
Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame nominations due September 1
The Wisconsin NewsMedia Association Foundation is accepting nominations for 2027 Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame class are due no later than Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
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The Wisconsin NewsMedia Association Foundation is accepting nominations for 2027 Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame class are due no later than Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.

While local news remains an important and trusted source of information for residents across Northeast Wisconsin, findings from a new regional study indicate that changes in access, coverage and relevance influence the ways people stay informed in their communities.

Wisconsin-born adults who have moved to other states are more likely to be college educated than their counterparts born in other states who move to Wisconsin, producing a net brain drain rate that is among the worst in the nation.

Wisconsin law treats a change of employer and what the law calls a “substantial change” in gross income as separate events. In applicable cases, both the person paying support and the person receiving it must report either change within 10 business days.

The Stealth Bot Prohibition Act, a bipartisan piece of transparency legislation that would require AI crawlers to identify themselves and their purpose before scraping a website, needs your support.
Local Media Association recently announced Adams Multi Media Southern Wisconsin as being among the 20 news organizations selected to participate in the 2026 national cohort of the LMA Lab for Journalism Funding.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is appealing a Dane County judge’s order for the Wisconsin Department of Justice to release a statewide roster of law enforcement officials in response to a request under open records laws.

Mary Culotta recently began work as the editor of Dodge County Pionier, Kewaskum Statesman and Campbellsport News.

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire journalism graduate Elyse Braun is the new editorial assistant at Berlin Journal Newspapers.

Ashley Kemp Wimberley, executive director of the Arkansas Press Association, was elected president of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc. (NAM) during the group’s 103rd Annual Summer Conference on July 30 in Salt Lake City.