The topic of investigative reporting will be featured during both days of the WBA Summer Conference in June. The conference will be held June 12-13 at the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake. A session on Wednesday titled “Investigative Reporting – Every Day” will be lead by Anne Pappe from WKBT-TV in La Crosse and Kevin… Read More: Investigative reporting topics at WBA Summer Conference »

Poynter is offering a tuition-free Poynter workshop in Chicago on June 6-7 that will teach journalists how to cover the 2020 Census. The workshop is geared towards newsrooms in the Great Lakes region. This is the last Census workshop planned before the Supreme Court ruling on the citizenship question. The training will better prepare your newsroom… Read More: Free workshop to focus on covering 2020 Census »

There’s a lot of hope for the future of local broadcast news among news directors, based on this survey. The survey from RTDNA and Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University says local news directors, “cite continued high levels of trust in local news, even as trust in media overall declines, and the opportunity… Read More: Believe in future of local news »