Peter Fox, former executive director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and longtime Wisconsin journalist, was inducted on May 17 into the Wisconsin Dells Education Foundation’s Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame. The honor was bestowed on Fox for his contributions to the Dells area and school district.
A 1966 graduate of Wisconsin Dells High School, Fox wrote for the Wisconsin Dells Events and Wisconsin State Journal early in his career. His induction into the WDEF Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame is his second such honor in less than a year. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Hall of Fame on Nov. 10.
Fox credits Jim Walsh, the editor of the Dells Events during the mid-1960s, as well as his grandparents, whom he described as “avid newspaper readers” for his career in journalism.
He joined the Wisconsin State Journal full time in 1975, while attending graduate school at the University of Wisconsin. In 1981, he moved to Billings, Montana, to become a regional editor with the Billings Gazette, then returned to Wisconsin four years later to become the editor for The (Racine) Journal Times.
He left The Journal Times in 1994 to become the Director of Public Information for the UW System. He later served in state government as workforce development coordinator and secretary for the state’s Department of Employment Relations.
In 2004, Fox became executive director of the WNA — a position he held for six years before retiring. He and his wife, Nikki, live in Big Timber, Montana.
