NAB President and CEO Sen. Gordon Smith wrote a guest blog today for Broadcasting and Cable defending press freedoms established by the Founding Fathers. “Raucous voices on social media and commentary-based cable programming may pervade and dominate our daily discourse,” Smith writes. “But viewers and listeners should try, always, to distinguish between fact-based reporting and… Read More: NAB President defends media freedoms »
Anchor and reporter Kathy Mykleby will retire after 38 years at WISN-TV. Shewill deliver her final news broadcast in late November. Mykleby is a renowned journalist, receiving awards and recognitions from numerous organizations, including the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, the Milwaukee Press Club, the Associated Press (AP), and the United Press International (UPI). She was inducted… Read More: Mykleby to retire after 38 years at WISN-TV »
A year-long discussion about law enforcement and the media in the Wausau area continued Wednesday night with a panel discussion about race. The panel included Chris Conley, Operations Manager at Midwest Communications in Wausau and representatives from the Wausau Police Department, a local school, clergy, a women’s group, and the local newspaper. The panel discussed… Read More: Wausau media joins discussion about race, police »
A free member-only WBA webinar coming up next week will teach journalists strategies for defending themselves against accusations of fake news, including what to ask yourself when evaluating information and methods for identifying fake content on social media. Al Tompkins from the Poynter Institute will host the webinar Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. CT. Here’s… Read More: Learn about fighting fake news »
Pauleen Le is joining the CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) as a weekend evening anchor in Milwaukee. She joins Jacob Kittilstad on the weekend evening newscasts. Le comes to CBS 58 from WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she was a morning anchor/reporter. She’s worked previously at WLUK-TV in Green Bay and WKBT-TV in La Crosse. She… Read More: CBS 58 adds Le to weekend evening newscasts »
Wisconsin broadcasters are putting two additional debates on the air this fall to help inform voters ahead of the Nov. 6 election. WISN-TV will host a live televised Wisconsin Attorney General debate on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. between Republican incumbent Brad Schimel and Democratic challenger Josh Kaul. The debate will be moderated by… Read More: 2 additional broadcast debates announced »
The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is celebrating 40 years of advocating for openness in government. A celebration is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Oct. 30 at the Assembly Parlor in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The event will feature speakers and the unveiling of open government artwork and the Wisconsin FOIC’s new logo. The WBA… Read More: Wisconsin FOIC celebrates 40 years »
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is celebrating 10 years on the investigative news beat and celebrated Thursday night at Memorial Union on the UW campus in Madison. The celebration featured a panel discussion with David Maraniss, Associate Editor at the Washington Post, Cara Lombardo, a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, and Michael Wagner,… Read More: Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism marks 10 years »
WISN-TV’s Adrienne Pedersen is moving from weekend evening anchor to WISN 12 News This Morning. She will be co-anchoring with Sheldon Dutes . His co-anchor, Melinda Davenport, is leaving the morning show to launch WISN 12 news at 11:00 a.m. starting Sept. 10. “Adrienne is well-known to our viewers from her reporting and weekend anchor… Read More: Pedersen to join WISN-TV morning show »
Carl Deffenbaugh is moving to the anchor desk of FOX6 Wakeup on WITI-TV after the departure of Jessob Reisbeck for a TV station in Washington DC. Deffenbaugh is already familiar to FOX 6 viewers as the roving reporter out in the community during the 7-9 a.m. hours of FOX6 Wakeup. The move is effective Aug.… Read More: Deffenbaugh joins WITI-TV morning show »
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