RTDNA appeals for right to record police

The RTDNA is pushing an effort to clarify the right to record the work of law enforcement officers. Here’s more from RTDNA Executive Director Dan Shelley: RTDNA’s ongoing effort to ensure all Americans, including all journalists, have an unambiguous right lawfully to record the activity of police moves to a new phase today. The U.S.… – MORE –

Column: Records shed light on board shenanigans

The Natural Resources Board, an all-volunteer body that guides policy for the Department of Natural Resources, is part of Wisconsin’s tradition of open government. The idea to empower volunteers  —  rather than politicians  —  was first proposed in the progressive era by leading conservationists, including Aldo Leopold, who understood that decisions about natural resources should… – MORE –

Kummer headed to Tennessee

WBAY-TV News Director Matt Kummer is staying with Gray but moving to Knoxville, Tennessee to lead the newsroom at WVLT-TV/WBXX-TV. “After an amazing decade leading the WBAY-TV newsroom, I’m heading south,” Kummer wrote on social media. “Already memorizing the lyrics to Rocky Top!” Kummer started at WBAY-TV in 2011. Before that he was an executive… – MORE –



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Open Meetings Law

Our state has a very powerful Open Meetings Law, which permits reporters to attend and report on all meetings of governmental bodies, boards, and commissions, and it allows reporters to record and photograph a meeting held in open session as long as you don’t interfere with the conduct of the meeting or the rights of… - MORE -