Oneida County sheriff to be honored with open government award

Oct. 14, 2022

Oneida County sheriff Grady Hartman will be honored with the Wisconsin Newspaper Association's inaugural Sunshine in Government award.

The award, launched this year by the WNA Board of Directors, recognizes efforts by Wisconsin citizens and public officials to protect and strengthen open government. It will be presented during the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame Banquet on Thursday, Nov. 10, at The Madison Club in downtown Madison.

Milwaukee newspaper executive Beverly Klein dies at 95

Oct. 14, 2022

Beverly Klein, who had a 32-year career with The (Milwaukee) Journal Company, died on Sept. 29, at the age of 95.

Born on July 16, 1927, in Wisconsin, to Frank and Evelyn Bolger, Klein began her advertising career as a part-time classified ad taker in 1961. She retired in 1993 as senior vice president of marketing, after rising through the ranks at a time when it was rare for women to have careers at all, let alone be executives, writes Genevieve Redsten of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Wisconsin newspaper editor Jonathan Stefonek pens first novel

Oct. 14, 2022

Jonathan Stefonek, managing editor of the Lodi Enterprise & Poynette Press, has been writing stories most of his life. Now, he has written a book, reports Bridget Cooke of the Portage Daily Register.

“The Adventures of Carol and Boscobel,” features two cats who escaped from an animal shelter. Disillusioned by humanity, the pair flee to the wild to live a more authentic, feral life. But being domesticated cats, they run into some problems along the way.

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UW-Green Bay honors Frank Wood with media center dedication

Oct. 14, 2022

The Frank Wood Media Newsroom was dedicated Monday at UW-Green Bay’s new media center in honor of the late publisher, reports The (Green Bay) Press Times.

Wood, who was inducted into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2002, owned Brown County Publishing, the Green Bay News-Chronicle, and other weekly papers in the area. The newsroom is one of many spaces in the new media center — a $5.7 million renovation that coincides with the rebirth of student-run media at UW-Green Bay. 

Reporter Joe Schulz leaves Ripon Commonwealth Press

Oct. 14, 2022

Reporter Joe Schulz is leaving the Ripon Commonwealth Press to take a job with a statewide news organization, he announced last week in a farewell column.

Schulz, who in 2020 earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UW-Oshkosh, previously served as managing editor of his student newspaper, The Advance-Titan, and news director of the university’s radio station. He also was a freelance reporter for the Oshkosh Herald.

In Memoriam: Patty Williamson still had stories to tell

Oct. 12, 2022

Patty Williamson, a longtime writer for Door County Living and the (Baileys Harbor) Peninsula Pulse, died Tuesday, Sept. 27. She was 88.

Williamson, who nurtured the journalism bug she first caught in high school through freelance gigs and fill-in duties for local newspapers, joined the Pulse at the age of 74, following a long career in public relations for Missouri school districts. During her tenure, she wrote more than 340 articles about people, history and the arts in Door County, and won an award in last year's Better Newspaper Contest.

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