APPLETON – The Post-Crescent has named Brad Star as its consumer business reporter, the Appleton newspaper announced this week.
Star, who has been with the newspaper’s parent company since July 2019, introduced himself to readers in a column Wednesday. He succeeds Maureen Wallenfang, who had covered consumer business for the Post-Crescent for 19 years before leaving in late November.
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A native of the Milwaukee area, Star graduated from Brookfield Academy in 2015 and earned his bachelor’s degree from Beloit College in 2019, majoring in business economics with a minor in journalism. While in college, he served as news editor and editor-in-chief of The Round Table student newspaper.
After graduating, Star joined USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin as a producer, working behind the scenes for its 10 daily newspapers, including The Post-Crescent.
