In an effort to help the WNA Foundation spread the word about its second annual Wisconsin Civics Games Editorial Writing & Cartoon Contest, the Wisconsin State Journal is making its recent editorial about the competition available to WNA members.
As we approach the Oct. 24 submission deadline, we hope newspapers will consider publishing it in print and online.
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.
Total property values in Wisconsin grew by a record 13.8% in 2022, marking the largest increase in decades of data.
The virtual lecture is hosted by the Diederich College of Communication and the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism and is open to the public.
George Stanley, vice president of the WNA board of directors and Scott Peterson, president of the WNA Foundation represented the WNA at the Milwaukee Press Club's 2022 Media Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, Oct. 14.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association was presenting sponsor of the event that saw the following inductees honored: Denise Callaway, WTMJ-TV; Liddie Collins, Milwaukee Courier; Joyce Garbaciak, WITI-TV; Thomas E. Mitchell Jr., Milwaukee Community Journal; Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Martin Hintz, (deceased) Milwaukee Sentinel; and Meg Jones, (deceased) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Newsrooms have toiled the past many weeks churning out stories to help voters make informed choices on Election Day.
I am generally an optimistic fella who sees the H2O in the vessel as half-full most days.
Unprecedented heavy rains are increasing throughout the Mississippi River basin, changing communities and posing new challenges for farmers.
Peter Weinschenk will retire as editor of The (Abbotsford) Record Review, effective Oct. 12, he announced in a column this week.
A southern California native, Weinschenk joined the Record Review in 1981. He has served as editor of the newspaper ever since. In 2018, Weinschenk became the first three-time Golden Quill winner in the 56-year history of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ competition.
Melissa R. Collum, a Prairie du Chien resident with a background in academia, has been named editor of the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press.
Collum is a professor at Viterbo University, where she teaches courses in education, ethics, global studies and history. She will continue in this role while at the newspaper, according to the announcement. She also previously served as editor of the Postville (Iowa) Herald, where she worked to feature people and organizations who were strengthening their community and building bridges within the diverse Postville population.
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