Category Archives: News

There is much news coverage right now regarding the rights immigrants have in our federal court system. Here in Wisconsin, it’s unlikely we’d have to do a story about immigrants and the federal court system. It’s far more likely we’d be doing a story that somehow involves our state’s court... - MORE -

A couple of researchers, whose work has just been published by the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard, say there are three distinct biases that come into play, determining how fake news gets into the social media feed. The summation of their work is here. It’s fascinating! Published by Tim ... - MORE -

A lot of people working in broadcasting in Wisconsin are graduates of the UW-Oshkosh RTVF program. Journalism professor Vincent Filak’s book “Dynamics of News Reporting and Writing” is ranked the #1 new book in Journalism by Amazon. Here’s a short article about Prof. Filak and his latest publication. Posted by ... - MORE -

That’s the title of an opinion piece published this morning by long-time newsman Paul Fanlund, Editor and Publisher of The Capital Times. His thoughts relate to both print and electronic journalism, and are, I think, well worth reading for anyone who works in any kind of newsroom. The piece is... - MORE -

EIJ18 will be in September in Baltimore. Registration details are here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

This interesting piece for the Nieman Journalism School at Harvard, by reporter Krista Kapralos, brings to life the importance of understanding local context in reporting news stories. What you think something may be, and what it really is, can be two very different things if you don’t understand the local... - MORE -

If so, here are some solid ideas to keep in mind, courtesy of RTDNA. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -