Tara Jones has been named managing editor for Wisconsin Media Group‘s suburban Madison publications, the company has announced.
Jones will oversee the newsrooms at the Fitchburg Star, The Oregon Observer, The Stoughton Courier Hub and The Verona Press. She also will continue to serve as managing editor of the Sheboygan Sun.
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Previously, Jones had served as a reporter for the Sun since September 2020. Her past experience also includes two years as a reporter for The Lima (Ohio) News from 2018 to 2020 and three years as a sportswriter for the Sentinel-Tribune in Bowling Green, Ohio, from 2014 to 2017.
Jones earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University in 2015. While in college, she served as sports editor for The BG News student newspaper from August 2013 to December 2014.