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Hoda Kotb, Natalie Morales, Russ Mitchell, John Roberts and Brian Ross to present awards on October 12.
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The dinner will be March 4, 2010
Oct. 3-4, 2009 - San Francisco
Click here to read the feature on her tenure as RTNDA President from the May/June issue of Communicator
Public radio news directors recognized Mitchell with the Leo C. Lee award for his years of work training young people for careers in public radio.
Some of the contact numbers have changed.
Use the judges' log in and password to access your judging assignment. Contact staceys@rtnda.org if you have questions.
Congratulate your staff or reward yourself with a Murrow plaque. Order duplicate, customized plaques from the RTNDA News Shop.
Emily Baucum of KOLR-TV and Sara Shookman of Ohio University will receive the Ivanhoe fellowship and intership for health and medical reporting.
Tregg White, KGWN-TV, Mark Kraham, WHAG-TV, Steve Crabtree, WVLT-TV, Steven Weinberg, News 12 Networks, and Marlene Speas, KTVO-TV
The workshop is free but you must be registered for RTNDA@NAB.
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RTNDF will help newsroom leaders deal with 2009’s changes, challenges and opportunities in a leadership and management workshop that will be held Feb. 27-28.
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Includes footage from a live focus group
On his first working day in office, President Obama acted to let the sunshine in on government. The new president declared “a new era of openness” as he signed documents reversing the secrecy policies that had been the hallmark of the Bush administrat
RTNDF, with a grant from the McCormick Foundation, will help newsroom leaders deal with 2009’s changes, challenges and opportunities in a special leadership and management workshop that begins Friday night at 6:00 p.m., February 27th.
The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will honor two news leaders and the world’s largest Internet search engine company at its First Amendment Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 12, in Washington.
By Barbara Cochran, RTNDA President
Each workshop brings together journalists, news managers, public officials, public information officers, business leaders, scientists, and technical experts to work through a tabletop terror scenario.
What do Germans think of presidential elect Barack Obama? Hear from Mr. Voigt, coordinator of German-American Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office.
RTNDA petitioned the FCC to postpone plans to open the broadcast spectrum to unlicensed wireless devices.
KGO Radio’s Lynn Jimenez writes about covering the financial crisis and offers some great advice to help your station cover this historic story.
See pictures and read all about the event honoring the 2008 National Edward R. Murrow Award winners, the RTNDA/UNITY Award Winners and the 2008 Paul White Award Presentation to Tim Russert.
Kim Saltmarsh, winner of the 2008 RTNDF Presidents Scholarship is a senior at Hofstra University.
Recent court decisions in Pennsylvania and California ruled in favor of journalists’ rights. RTNDA joined friend of the court briefs in support of the news organizations in both of the cases.
The annual RTNDA/Hofstra University Survey finds a surprisingly small loss in jobs so far this year with a third of those cutbacks expected to be restored by the end of the year.
Resources for bringing your newsroom up to speed on the use of NFL material online.
Resources and advice for getting your newsroom ready for unexpected.
October 4, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin
October 13, New York City
For the 15th consecutive year, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will be conducting a two-week expenses-paid fellowship to Germany this fall for broadcast and multi-media journalists.
Submit ideas for the 2009 RTNDA@NAB convention in Las Vegas.
Submit your ideas for sessions you'd like to see at the 2009 RTNDA@NAB convention. You can submit your ideas in an online form at RTNDA.org or fax in your ideas by downloading a pdf version of the Call for Sessions form.
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WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE. YOU CAN STILL APPLY! The best teacher-to-teacher video training in the country is coming to Chicago... AND IT’S FREE! Thanks to a generous grant from the McCormick Foundation.
Special will feature student work from Ballou High School and will air all weekend.
Register today to attend.
The KSHB-TV news director fills the vacancy left by Stacey Woelfel, who was named chair-elect of RTNDA in April.
The winners of the National Edward R. Murrow Awards will be honored at the RTNDA Awards Dinner in October.
RTNDA will award outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity in July.
Apply now for the Oklahoma Teachers Multimedia Workshop sponsored by RTNDF. Ten high school teachers will learn the basics of multimedia storytelling.
Starting at 11 a.m. EST on May 9, you may experience problems calling RTNDA staff. During this time, contact us by e-mail. Click Read More for our e-mail directory.
Get your applications in today to earn an RTNDF scholarship or fellowship to help fund your education and further your journalism career.
Initial broadcast/publication must have occurred between May 31, 2007, and April 30, 2008, for consideration
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Stacey Woelfel named chairman-elect in elections.
Vote for the RTNDA Board of Directors! Cast your ballot online or onsite at RTNDA@NAB.
RTNDA and RTNDF staff are receiving email again. Thank you for your patience.
We have a new mailing address but our phone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail addresses are the same.
In a letter to MLB commissioner Bud Selig, RTNDA president Barbara Cochran says the credentials are a thinly-veiled attempt to dilute competition from other media.
Listen to the podcast from the interview on Tuesday, March 18
To help you bring the Sunshine Week message to your listeners and viewers, RTNDF has created public service announcements for television and radio
Check out the winners of the Five Freedoms PSA contest and find out more about entering future contests.
The next workshop will take place on Thursday, March 13, at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL.
There are only two more days left to apply for the RTNDA/UNITY Awards.
The Bill Allows Cameras in Federal Courtrooms; RTNDA President Barbara Cochran comments on the news.
She will be presented with the Distinguished Achievement Award in Broadcasting on February 5.
This series of workshops is produced by RTNDF in association with the National Academies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
A must-have for every newsroom and classroom, the 4th edition of Power Producer will instill the skills you need to become the ultimate producer.
Every year RTNDF honors individuals in the field of broadcast journalism for their work on behalf of press freedom.
This legislation eliminates some of the lengthy delays and persistent backlogs in the FOIA process.
The application period is officially open for both the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the RTNDA/UNITY Awards. Deadline is January 31, 2008.
The online course is based on the popular RTNDF handbook, INCOMING! Advice for the Newly Named News Director.
A must-have for every newsroom and classroom, the fourth edition of Power Producer will instill the skills you need to become the ultimate producer
Barbara Cochran appeared before the House Natural Resources Committee on December 12.
We're in a race against time to record the stories of civilian and military personnel who participated in World War II, and you can help.
Featuring Election '08 Special: The Race is On(line)! Make Your News Site the Digital Place to Be.
The event will include veteran print, broadcast and online journalists.
Acceptance speeches from October 15's black-tie event in New York are now available for online viewing. Photos from the event are also now available.
RTNDA past chairman Dan Shelley writes about his trip to L.A. last week, visiting a newsroom where tired journalists balance the stress of covering a major story and the stress of making sure their loved ones, and their homes, are OK.
We encourage all RTNDA members in markets with NFL franchises to express your concerns directly to your local NFL team representatives and owners prior to the annual team owners meeting to be held on October 23, 2007, in New Orleans.
The day-long broadcast workshop is open to professionals and students. Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute will lead RTNDF’s ethical decision-making sessions along side working journalists from the region
Learning from the news directors in the Twin Cities.
The bipartisan Free Flow of Information Act, introduced in May in both the House and Senate, is gaining ground on Capitol Hill.
RTNDA president will make case for opening federal courts to electronic media coverage.
The winners of the 2007 Edward R. Murrow Awards have gone digital! We've made select winning clips available online, showcasing some of the best work in the industry.
Some big names in news have confirmed they'll be presenting at the event honoring Murrow and UNITY winners.
Kathy Mosher-Boulé, FX Group's vice president of business development, has been elected as the Radio Television News Directors Association's representative to the National Association of Broadcasting Exhibitors Board.
The Millennials: Managing the next generation of broadcast journalists.
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RTNDA president Barbara Cochran sends letter to members updating them on changes as local television and radio stations prepare to cover the first weekend of regular season games.
KGO-TV has established The Pete Wilson Journalism Scholarship with RTNDF. The annual $4,000 journalism scholarship will go to Bay Area students and honors respected anchor Pete Wilson, who died July 20.
The percentage of minorities working in local television news slid by less than a percentage point in 2006, although the percentage of African Americans in the newsroom is on the rise, according to a survey released today by RTNDA.
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The House Judiciary Committee approved a federal shield law on August 1 to protect journalists from being forced to disclose their confidential sources.
RTNDA strives to deliver convention programming as up to the minute as your local news. But we need your ideas and suggestions to ensure a strong and relevant conference. Tell us what you would like to see covered at RTNDA@NAB 2008.
See how your state treats cameras in the courts with RTNDA’s newly revised state-by-state guide.
RTNDF awards thousands of dollars each year to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as young media professionals.
Five news organizations that celebrate diversity will be honored at the RTNDA Awards Dinner in New York in October.
More than 60 radio and television stations honored for excellence in broadcast journalism.
