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.
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 for the profession of electronic… – MORE –
A Dane County Circuit Court judge will not allow cameras in the courtroom during a homicide trail starting Monday. Several news organizations in Madison, along with WBA, FOIC, and RTDNA, joined in opposing a motion from the prosecution and defense that forbids livestreaming or rebroadcasting of court proceedings. The motion for a hearing on the… – MORE –
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 58 Anchor Jessob Reisbeck will… – 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 markets reporting attacks. While that’s lower… – 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 WMLW, The M. Jupiter comes… – 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 email accounts. Obtaining records from… – 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 12 News at 4:00 p.m.… – MORE –
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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 18, on the CBS 58… – MORE –
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