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Indie Lens Pop-Up will on Wednesday, Nov. 10, offer a free online screening of "Storm Lake," a documentary that offers an inside look at The Storm Lake Times, a family-owned weekly newspaper in northwestern Iowa. 

The screening will begin at noon, with a panel discussion to follow via Zoom. Panelists include Eric Lohman, a journalism lecturer at UW-Milwaukee with a focus on the political economy of media, and Tara Jones, a digital reporter for the Sheboygan Sun whose background includes experience working for rural newspapers in her home state of Ohio.

After sharing Madison.com with the Wisconsin State Journal for the last 25 years, The Cap Times is launching its own website, the newspaper has announced. Beginning Monday, The Cap Times' digital presence will move to a new home under the URL captimes.com. 

Paul Fanlund, editor and publisher of the newspaper, wrote that the new website would highlight The Cap Times' distinctively Madison-centric approach.

The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation is pleased to announce the distinguished industry leaders who will be inducted into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame on Thursday, Nov. 18, at The Madison Club, 5 E. Wilson St., Madison.

The 2021 inductees are Harland & Helen Everson (posthumous), The Edgerton Reporter; William “Bill” Hale (posthumous), Grant County Herald Independent, Lancaster; Phil Haslanger, The Capital Times, Madison; Margaret “Meg” Jones (posthumous), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; J. Anthony Josey (posthumous), Wisconsin Enterprise-Blade, Milwaukee; and Lucius W. Nieman (posthumous), The Milwaukee Journal.

The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation on Friday honored 26 industry leaders during this year’s Memorial Pylon virtual ceremony.  Those unable to join us for the live premiere can watch a replay of the ceremony below or on our YouTube channel.

The video features photos and biographies of the inductees along with memories shared by family, friends and former colleagues. 

Beth Bennett, executive director of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers today during the group’s 98th annual conference in Madison. Bennett has led the WNA since 2010 and previously served as the Illinois Press Association’s director of government relations. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Newspaper Association and is a past president of TEMPO Madison.

The directors of 29 newspaper associations from across the United States and Canada attended the conference this week at The Edgewater Hotel. Attendees participated in several sessions, including one on philanthropic journalism, during which WNA Membership & Communications Director Julia Hunter discussed fundraising opportunities for newspapers and highlighted the Wisconsin Community News Fund.

The WNA Foundation will honor 26 industry leaders during a virtual Memorial Pylon ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20.

While we miss gathering with our members and their families at the Trees for Tomorrow campus in Eagle River, Wis., we look forward to the participation of those across the state and the country who would not regularly have the opportunity to join us — and we're asking for all of your help! We know our inductees made a lasting impact on the lives of many, and we’d like to include as many memories as possible of each honoree. Upload a video message, share photos or submit your memory in writing using our online form or email them to WNA Membership & Communications Director Julia Hunter by Monday, Aug. 2.