Category Archives: News

Things are quite a bit different in 2018, aren’t they?  Here’s another reason for caution about what you put on the air Sunday. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Is your newsroom aware of this? What are you doing to participate? More here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Very interesting column this morning from Poynter on this topic. One of the big takeaways: hard news is a big item for engagement. A glimpse at Facebook’s distribution Newswhip, a service that monitors social media for publishers and marketers, just released a report with data it has collected since Facebook... - MORE -

Here’s a quick refresher from RTDNA, including a link to the Association’s Disaster Reporting Guidelines. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

From Poynter this morning: It was a day on the other side of the camera and audio recorder for Tanzina Vega, full of photo shoots and interviews seeking answers … from her. Vega, the former New York Times and CNN national correspondent, had just been named host of “The Takeaway,”... - MORE -

Excellence in Journalism 2018 – coming at the end of September, in Baltimore. Read more about the RTDNA event here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

From Poynter this morning: What’s in your data archive? Are you starting to feel more and more queasy about your privacy these days? Do you have a sense that technology’s tentacles have reached into all aspects of your life and you don’t have a clue about how to get rid... - MORE -

The article from Reuters is here. It also has data about the level of trust Americans have for various other online giants. Posted by Tim Morrissey  ... - MORE -

Some thoughts from a Poynter contributor about possible downsides to letting sources go off the record – and, a concise review of other steps you may take as a reporter to get information from someone who knows, but doesn’t want to be named. The article is here. Posted by ... - MORE -

Right now this is a topic very much in the news, as Republicans may seek to overturn a judge’s ruling that Governor Scott Walker must call special elections to replace two members of the state legislature who resigned their seats to take jobs with his administration. The WBA Newsroom has... - MORE -