News Archive

To help you with your coverage of the virus.

Gray Television,who’s Illinois’ markets include the Quad Cities, Rockford & Cape Girardeau Mo. is making a bid for Tegna, which includes St. Louis and Quad Cities stations in its portfolio.

The report from Reuters.    

From the Poynter Institute, Al Tomkins offers some good advice to reporters.

CJR discusses some problems that are especially tough for those doing doing freelance stories.

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200303/feder-four-abc-7-employees-stay-home-after-possible-coronavirus-exposure

The International Journalists’ Network has a list of ten tips for newsrooms that could make for better local journalism.

Here’s a report on the weekend confab from the Northwestern/Medill Local News Initiative.

Poynter had some criticism for Chris Mathews.

There’s more discussion on whether we should  be using mugshots, especially in routine crime stories.

The National Freedom of Information Coalition is out with a new report that shows not much happens when government violates open meetings & other such laws.  Read it here.