RTDNA Mourns Journalist Deaths, Condemns Violence in The Philippines


The Radio Television Digital News Association is deeply saddened over the deaths of at least 10 journalists working in the southern part of the Philippine Islands.  The reporters are among nearly 50 people known so far to have been murdered as part of violence surrounding elections in the Maguindanao province.

“These journalists have given their lives covering vital news for the people of their region,” said RTDNA Chairman Stacey Woelfel. “That is the ultimate sacrifice a journalist can make for a story.”

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Chairman's Blog: 'Gluttony is Good'

By Stacey Woelfel, RTDNA Chairman

Here it is Thanksgiving week and I feel the need to write something connected to that holiday.  I began to tick off my possible topics and realized I’d already robbed Peter to pay Paul in some earlier blogs.  I recall writing about what I am thankful for in modern newsrooms way back in the summer (great timing there).  I also wrote about football regarding our ongoing scrimmages with athletic conferences and their shortsighted media policies.  So if thankfulness and football are out as Thanksgiving topics, what’s left?  It could only be gluttony.

We’re raised to think that gluttony is a sin.  It’s literally on a list, of course.

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RTDNF to Honor Barbara Cochran, Marcellus Alexander and the NABEF during First Amendment Awards Dinner

 

The Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) will honor RTDNA President Emeritus Barbara Cochran (top left), National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation President Marcellus Alexander (top center) and the NABEF and at the 20th Anniversary First Amendment Awards Dinner. The Dinner will be March 4, 2010, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington. More than 500 attend the black-tie dinner each year.

Alexander, NABEF and Cochran will join a prestigious list of news leaders expected to be honored that evening. Other honorees include Harvey Nagler, vice president of CBS Radio News, who will receive First Amendment Service Award; David Westin, president of ABC News, who will receive the First Amendment Leadership Award; and Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, who will receive the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award.

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Podcast: Steve Crabtree, WVLT-TV in Knoxville, TN


In today's edition of RTDNA Podcasts we chat with Steve Crabtree, the vice president for of news and station operations at WVLT-TV in Knoxville, TN.

Crabtree chats with RTDNA about the station's recent coverage of an arrest involving three University of Tennessee football players. WVLT-TV got exclusive video of the arrests overnight and through some smart decision making and fact checking came out on top of the local market in covering this big local story.

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The Buzz: Is it Still Selling Out if You're Trying to Be Ironic?

By Ryan G. Murphy, Digital Media Editor

The weekly alternative newspaper “Creative Loafing” (Tampa Bay edition) is making waves this week by auctioning off editorial content in its Jan. 20 edition to the highest bidder to support The Children’s Home charity. Items up for bid include the paper’s cover, a story inside the edition, a 5-start restaurant review (never previously given), a band review and photo shoot, and a raving review (again with photos) of a party thrown by the highest bidder.

If nothing else, the paper is generating publicity – a clear intention if you look past the altruistic gesture to The Children’s Home.

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Ray Gomez, ND at KGNS-TV in Laredo, TX Passes Away

He's been the ND at the station for 4 years

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Mike Goldrick Named WPXI-TV News Director

Goldrick takes the helm at Pttsburgh's NBC affiliate after three years at WHEC in Rochester, NY.

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