Category Archives: News

RTDNA Executive Director Dan Shelley is using Free Speech Week as an opportunity to illustrate how free speech benefits local communities and what would happen without it. In his column, Shelley highlights attacks on journalists and how journalists are charged with continuing to produce trustworthy journalism in the face... - MORE -

If you’re not familiar with Reddit, you might not realize the potential it has as a newsroom tool, but you might also not be aware of the ways in which it shouldn’t be used. The Knight-Cronkite News Lab is writing about the best and worst ways newsrooms can use Reddit... - MORE -

A report from Amanda St. Hilaire on WITI-TV in Milwaukee is drawing attention to records about investigations of state lawmaker behavior that are not available to the public. She found that most state lawmakers didn’t care to comment on the practice. The story includes comments from Wisconsin FOIC members April... - MORE -

How much have you been charged to get copies of public records? Wisconsin law allows records custodians to charge a reasonable fee, but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “reasonable.” The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council discussed this at a meeting on Thursday after this report of lawmakers using... - MORE -

The 2020 election might be more than a year away, but for newsrooms, it’s going to be a challenging year, especially with the rise of misinformation in election news. The American Press Institute released this article this week about how newsrooms are preparing themselves for the fact-checking that will be... - MORE -

The stress inherent in newsrooms can lead to negativity, but it doesn’t have to. Kevin Benz, writing for RTDNA, is offering these tips for how news teams – and their managers – can make our newsrooms better places to work, a little at a time, every day. Benz was also... - MORE -

The Poytner Institute is offering sexual harassment training geared toward newsrooms. #UsToo: Building Trust in Newsrooms is designed by journalists for journalists. “It applies the most current best practices and research around workplace discrimination to a newsroom setting, diving into issues unique to working in media.” Learn more here.... - MORE -

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is one of numerous groups making public statements Monday after it was revealed that there was a video that depicts a meme of President Donald Trump shooting, stabbing and otherwise assaulting members of the news media and various political opponents. “This video is... - MORE -

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is scheduled to hold one of its quarterly meetings on Thursday, Oct. 17. The meeting will be held at Capitol Newspapers on Fish Hatchery Road in Madison. The meeting is open to the public. The agenda can be found here. Among the topics... - MORE -

Many newsrooms continue to have an uneasy relationship with the comments section on their website and social media channels. RTDNA is addressing the toll it’s taking on newsrooms in this article. The article suggests that newsrooms should take into consideration what comment moderation does to the moderators who spend... - MORE -