Seminar set to help student broadcasters
The WBA Student Seminar is set for Saturday, March 2 at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton. National Edward R. Murrow Award winning news reporter and UW-River Falls grad Boyd Huppert from KARE-TV in Minneapolis will present the keynote address….
WPT announces education-focused partnership
Wisconsin Public Television is getting involved in a new partnership to bring more resources to K-12 education. The Timothy William Trout Education Innovation Lab is designed to create, connect, and activate world-class content creators in science, instruction and media with…
Educators say thank you for WBA Foundation grants
The WBA Foundation is getting thank yous for it recent awarding of Educational Support Grants. Two letters are below: +++ Hello Michelle, I hope all is well with you and the WBA! I would like to sincerely thank you and…
Details released for Student Awards for Excellence
The details of the 2019 WBA Student Awards for Excellence were released Tuesday. The program can be found here. Submissions for the awards will begin Dec. 10 and will close Jan. 18, 2019. The awards will be handed out March…
Student scholarship competition extended one week
Do you know a student who could use assistance with educational expenses? The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation is extending it’s scholarship competition by one week. The WBA Foundation offers two $2,000 scholarships and two $1,000 scholarships. Students who meet eligibility requirements…
‘Radio Marketing Professional’ certification seminar dates announced
The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation (WBAF) is offering a new round of broadcast marketing seminars to Wisconsin college students. The WBA Foundation has pledged its financial support so that a student can take advantage of the Radio Advertising Bureau’s (RAB)…
Campus broadcasts add live closed captioning
This past summer, the staff at UWW-TV (UW-Whitewater) was busy seeking answers to the question of how to provide real-time closed captioning services for events broadcast on the campus cable television channel. Many state schools broadcast live sporting events like…
Student scholarship competition underway
Do you know a student who could use assistance with educational expenses? The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation offers two $2,000 scholarships and two $1,000 scholarships. Students who meet eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply for these scholarships. The application is available…
Collaboration connects UW-RF media production students to German school
As the only instructor of video production on the campus of UW-River Falls, I have often found myself the recipient of unsolicited requests for campus and community video productions, project ideas for students, and related collaborative proposals which due to…
