Did you miss the premiere of the 2020 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest award ceremony? Don’t worry. You can still view a recording of the program.
This year's ceremony was held virtually due to gathering restrictions and other COVID-19 safety recommendations.
Did you win a 2020 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest award and need a duplicate plaque or certificate? Place your order by March 14.
Certificates are $6 and plaques are $60. Shipping & handling is included. The typical turnaround is 3-4 weeks.
A new poll question about whether marijuana use should be legalized in Wisconsin is available to be used by WNA members. We are asking the question in light of Gov. Tony Evers’ inclusion of marijuana legalization in his budget proposal.
Results from our previous poll question about face mask requirements are also available.
WNA members who have signed up for an account with Polco can access their local version of the new question, as well as local poll results, on their dashboards. Those who have not signed up can do so here for their own dashboard.
The Wisconsin legislature is currently considering a bill that would give local governments the option to stop publishing a summary of their actions in local newspapers. Senate Bill 55 would allow local municipalities to post meeting minutes on their websites instead.
Removing existing publication requirements would remove important, third-party oversight of government, as well as create holes in this invaluable statewide database while also neglecting the needs of those who lack adequate computer and internet access. The WNA is asking all members to help defeat this bad public policy that undermines government transparency by:
Wisconsin Humanities’ Beyond the Headlines program will host a free, virtual workshop next month aimed at providing attendees with ideas and resources for telling stories about water justice issues related to climate change.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association is a partner of the Beyond the Headlines program, which works to bring Wisconsinites together for discussions that explore journalism’s crucial role in enabling productive citizen engagement in American democracy.
New federal charges say a group of three journalists played a major role in derailing a murder-for-hire plot in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
The journalists, who have not been publicly identified, discovered the plot while working on a story about a murder-for-hire website on the dark web. The discovery led to the recent arrest of a 37-year-old woman who is accused of paying the website administrator to kill a man. She faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
The Relevance Project has updated its All Together Now promotional ad series for 2021 with three new messages that can help sales reps introduce newspaper solutions to potential advertisers as well as check on loyal clients.
The new ads replace a series timed to the initial 2020 lockdowns and business closings caused by the pandemic.
Five entries have been selected as finalists for the 2021 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, UW-Madison’s Center for Journalism Ethics announced Monday.
The winner will be announced at a later date. The Center typically announces its winner in March ahead of a May ceremony in New York, but amid the pandemic, it has not specified plans for 2021.
Newspaper professionals from 13 states participated in this week’s Tri-State Newspaper Convention, presented by the Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin newspaper associations.
More than 500 registered for the two-day, virtual event that included more than 20 sessions on subjects from “Publishing Through a Pandemic” to “Covering Misinformation and Disinformation” and “Reporting on Race.” Attendees also interacted with peers and sponsors during roundtables and idea exchanges.
Edgerton Reporter publisher Diane Everson recently took a moment to highlight the importance of letters to the editor within a community.
One of the most widely read sections of the newspaper, Everson notes the Reporter has been publishing letters from its readers since 1874. Everson's editorial offered helpful suggestions to readers about what makes a good letter and recognized the 55 individuals who submitted letters during 2020.
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