FORT ATKINSON — Longtime managing editor Christine Spangler will leave the Daily Jefferson County Union next week, the Fort Atkinson newspaper announced Thursday.
Spangler spent her entire career of more than 42 years at the Daily Union. She is stepping down as regional editor Scott Peterson’s role is expanded to oversee newsroom operations in both Watertown and Fort Atkinson.
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A Monroe native who grew up in Madison, Spangler earned her journalism degree in 1978 from UW-Madison. In June of the same year, she began her career as a city reporter for the Daily Union.
Spangler moved up to news editor in 1985 and was named managing editor in 1993. The Daily Union earned numerous WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest awards throughout her tenure. Spangler personally was recognized in editorial, news and feature writing categories, as well as for photography and investigative reporting entries.
