Balk-Yaatenen joins Janesville Gazette

Nov. 11, 2022

Kylie Balk-Yaatenen has joined The (Janesville) Gazette as its new community, public safety and courts reporter. In her new role, she will cover the greater Rock County area.

A Wausau native, Balk-Yaatenen earned her degree in multimedia journalism this year from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. In college, she worked at the Advance-Titan student newspaper as a staff reporter covering arts and entertainment, later, as editor of the entertainment section.

Erin Noha joins EagleHerald as a reporter

Nov. 11, 2022

The EagleHerald in Marinette has announced on that Erin Noha, a Menominee native, has joined the newspaper as a local news reporter.

Noha previously worked for more than 11 years in online content creation and social media marketing. Her new position will combine her journalism experience and marketing and social media skills.

WNA Foundation celebrates newspaper pioneers during Hall of Fame banquet

Nov. 11, 2022

The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation inducted five new members to the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame during a banquet on Thursday, Nov. 10, at The Madison Club in Madison, Wisconsin.

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WATCH: See video tributes to each of the inductees

Inductees included Peter Fox, a former editor of The (Racine) Journal Times who served as director of the WNA from 2004 to 2010, and Chuck Gauger, who retired as general manager of the Trempealeau County Times in 2019 after a nearly 50-year career in newspapers. Three inductees were honored posthumously. They included Emma Brown, co-founder of Fort Atkinson's first newspaper and the state's first successful female publisher, Dickey Chapelle, a pioneering journalist and photographer known for her work as a war correspondent, and Phil Muench, a longtime pressman at the Grant County Herald Independent who died in 2020 following a battle with COVID-19. 

NBC News’ Pete Williams to discuss journalism ethics and covering the U.S. Supreme Court

Nov. 3, 2022

The University of Wisconsin's Center for Journalism Ethics will host a public event – “Breaking Precedent: Journalism Ethics & Covering the US Supreme Court” – at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Memorial Union Play Circle on the UW–Madison campus. In conversation with Kathleen Bartzen Culver, director of the Center, NBC's Pete Williams will engage in a public discussion of media ethics and the challenges of covering the U.S. Supreme Court in turbulent times.

Your Right to Know: Don’t pay too much for that photocopy

Nov. 1, 2022

How much does it cost to copy one piece of paper? Many records custodians in Wisconsin charge 25 cents — a price that likely goes back to 2018 guidance from the attorney general that anything in excess of 25 cents may be suspect. But state law says custodians can only charge the “actual, necessary and direct cost of reproduction.”

In the most recent installment of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council's Your Right to Know column, council member Tom Kamenick, provides an overview of the law surrounding the cost of hard-copy public records and encourages requesters to push back the next time a custodian tries to charge them 25 cents per copy.

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