ISWNE’s Golden Quill award nominations due Feb. 1

Jan. 17, 2023

The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) is accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest. The deadline to enter is Feb. 1.

Entries must have been published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022. All non-daily newspapers are eligible to enter. Online-only newspapers must be considered community news sites. Cost is $10 per entry for ISWNE members, $15 per entry for non-members and $5 per entry for students. 

Deer crash brings collateral damage

Jan. 17, 2023

I don’t play the lottery and don’t frequent casinos, but if I were a betting man, I’d lay odds that sometime in the next few years I will be involved in a deer-vehicle collision.

Blankenburg, UW-Madison professor emeritus, dies at 90

Jan. 13, 2023

William Burl Blankenburg, professor emeritus of the UW-Madison School of Journalism, died on Jan. 1, in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 90.

In 1968, Blankenburg moved to Madison to accept a teaching position at UW. In his nearly 30-year academic career, he instructed thousands of undergraduate journalism students, advised countless master's and Ph.D. candidates, and published original research and books in the field of newspaper economics and the societal effects of mass media.

The beauty of black and white

Jan. 9, 2023

It’s always with a mixture of sadness and hope when we move past the holiday season and face the bleakness of January.

Fearless Forecasters give 2023 their best shot

Jan. 5, 2023

Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tim Michels joined the group for lunch last week, celebrating the bright red wave that carried him to victory over incumbent Tony Evers in November’s mid-term elections.

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