Racine native Lauren Sklba will join WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee covering Racine County. Sklba worked as the news editor for The Journal Times in Racine since April 2023. She has prior television news experience, working as a producer for the CBS affiliates in both Madison and Denver. “Covering Racine County is a critical part of our… Read More: Racine journalist joins WTMJ-TV »
Madison TV station WMTV-TV has won two national Edward R. Murrow Awards from RTDNA. The awards are for small market Breaking News Coverage for a piece about a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School and for Digital for a piece about a missing kayaker who was believed to have faked his own death. The winners… Read More: Madison station wins 2 national Murrow awards »
WMTV 15 News in Madison has named Bridget Fargen as News Director starting Sept. 8. Fargen has more than 15 years of experience in local broadcast journalism, with what the station describes as a proven track record of newsroom leadership, community engagement, and award-winning news coverage. A Wisconsin native, Fargen began her career in Rhinelander… Read More: Fargen named news director at WMTV-TV »
LeaderEthics, in partnership with the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethical Leadership at Viterbo University, will present The Changing Landscape for Local Media at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at Viterbo’s Nola Starling Recital Hall, 929 Jackson St., La Crosse. This Constitution Day event is free. Registration is available at leaderethics.us. The local news industry is in… Read More: ‘Changing Landscape for Local Media’ session to be held in… »
Madison TV station WKOW-TV is promoting two journalists on its news staff. Chloe Morrissey is being named weekend anchor. She was previously serving as a multimedia journalist. Morrissey has been with the station for almost two years. “Chloe is an outstanding journalist and a great team member,” said WKOW-TV News Director Dani Maxwell. “Our viewers… Read More: Morrissey, Kihmm promoted at WKOW-TV »
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host its 16th annual journalism ethics conference at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on Friday, Sept. 26. The conference is free, open to the public and made possible by generous sponsorships from craig newmark philanthropies, the Evjue Foundation, Podcamp Media, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Wisconsin Broadcasters… Read More: UW’s Center for Journalism Ethics to host ‘Journalism Ethics in… »
Bill Walsh has been named anchor of the CBS 58 (WDJT-TV) News at Noon and 4 p.m. Walsh takes over for Mike Strehlow, who announced his semi-retirement earlier this summer. Strehlow is stepping back from anchoring newscasts and will continue to serve as host and producer of “CBS 58 Sunday Morning” each week. “I’m honored… Read More: Walsh named noon and 4 p.m. anchor on CBS 58 »
Veteran journalism instructor Al Tompkins was in Wisconsin in June to talk to a room full of journalists about artificial intelligence. In the half-day workshop, he talked about how artificial intelligence will change the way we all use our phones, computers, and smart devices. He talked about how AI will help journalists find sources for… Read More: Tompkins talks AI at UW-Madison »
Meteorologist Brendan Johnson will be making the move to weekday mornings this summer on TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee. Johnson is currently the station’s weekend morning meteorologist and is part of Storm Team 4’s community weather reporting and storm chasing throughout the week. Johnson has been with TMJ4 since September 2022. He came to Milwaukee via… Read More: TMJ4 meteorologist moves to mornings »
Andrew LaCombe has been named news director for WLUK-TV in Green Bay. He is a former political and investigative reporter for WLUK from 2013 until 2016. LaCombe rejoins the station from WLUC-TV in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where he was news director, leading the operation to four consecutive years of being named Station of the Year… Read More: LaCombe named news director at WLUK-TV »
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