Category Archives: News

Stations respond to flash flooding

News stations in Madison have been on duty throughout the night tracking the dangerous flash flooding that struck south central Wisconsin Monday evening. Thank you for everything you’re doing to keep residents informed and safe. STRANDED IN MIDDLETON Hundreds of people are currently stranded in buildings throughout the Middleton area... - MORE -

Audio reporting from the field

There are always new tools coming out to help journalists do their jobs easier, faster, and with better quality for the audience. Have you heard of this one named QgoLive? RTDNA wrote about it here. Got a tool you’d like to share with your fellow reporters? Tweet them at... - MORE -

Treat yourself this Election Day

From joshuamiranda on Morguefile
Election Day is traditionally a long and stressful day for newsrooms. Newsrooms have often soothed themselves on these days with pizza and sweets. WBA Newsroom knows a newsrooms needs some stress relief today and encourages reporters, producers, photographers, news directors, and everyone else in the newsroom to do what... - MORE -

Lessons learned as a news director

News directors have a lot of people to think about. Their GM, their reporters, their audience. It’s a lot to balance. If you’re a news director or just someone looking to appreciate the challenges of being one, you’ll want to check out this article from RTDNA written by Austin Kellerman,... - MORE -

This innovator changed newsrooms

You probably never heard of Dr. Joe Flaherty, but his innovations revolutionized television, and TV news in particular. Flaherty worked for CBS and is credited with ending the use of 16mm film for news gathering and replacing it with electronic news gathering. This ended the long and tedious process of... - MORE -