View Post Digital | ShopTalk New Survey Casts Doubt on Future of Local TV Drone Use By Kevin Eck on May. 17, 2016 - 1:44 PM Drone use is linked to staff size.
View Post ShopTalk RTDNA Announces Regional Murrow Award Winners By Kevin Eck on Apr. 19, 2016 - 11:23 AM In small markets, WISC led the way with eight
View Post Law & Ethics RTDNA Gives Newsrooms Guidance on Native Advertising By Kevin Eck on Mar. 28, 2016 - 6:44 PM "It is the resemblance to journalism that makes native advertising both valuable and dangerous," said RTDNA Ethics Committee Chair Scott Libin.
View Post TV Biz Native American Journalists to Partner With RTDNA and SPJ By Kevin Eck on Sep. 18, 2015 - 11:06 AM The partnership between the organizations was approved in the summer.
View Post CBS Affiliates | FCC WDBJ Gets 2 Allies in Fight With FCC Over Indecency Fine By Kevin Eck on Jul. 29, 2015 - 10:35 AM Part of the filing tells the FCC the large fine against WDBJ is "tantamount to imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for petty theft."
View Post TV Biz You’re Sort of Making More Money! Poll Shows Slight Rise in TV Pay By Kevin Eck on Jul. 14, 2015 - 11:50 AM News reporters saw the biggest gain in salary in a five year period.
View Post News Directors Your News Director is Most Likely Named Mike, Julie or David By Kevin Eck on Apr. 21, 2014 - 4:59 PM According to Hofstra University professor emeritus Bob Papper who is doing his 20th annual survey of the broadcasting industry for RTDNA, news directors are most likely to be in their mid-40s and be named Mike, Jim, or David if th ...
View Post ShopTalk RTDNA Reminds Newsrooms to Have a Disaster Plan By Kevin Eck on Oct. 18, 2013 - 9:16 AM Many of us think we can handle anything that comes our way. But as Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” With that in mind, RTDNA is offering tips to prepare journalists for a ...
View Post ShopTalk RTDNA Study: Local News Salaries Fell in 2012 By Merrill Knox on Jul. 2, 2013 - 11:17 AM The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University annual survey found that local television news salaries fell 1.9% in 2012. In a study of newsroom roles, nine average salaries went up, four went down and one stayed the same. The increases in a ...
View Post ShopTalk RTDNA Study Shows ‘Near-Record’ Year for Local News By Merrill Knox on Jun. 17, 2013 - 5:49 PM It was a “near-record” year for local news, according to the latest RTDNA/Hofstra University study. Despite a six minute drop in the average amount of news produced on weekdays in 2012, Saturday and Sunday news time ro ...