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CBS 58 hires Collins as Director of Strategic Marketing

CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) in Milwaukee has named Jim Collins Director of Strategic Marketing. Collins will work with all departments to increase ratings, revenue, visibility, and involvement in the community. He will report to General Manager Anne Brown. Collins joins CBS 58 from WTMJ-TV, where he was most recently News Content Operations Manager. A 16-year veteran… Read More: CBS 58 hires Collins as Director of Strategic Marketing »

Toya Washington leaving WISN-TV

Anchor Toya Washington is leaving WISN-TV after 20 years at the station. Washington joined WISN-TV in December 2002 as a co-anchor and later anchored the 6 p.m. newscast and for more than ten years has been anchor of the 5 p.m. newscast. She started working part-time in 2011. She leaves at the end of December.

Free session discusses DEI through content strategy

Poynter is offering a free online session to help newsrooms emphasize diversity and inclusion through content strategy. It demonstrates this by showing how four Chicago newsrooms did it. The course is free and self directed. You can sign up here.

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    A wallet-sized PDF summary of the Wisconsin Open Meetings and Open Records Laws has been developed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.  You will find this handy reference, which provides a quick layperson’s explanation of Wisconsin’s Open Meetings and Open Records Laws, under the “resources” section of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council’s website.