For the first time since 1971, some post-season Major League Baseball games will be commencing before 8 p.m. reports the Miami Herald. Most of the league-championship and World series games will begin at 7:57 p.m. ET, 40 minutes earlier than…
MSNBC’s "Countdown" welcomed back contributor Richard Wolffe last night after a month’s absence from the air, according to the Huffington Post. Wolffe, an analyst for the political talk show, had been taken off the broadcast last month when some suggested that…
By Debra Kaufman In Miami, WTVJ-TV special projects producer Jeff Burnside discovered an area of the Florida coastline that was a true flood zone, based on data from the federal government’s new laser-measured elevation study. Then he found that new…
By Jarre Fees Since the Internet reached its adolescence, both print and on-camera journalists have watched the gradual decline of the freelance market. But last year’s economic collapse dealt a heavy blow to writers, editors, news anchors and others, who…
By Allison J. Waldman The Radio-Television News Directors Association — to officially become known as the Radio Television Digital News Association Oct. 13 — every year presents one of the industry’s most important and valued awards honoring excellence in electronic…
By Debra Kaufman Big-name guests and a special focus on water will mark the 19th annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, being held from Oct. 7 to 11 in Madison, Wis. According to SEJ executive director Beth Parke,…
By Debra Kaufman A new survey of environmental reporters indicates that their biggest challenge is the limited resources of their jobs and the most crucial issue they cover is global warming.The poll, conducted by NewsPro in conjunction with the Society…
By Debra Kaufman Although the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) will be a hot spot of debate about how the world deals with global warming, few U.S. journalists, local or national, will be on hand — partly because…
By Debra Kaufman When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States many environmental journalists felt optimistic that his call for transparency signaled easier days ahead for obtaining information from the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, nearly nine months into…
By Elizabeth Jensen For proponents of efforts to pass a federal shield law, it’s been a few months of one step forward, two steps back. “Just when you think you’re making some headway, something comes up that you weren’t expecting,”…