Category Archives: News

Milwaukee TV station CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) is producing an all-new digital newscast, the CBS 58 News Quickcast, aimed at giving viewers the news of the day in a quick, easily consumable format that pops up right as you’re scrolling through social feeds or inboxes. Every weeknight at 5:58 p.m., CBS... - MORE -

More than one in five TV news directors says there had been an attack on their newsroom employees in 2021, according to a RTDNA report released this week. “The bigger the market, the more likely that there have been attacks, with nearly a third of news directors in top 25 ... - MORE -

Frankie Jupiter is joining the CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) morning show in Milwaukee starting in early June. Jupiter will join Mike Curkov and meteorologist Justin Thompson-Gee on the CBS 58 Morning News, weekday mornings from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. on CBS 58 and from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on... - MORE -

On March 10, Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to search for deleted emails that should have been preserved after an open records request from American Oversight, a watchdog group. Weeks later, Vos’ team an astounding 20,000 emails recovered from the “deleted items” folders of government... - MORE -

WISN-TV in Milwaukee is launching an hour-long 4 p.m. newscast starting on June 6. The new weekday afternoon newscast will be co-anchored by Derrick Rose and Kristin Pierce. They are joined by Milwaukee’s Chief Meteorologist Mark Baden, who is currently celebrating his 25th year on air at WISN 12. WISN... - MORE -

Are you looking for ways to improve your newsroom’s community engagement?  Poynter is providing this handy list of suggestions, complete with action items for you.... - MORE -

Milwaukee TV station CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) is launching a new initiative and on-air franchise titled “CBS 58 Hometowns” aimed at taking viewers to the unique towns and neighborhoods in the area. The station will start with a list of 58 hometowns and neighborhoods from southeast Wisconsin. Every Monday, starting April... - MORE -

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Diedrich and Wisconsin State Journal State Politics Editor Matthew DeFour have been selected to receive the Distinguished Wisconsin Watchdog Award, which recognizes an individual’s extraordinary contributions to open government or investigative journalism in Wisconsin.  Diedrich was chosen as the 2022 winner, and DeFour is the... - MORE -

Dario Melendez is joining WISN-TV in Milwaukee as sports director effective April 18. He will serve as the anchor of sports coverage at 6 p.m., WISN 12 News at 9 p.m., WISN 12 News at 10 p.m., and during Big 12 Sports Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. He... - MORE -