Category Archives: News

The State Bar of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association are offering you, at no cost, a new version of the Wisconsin News Reporters’ Legal Handbook. For more than 40 years, this handbook has served as a reference for new journalists and experienced reporters covering Wisconsin courts. It covers... - MORE -

If you’ve been putting off submitting your entries for the WBA Awards for Excellence, you need to end the procrastination TODAY. The deadline for entries is next Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 11:59 p.m. If you’re the type that thinks, “Less than a week!? That’s plenty of time!”…check this out:  ... - MORE -

Just shy of two years ago, this column explored the heightened importance of open government when public health is at risk. Multiple examples showed the government was not sharing timely information with the public, or even other branches of government, on issues such as clean drinking water and chronic wasting... - MORE -

WBA Hall of Fame member and internationally known instructor on newsroom leadership, Jill Geisler, is sharing 2020 resolutions for news leaders. She shared the resolutions with Columbia Journalism Review. Her first resolution is for leaders to “do better by your people.” “Stories are important; new product development is essential;... - MORE -

The Newseum in Washington D.C. closes for good on Tuesday, Dec. 31, after 21 years of telling the story of journalism in America. This piece from Philip Kennicott at the Washington Post explains how the timing of the Newseum’s closing coincides with recent developments in American journalism. “The Newseum, however,... - MORE -

The turn of a new year is a great time to resolve yourself to be better. Newsrooms can do the same thing. RTDNA is out with a list of resolutions for newsrooms to consider for 2020. The article points out that “TV news is at a tipping pint and needs... - MORE -

Sarah Gray has been named news director at WISC-TV in Madison. Gray previously worked as news director at WSAW/WZAW-TV in Wausau. During Gray’s two and a half years at the station, WSAW-TV was the recipient of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s award for Station of the Year for small market both... - MORE -

Milwaukee TV station FOX6 (WITI-TV) has filed an open records lawsuit against Governor Tony Evers in Dane County Circuit Court. The suit alleges that the Governor is refusing to provide copies of his emails, unlawfully insisting that FOX6 provide search terms for those emails. Fox6 investigative reporter Amanda St. Hilaire... - MORE -