize the #PRESSential workers, and #ThankAJourno for their efforts on the frontlines of COVID-19.... - MORE -

WEAU-TV news anchor Judy Clark recently marked 30 years on the air at the Eau Claire station. Clark started at WEAU-TV on March 26, 1990. She graduated from the journalism program at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and worked for WAXX-FM as a news reporter before joining WEAU-TV. She began as... - MORE -

Wisconsin radio and TV stations have won 86 Eric Sevareid Awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. The 86 awards were spread out among 18 stations in Wisconsin: KBJR 4 PBS Wisconsin 8 UWM Radio 3 UW-Madison TV 3 WBAY-TV 12 WHWC  1 Wisconsin Public Radio  7 WISN-TV 10 WITI-TV... - MORE -

Believe it or not, this has been a relatively quiet time on the open government front. In my role with the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, I often field calls from reporters and citizens regarding the problems they are experiencing getting access to public meetings and records. In recent weeks,... - MORE -

How can a reporter responsibly tell the story about pandemic hoarding without prompting more hoarding? “Not exacerbating those behaviors depends on de-emphasizing fear and providing context that ties the issue into much larger ones.” That quote comes from this article from Columbia Journalism Reviewed that reviewed the topic is greater... - MORE -