RTDNA is hitting the road in 2024, with the support of the Google News Initiative, to bring training on digital tools for elections coverage to broadcast and digital newsrooms, as […]
ABC News’ Gio Benitez, CBS News’ Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews, CNN’s Clarrisa Ward and NBC News’ Kristen Welker were among the 13 honorees to take home RTDNA Foundation’s 2024 First Amendment awards, which honor those who practice, promote and defend journalism.
The RTDNA Foundation today announced its class of 2024 First Amendment Award honorees, recognizing 13 individuals and organizations for their efforts to promote responsible journalism and preserve the constitutionally guaranteed […]
RTDNA President-CEO Dan Shelley says TV news’ credibility is on the line in this election year as never before, and he has some advice on how stations can recapture viewers’ trust. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
The entry period for the 2024 Edward R. Murrow Awards opens on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The Murrow Awards celebrate excellence in broadcast and digital journalism at the professional and student […]
The Radio Television Digital News Association will hold two Crime Coverage Summits in January 2024 to help TV newsrooms think critically about their reporting on the criminal justice system. The […]
In early October, RTDNA and 18 other press freedom groups and national news organizations filed two key documents seeking live audiovisual coverage of the trial in United States v. Trump, the D.C. election interference criminal case currently docketed to begin in March.
The Radio Television Digital News Association filed a legal request with the U.S. District Court of Washington D.C., formally asking for live audio and video coverage of the upcoming Jan. 6-related criminal trial against former president Donald Trump, currently on the docket for March 2024. The request is part of a coalition of the nation’s leading news advocacy groups and organizations.
Allison McGinley, news director of WKMG, Graham Media Group’s CBS affiliate in Orlando, Fla., has been honored with RTDNA’s Barney Oldfield Distinguished Service Award. The award was created in honor […]
According to the study, 62% of local news viewers and listeners say it is “very important” that local sources and journalists “ask tough, but respectful questions to get answers,” and 61% said it is very important they fact-check those candidates. Fifty-eight percent of the local news audience said it was very important those outlets have regular fact-checking segments.
The recipients of 133 honors spanning nine categories will be honored at an Awards Gala on Oct. 9 in New York City.
Pierre Thomas, chief justice correspondent for ABC News and one of the most respected names in journalism, will be the 2023 recipient of the Radio Television Digital News Association’s Paul […]
The latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey found that local television news salaries rose by 4% in 2022. That’s better than last year’s 1.1% (two years ago, salaries rose by 3.5%). But inflation in 2022 hit 6.4% so 2022 was the second straight year of a drop in real (after inflation) wages: down 2.4% this year after last year’s 5.9% shortfall. That brings the two-year cumulative loss to 8.3% in terms of real wages.