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What Would You Do if a Suspected Hostage Taker Called Your Newsroom?
Posted In: Leadership, Safety,
Date posted Mar 17

How one station’s experience included a surprising and unusual police response By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director On March 8, 2021,...

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Nightly Network News and Cable News Aren’t Telling the Same COVID Story
Posted In: Education Resources,
Date posted Mar 16

By Katalina Deaven Center for Media Engagement Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, television news has served as a crucial source of information...

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America’s Fourth Estate Faces Increasing Danger
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Mar 10

Representative Eric Swalwell first introduced the Journalist Protection Act (JPA) to Congress in 2018. This important piece of legislation would...

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Why Corrections Are Key to Gaining Trust (And How to Do Them Better
Posted In: Trust,
Date posted Mar 9

By Haley Suh and Peter Freeby Between a pandemic and a presidential election, 2020 appears to have heightened a worrisome rise in misinformation...

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KUNR’s Virtual Events in Spanish Connect Community to Pandemic Resources
Posted In: Education Resources,
Date posted Mar 3

Natalie Van Hoozer A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, KUNR Public Radio, the NPR member station in Northern Nevada, has organized four Facebook...

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Now is the Time to Strengthen America's Right to a Free Press
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Feb 24

Every day, thousands of local journalists help shape the action we take to right wrongs, hold those in power accountable and use our power as...

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Journalists' Guide to COVID Data
Posted In: Education Resources,
Date posted Feb 22

Watch a press conference, turn on a newscast, or overhear just about any phone conversation these days and you’ll hear mayors discussing R...

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Do's and Don’ts of COVID Vaccine Coverage
Posted In: Education Resources,
Date posted Feb 17

Local news is playing a critical role in the public health response to COVID-19, including vaccine rollout, a group of scientists, science...

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No Time for Complacency
Posted In: Advocacy,
Date posted Feb 10

By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director This essay originally appeared in the January 2021 edition of Crain’s NewsPro and is republished with...

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To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
Posted In: Ethics,
Date posted Feb 9

Navigating the Newsroom Benefits and Ethical Pitfalls of Social Media Social media can be a valuable tool for both news gathering and news...

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Missouri Method Overhaul Continues Apace Despite COVID
Posted In: Education Resources,
Date posted Feb 3

By Steve Ackermann The curriculum overhaul at The Missouri School of Journalism should remind us of the old Post Office adage about “neither...

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So You Want to Teach Journalism...
Posted In: Education Resources,
Date posted Feb 2

By Ben Bogardus Quinnipiac University Assistant Professor of Journalism Have you ever wanted to teach journalism but don’t know where to...

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