Category Archives: News

In case you missed it, here’s a very on-point article from CJR about why people assume interns run your station’s social media. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Sometimes news people write things just because they’ve heard them used in news copy before, whether or not they make sense. As in describing a person with a handicap as “wheelchair bound”, even though that ancient descriptor is wrong and offensive to a lot of people with handicaps. Wheelchairs are... - MORE -

“Journalism isn’t typically a matter of life and death, but it’s as much a listening profession as medicine.” That’s just one of the thought-provoking quotes from this article about the need for empathy in Journalism. Read it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Right around half, according to this article from the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Another great collection of bogus sources of information, and tools you can use to help determine what’s true and what isn’t. Find it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Check to see if your station won here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The 2018 report on hatred of the press from Reporters Without Borders is a chilling document, which surveys threats to reporters in nations all across the globe. Read a summary of it, here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

This is a very useful bookmark, from Columbia Journalism Review. Anyone who’s been attacked online will find a lot of useful info here. Posted by Tim Morrissey  ... - MORE -

The debates for both primaries are scheduled for the second half of July. The debates, which will be interactive with live social media, will both run a full hour. The WBA Foundation has named the journalists who will participate as panelists. Read the story here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

What some stations are doing to attract younger viewers to their newscasts might surprise you. Details here from Nieman Reports. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -