We live in a part of the world where they are pretty commonplace, but icicles rarely occur in nature with the exception of areas in cooler climates around waterfalls or during severe ice storms.
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host its 13th annual journalism ethics conference at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on Friday, April 29, in Madison. The conference is free, open to the public and made possible by generous sponsorships from Craig Newmark Philanthropies and the Evjue Foundation.
The Wisconsin Newspaper Association, which is also a conference sponsor, will send out a link to the virtual conference to WNA members on the day of the event.
The National Newspaper Association Foundation this week announced that this year's News Fellows program will go virtual.
The fellowship will focus on climate change and be held on March 15. There were seven open spots as of Tuesday, which will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested students or those wishing to nominate a Wisconsin college student for the fellowship should contact Lisa McGraw, public affairs manager for the Michigan Press Association, at lisa@michiganpress.org.
In his latest "Ad-libs" column, veteran sales trainer John Foust explains why one of the most important questions you can ask an advertising client is, "Would you mind showing me around?"
"You’ll be surprised at the things you’ll see and hear that can spark ad ideas," he writes.
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Feb. 10 to 22 were asked what they believed was the most important issue for elections and voting in 2022. We asked this question as a follow-up to our previous poll, in which respondents selected election security and/or voting rights as the top governmental priority for 2022.
Out of 587 respondents, 53% said voting rights and/or voter suppression were the most important election-related issues, while 21% said misinformation and disinformation were most important. Twelve percent of respondents chose election security and/or integrity as their top priority, while another 13% were split among the remaining poll options.
The COVID-19 pandemic decreased the earnings of many Milwaukee County artists and creatives, and while their income opportunities partially rebounded by the second half of 2021, they remained shy of pre-pandemic levels.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers isn’t asking for the measures and very well may veto them if they make it to his desk. But Republicans in the Legislature are still working on a host of workforce measures, which aim to ease the labor shortage by limiting access to government programs.
History and geology sometimes come together to tell fascinating stories, such as the rocky outcrop just outside of Galesville known as Decorah Peak.
Thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students get low-cost instruction: ‘Our goal is to reach as many students as we can to give them the tools to be a safe driver’
Four entries have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, UW-Madison's Center for Journalism Ethics announced this week. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize and be invited to accept the award and discuss their reporting at an awards ceremony in New York on May 17.
The Shadid Award, now in its 13th year, recognizes ethical decisions in reporting stories in any medium, including print, broadcast and digital, by journalists working for established news organizations or publishing individually. The award focuses on current journalism and does not include books, documentaries or other long-term projects.
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