Jessica VanEgeren has joined USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin as an Appleton-based local government and social justice/equity editor, the veteran journalist announced last week on Twitter.
VanEgeren, whose first day was Monday, will be based out of The Post-Crescent newsroom in downtown Appleton. In her new role, according to a recent job posting, VanEgeren will serve as the primary editor of local government, justice and equity reporting for The Post-Crescent and the Green Bay Press-Gazette. She also is expected to partner with an editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to lead a statewide team focused on justice and equity.
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Most recently, VanEgeren has worked as a freelancer over the last six months. She previously served as an associate editor and reporter for Up North News from January 2020 to February 2021.
VanEgeren’s longest previous role was as a reporter for The Cap Times in Madison. She covered politics and state government for the newspaper from June 2008 to November 2014. Prior to that role, she was a Madison-based editor for In Business magazine from October 2007 to June 2008.
A 1999 graduate from the University of South Carolina, VanEgeren started her journalism career in South Carolina as the city reporter for The Beaufort Gazette from May 1999 to June 2000. She then spent five years in Charleston as the transportation reporter at the state’s largest newspaper, The Post and Courier.
