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The updated order includes a provision that “media and news organizations can remain open to provide the public with vital information.”
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The updated order includes a provision that “media and news organizations can remain open to provide the public with vital information.”

Smaller newspapers were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they could be lost at a time when their communities need them more than ever.
The WNA has proactively reached out to Gov. Tony Evers’ office to emphasize that it’s critical the news media be classified as an essential business.

Local Media Association on Tuesday announced it has partnered with the Facebook Journalism Project and Lenfest Institute for Journalism to offer $1 million in grants to support news coverage of COVID-19.

MADISON — “The Quiet Rooms,” a series by Jodi S. Cohen of ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards of the Chicago Tribune has been named the winner of the 2020 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics.

Across the state, Wisconsin Newspaper Association members are taking steps to ensure the health and safety of not only their employees but also their communities amid ongoing coronavirus concerns.

DOJ’s Office of Open Government has released an advisory regarding the ability of governmental bodies to hold public meetings via telephone conference.

Guidance from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention addresses the safety of packages and commercial goods during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Pulse Research has just released the 2020 findings of the Pulse of America Annual Shopping survey.

Grant Blum, who spent nearly three decades as a part of the La Crosse Tribune newsroom, died Monday, March 2, in La Crosse. He was 88.