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WNA Foundation announces college, high school contest winners

May. 4, 2020

The WNA Foundation on Monday celebrated Wisconsin’s student journalists, announcing the winners in its college and high school Better Newspaper Contests.

The 2019 WNAF Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest featured 318 entries from 14 campus newspapers across 20 categories. Arches, Mount Mary College’s student publication, took home top honors in General Excellence.

Winners of the WNAF’s professional contest will be announced on May 15.

Gregg Walker elected president of Wisconsin Newspaper Association

May. 3, 2020

Gregg Walker, publisher of The Lakeland Times and The Northwoods River News, was elected president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association during its annual meeting, held virtually via Zoom on Thursday.

Walker succeeds Paul Seeling, publisher of the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, the Woodville Leader and MyGatewayNews.com.

‘We’re all in this together,’ Seeling notes during outgoing comments

May. 3, 2020

Outgoing WNA President Paul J. Seeling, president of Gateway Publishing, Inc., and publisher of the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, the Woodville Leader and MyGatewayNews.com, thanked the membership and reminded Wisconsin newspapers that ‘We’re all in this together,” during his outgoing comments Thursday at the WNA Annual meeting.

2020 WNA Convention, Trees Retreat canceled

May. 3, 2020

The WNA Foundation has decided to cancel the 2020 WNA Convention & Trade Show, the 2020 Trees Retreat and this year’s summer internship program.

The determination to cancel the convention rather than postpone it, as previously announced, was a difficult decision, but was made in the interest of public health and the best interests of our members.

In light of the decision, the WNA will announce Better Newspaper Contest winners on May 15.