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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.

Federal funds give Milwaukee a budge reprieve, but debt up as reckoning nears

Nov. 2, 2022

Federal pandemic relief funds give a temporary reprieve to a mounting array of fiscal woes for the city of Milwaukee, helping it avert large-scale service reductions in Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s proposal for the 2023 budget.

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.

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric roils Wisconsin, providing political fuel for the right

Oct. 31, 2022

The ‘parental rights’ movement is upending school board races, leading to book banning — and a growing sense of dread among the small number of children who are gay or transgender

Remembering the poor farm

Oct. 31, 2022

It was a quiet afternoon with gray skies that threatened rain when I stepped into the Jackson County Poor Farm Cemetery.

5 to be inducted into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame

Oct. 28, 2022

The deadline to purchase tickets to the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame banquet is Thursday, Nov. 3.

The WNA Foundation will induct the following newspaper leaders during a ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 10, at The Madison Club, 5 E. Wilson St., Madison: Emma Brown (posthumous), The Wisconsin Chief, Fort Atkinson; Dickey Chapelle (posthumous), Shorewood native, photographer and one of the first female war correspondents, killed in Vietnam; Charles "Chuck" Gauger, Trempealeau County Times, Whitehall; Peter Fox, Wisconsin Newspaper Association; and Phil Muench (posthumous), Grant County Herald Independent, Lancaster.

MultiMedia Channels closes Clintonville office

Oct. 28, 2022

MultiMedia Channels has closed its Clintonville office, the Clintonville Tribune-Gazette reports.

“MMC decided to close the office after evaluating all of our office space in Waupaca County,” Dave Wood, director of Operations and Distribution for MMC said in a story about the closure published Thursday. “COVID impacted how much office space was needed as many employees remained working from home.” The company’s offices in New London and Waupaca will remain open.

Photojournalist Daniel Kramer named managing editor of The Press Times

Oct. 28, 2022

Daniel Kramer, a longtime photojournalist and Green Bay native, has joined The Press Times as managing editor, the newspaper announced Friday.

Kramer has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in documentary photojournalism from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He has served as a writer, photographer and editor at several newspapers and was a staff photographer for the Houston Press from 2003 to 2009. Most recently, he has worked as a photography instructor and independent photographer.

Newspaper columnist Marybeth Tschumperlin dies at 74

Oct. 28, 2022

Marybeth Tschumperlin, an Eau Claire native who wrote a column for the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, died on Saturday, Oct. 22, at Dove Health Care West in Eau Claire. She was 74.

She and her husband, Michael, made their home in rural Elmwood, and for several years, Tschumperlin wrote the weekly column “Cruising around Elmwood” for the Sun-Argus. She also worked in the newspaper office for a short time.

Prairie du Chien editor Ted Pennekamp retires

Oct. 28, 2022

After 33 years in the newspaper business — 22 as editor of the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press — Ted Pennekamp is retiring, he announced in a column Wednesday. Prior to joining the Courier Press, Pennekamp worked as a reporter and photographer for the (Beaver Dam) Daily Citizen.

Pennekamp's longtime co-editor, Correne Martin, left the newspaper in August to teach special education English at Prairie du Chien High School. Earlier this month, the Press announced Mellissa R. Collum, a Prairie du Chien resident with a background in academia, had joined the newspaper as an editor.