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Shannon Sims is adding to her anchoring duties on WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. In addition to her current weekday newscasts at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. with co-anchor Charles Benson, Sims will co-anchor the 10 p.m. newscast with Steve Chamraz starting today. Sims joined WTMJ-TV in 2013 as a weekend evening... - MORE -

TODAY’S TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) is launching a weekly show dedicated to telling positive stories from southeastern Wisconsin. The show’s title, Positively Milwaukee with Carole Meekins, comes from the station’s long-running weekly news segment which highlights positive people, organizations, and events in the community. TMJ4 also produces The Positively Milwaukee Awards... - MORE -

An upcoming FREE webinar led by WBA Hall of Famer Jill Geisler is aimed at helping men who want to be allies to women, people of privilege who want to do more to fight inequity, and powerful individuals who want to be better advocates for change. The “Do You Qualify... - MORE -

The WBA is offering a workshop and numerous webinars to help prepare journalists for the 2020 elections. We told you earlier about this Poynter workshop featuring Al Tompkins which will take place in Madison on Jan. 25. Just this week we’ve added a two part webinar titled “Covering the 2020... - MORE -

Four past and current Wisconsin Broadcasters are among eight being inducted into the Milwaukee Press Club Hall of Fame this fall. The 2019 inductees to the Media Hall of Fame are: Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Marquette Law School Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel... - MORE -

Madison TV station WKOW-TV is adding a new newscast and a lifestyle show called Midday Madison. 27 News at 11 will begin airing on July 1 and will be followed by Midday Madison airing Monday – Friday from 11:15-11:30 a.m. Midday Madison will be hosted by Samantha Bowers. She graduated... - MORE -

Two Wisconsin broadcast newsrooms have won National Murrow Awards for their breaking news coverage. WTMJ-AM in Milwaukee won an award in the large market radio category for its coverage of the fire at Trinity Lutheran Church. WISC-TV in Madison won an award in the small market television category for... - MORE -

Wisconsin’s District II Court of Appeals Wednesday morning released a decision affirming the right of requesters to receive records in electronic form. The court affirmed an earlier circuit court ruling that reached the same conclusion. This was a case that Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Co-Vice President Christa Westerberg filed... - MORE -

When so much about politics is partisan, one might expect a topic like police body cameras to be contentious, particularly as it relates to public access to recordings. But proposed legislation to regulate the use of these cameras was approved by nine of the 10 members of the committee that... - MORE -

Six Wisconsin TV stations and three Wisconsin radio stations this week collectively won 22 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. The awards are given out by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow set as a standard for the... - MORE -