Richard Brown

Richard Brown to join Wisconsin Watch as director of engagement, growth & innovation

Richard Brown will become the director of engagement, growth and innovation for Madison-based nonprofit news organization Wisconsin Watch starting June 17. This new role is funded by Wisconsin Watch donors and the American Journalism Project as part of a collaborative effort to rebuild Wisconsin’s local news ecosystem.

A national media consultant who lives in the Milwaukee area, Brown has served as senior director of retention for The Daily Beast, overseeing retention, engagement and subscription management. Before that Brown held key positions leading digital engagement, sales and retention strategies for Gannett and the USA Today Network, for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and for LPi Liturgical Publications Inc. He also serves on the WNA Foundation Board of Directors.

Former Milwaukee Journal editorial editor David Behrendt dies at 89

Longtime Milwaukee journalist David Behrendt has died at the age of 89, reports Tom Daykin of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

A native of Stevens Point, Behrendt earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from UW-Madison. He went on to work as a reporter for the Decatur (Illinois) Review and joined the The Milwaukee Journal as a reporter in 1960. He became a copy editor in 1970 and an editorial writer the following year. Behrendt later served as editor of the newspaper's Crossroads section, and he was a member of the Journal Sentinel editorial board from 1995 — when the newspaper was formed through The Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel merger — until his retirement in 1998. He also was The Journal‘s editorial page editor from 1984 to 1995.

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