Don Brod — the only person to serve International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors as both executive director (previously known as the executive secretary-treasurer) and president — died Oct. 20, 2024 at his home in St. Charles, Ill., at the age of 92.
Jessica Adams has joined Wisconsin Watch as the director of partnerships for northeast Wisconsin and Cecilia Dobbs officially began her role as the director of audience and membership development at Wisconsin Watch on Oct. 21, 2024.
After four years, Assistant Sports Editor Zach Rastall has departed from Evans Print & Media Group and the Hillsboro Sentry-Enterprise.
Metro Milwaukee ranked last among 11 comparison metro areas in 2023 in one key metric of economic dynamism, venture capital investment, and it lags most peer metros in business creation.
In 2022, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council created a designated fund to help cover legal costs associated with fighting to pry records into the public domain. Called simply the WFOIC Legal Fund, it has never had more than $4,000 in its coffers. But the council has put what money that is there to good use.
With the Nov. 5, 2024 election fast approaching, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Media Freedom & Access Clinic recently released resources relating to press access to polling places, the vote tabulation process, key access to records and resources, campaign events and post-election voter polling.
Romell “Mel” Leo Fisher, formerly of Green Bay, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024 at the age of 89.
The number of annual union petitions in the state has more than doubled in recent years, suggesting interest in unionization is on the rise even as the share of Wisconsin workers in unions has fallen substantially.
The Center for Integrity in News Reporting is seeking entries for its second annual $100,000 of Awards in News Reporting Contest. Entries for 2024 are due Jan. 31, 2025.
Vivian Barrett has joined the staff of the Green Bay Press-Gazette as its new public safety reporter.
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