Category Archives: News

Southern Wisconsin’s Big Radio group has hired Sean Maloney to pick up news reporter and anchoring duties for the cluster’s stations including WCLO in Janesville and four other stations in the cluster. Maloney was most recently the sports director and announcer at WFAW, WSJY, and WKCH in Fort Atkinson.   WCLO... - MORE -

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council issued a statement this week after the release of a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision affecting open records law: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s today in Friends of Frame Park vs. City of Waukesha is a body blow to the state’s traditions of open government. It... - MORE -

Jim Wilson is joining TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee as chief photographer. Wilson has won a Peabody Award, is a five-time National Murrow Award winner and is in the . Wilson started as a photojournalist at Fox 6 (WITI-TV) in Milwaukee more than 30 years ago. He eventually became Chief Photojournalist, then... - MORE -

Meteorologist Brian Gotter is leaving TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee after 26 years in broadcasting. He was at the station for 16 years. Gotter is taking a full-time role with the MACC (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer) Fund. He’s served as the face of TMJ4’s partnership with the MACC Fund and... - MORE -

After a string of mass shootings, newsrooms are debating whether showing photos from the incidents would made a difference in preventing future mass shootings. Poynter wrote on the topic this week. You can read about that here.... - MORE -

Since 1979, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has  cameras and microphones in state courtrooms, subject to reasonable restrictions. Thirty years ago, Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s sanity trial was broadcast live. In 2006, former Green Bay Packers tight end Mark Chmura’s sexual assault and child enticement trial was broadcast live. This... - MORE -

Gerron Jordan is being named co-anchor of ‘WISN 12 News This Morning’ on weekday mornings from 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., effective June 6. Jordan will work alongside current anchor Diana Gutiérrez, meteorologist Lindsey Slater and reporter Matt Salemme in News Chopper 12. Jordan previously served as the live desk... - MORE -

News 8 Now (WKBT-TV) reporter Tyler Job is taking a job at NBC 26 (WGBA-TV) in Green Bay. Job joined the La Crosse station in September 2019 as a recent college graduate. With family and friends in Milwaukee, Job’s move to Green Bay puts him closer to home.... - MORE -

Fourteen WBA member radio and TV stations won 28 regional Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Murrow set as a standard... - MORE -