For the 19th consecutive year, the is bestowing its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees, meant to recognize outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government, as well as highlight impediments. The awards are being announced in advance of national (), March 16-22 and will be presented at the in Madison on… – MORE –
Milwaukee TV station TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) is launching an afternoon magazine-style program called What’s Brewing Wisconsin. Hosted by Morning Blend veteran Tiffany Ogle, What’s Brewing Wisconsin will showcase the best Wisconsin has to offer. Stephanie Brown, most recently a community reporter for TMJ4 News, will be the new show’s field correspondent and fill-in host. Ogle will… – MORE –
Respected Green Bay Packers beat writer Jason Wilde is joining Morgan Murphy Media. Wilde has covered the Packers since 1996 for various outlets including the Wisconsin State Journal, the Athletic, and ESPNWisconsin.com. In this new partnership, Wilde will provide daily reporting for Morgan Murphy Media’s local news websites in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula in… – MORE –
Dana Fulton has been named 27 News Anchor and Executive Producer of 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin at WKOW -TV in Madison. Fulton was promoted from Wake Up Meteorologist and will now anchor the weekday morning news from 4:30-7 a.m. on 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin. Fulton joined WKOW-TV in September 2023 as WKOW TV’s… – MORE –
Poynter is offering free training on covering child welfare. Here’s more detail: This course is designed for journalists who want to deepen their connection with their communities and expand their audience by covering the critical issues surrounding child protection and the foster care system.
There’s good news and bad news in a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals upholding an open records judgment related to the ridiculous and ham-handed investigation into alleged 2020 election fraud headed by former Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman. On the good news side, the appellate court upheld a lower court ruling that the state of… – MORE –
The Missouri School of Journalism is offering the following free workshop March 5-7 titled “Bringing the Four-Day Work Week to Broadcast Newsrooms.” Here’s more: The Reynolds Journalism Institute is excited to invite you to Bringing the Four-Day Work Week to Broadcast Newsrooms. Burnout in journalism is real—and newsroom leaders are searching for solutions. One of… – MORE –
The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that works to protect access to public meetings and records, is now accepting nominations for its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees. Awards are given in six categories: Popee (public openness award): Recognizes extraordinary service to the cause of open government by an elected… – MORE –
Shereen Siewert, publisher of the Wausau Pilot and Review, has been breathing easier these days. In September, a Wisconsin appeals court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of state Sen. Cory Tomczyk’s defamation lawsuit against Siewert, the nonprofit newsroom she founded in 2017, and one of its reporters. The ruling, which Tomczyk did not appeal, ended… – MORE –
Sarah Carlson is returning to the anchor desk at News 3 Now (WISC-TV) in Madison, marking a comeback over epilepsy. After an 11-year hiatus, Carlson is returning to co-anchor the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts alongside Eric Franke. During her time at News 3 from 2010 to 2013, Carlson, who was known for her… – MORE –
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