Category Archives: News

The RTDNA is honoring David Rhodes, the president of CBS News, for his staunch defense of reporters’ First Amendment rights. The story is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council has anecdotal information that’s it’s taking more time to get responses to an open records request. Please make sure that the management of your newsroom is aware of this, and of the FOIC and WBA’s efforts to gather information about the issue. Read more... - MORE -

Something you should know about. Read the RTDNA column here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

The column from RTDNA is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

RTDNA has just published a column with general guidelines. Find it here. The WBANewsroom site has a section devoted specifically to the Wisconsin laws that apply. Find it here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Some delightful ideas here from a Poynter contributor, David Beard. Come for the content; stay for the cute animal pictures. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

It’s from Poynter, and they call it ICYMI. For obvious reasons which you’ll understand when you check it out. It’s here. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

Al Tompkins of Poynter reminds us about the importance of perspective when reporting on the stock market. His column is here. Posted by Tim Morrissey  ... - MORE -

Are you confident that you really understand the First Amendment, particularly as it relates to news, news gathering, and news photography? This brief but very useful column from CJR may be a real eye-opener. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -

That’s the question asked by Joanna Weiss of Politico in this fascinating short piece, subtitled “From Murphy Brown to Megyn Kelly”. If you’re old enough to remember the original run of Murphy Brown, you’ll really enjoy this short read. Posted by Tim Morrissey... - MORE -