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… Read More: Session offers ideas for addressing burnout »

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… Read More: Nominations sought for 2025 Opee Awards »

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… Read More: Column: Protect the press against frivolous lawsuits »