News & Announcements

American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street corner last week, has been released, two Iraqi officials with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday, April 7.

During the past year, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has increased its reporting in key areas — from city neighborhoods to the environment, education, and arts and culture — and helped create new opportunities for future journalists thanks to financial help from readers, foundations and community supporters.

The Wisconsin Professional Police Association has taken the City of Rhinelander to court over what it says is an unlawful refusal to release attorney billing records — documents the union argues are squarely subject to disclosure under Wisconsin’s Public Records Law and directly relevant to public oversight of taxpayer spending.

Media industry veterans Richard Brown (also a WNA Foundation Board member) and Penda Howell are on a mission to transform sales coaching with their online platform, Momentum Lab Pro.

An April 1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirms the rights of journalists to do their jobs without retaliatory actions by the federal government.

A Wisconsin journalist who works in the Middle East was kidnapped in Iraq on March 31, according to government and media reports. 

Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Adam Gerol last week dismissed a lawsuit filed against the City of Port Washington by Mequon developer Cindy Shaffer, whose plans to create a large subdivision on the community’s far west side were lauded by officials initially but fell through after 17 months of negotiations.