Today is the Deadline to Enter the RTDNA/UNITY Awards!

RTDNA honors outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity with the RTDNA/UNITY Award. The award is part of the covenant the association has adopted with UNITY: Journalists of Color, to achieve diversity in the newsroom through developing news content and editorial staffs that reflect the changing face of communities. The purpose of the award is to encourage and showcase journalistic excellence in covering issues of race and ethnicity. It is presented annually to news organizations that show an ongoing commitment to covering the diversity of the communities they serve. 

RTDNA honors outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity with the RTDNA/UNITY Award. The award is part of the covenant the association has adopted with UNITY: Journalists of Color, to achiev More...

Ban on Face-To-Face Interviews with Federal Death Row Inmates Stands

By Kathleen A. Kirby, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

Journalists’ ability to perform their role as government watchdog suffered a blow this week that should not go unnoticed.  On Monday, the U.S. S More...

Sunshine Week is March 14-20

For Sunshine week, RTDNF has produced public service announcements for your station to air the week of March 14-20, 2010, and throughout the year. The PSAs are :15 or :30 in English and Spanish.

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New Grant Supports RTDNF’s Ethics Training Across the Country

WASHINGTON – The Board of Directors of the Ethics and

Excellence in Journalism Foundation has awarded a $105,000 grant to the Radio Television Digital News Foundation to support ethics training fo More...

From Newsroom to Classroom: Spring Break!

By Lydia Reeves Timmins, Temple University

Spring break!  No class for a week, and time to reflect on both the semester and the new direction in my life. As I hit the halfway mark in the clas More...

Chairman's Blog: View from the Dais

By Stacey Woelfel, RTDNA Chairman

I’ll close out the coverage of last week’s First Amendment Awards dinner with a few thoughts I collected from my vantage point looking out over the event.&nbs More...

The "Glue" That Holds Together More Social Networking

By Steve Safran, Editor, Lost Remote 

There's another social networking site out there now. That may be a ho-hum way to begin an essay, but stay with me for a moment because the new site does More...

COMPLETE COVERAGE: 20th Annual RTDNF First Amendment Awards Dinner

By Ryan G. Murphy, RTDNA Digital Media Editor

If you weren't in attendance for Thursday night's 20th Annual RTDNF First Amendment Awards dinner, RTDNA has you covered. Click here to visit our speci More...

Cochran Shares Role, Importance of Broadcast News with FCC

By Stacey Woelfel, RTDNA Chairman

It’s a place that every broadcaster thinks about, that institution in Washington, DC that’s always watching, always listening.  Seemingly a contradiction More...