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Sports reporter Matt Velazquez leaves Journal Sentinel

Dec. 3, 2020

Matt Velazquez, who covered the Milwaukee Bucks for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is leaving the newspaper after 7 1/2 years. He explained in a farewell column that he is leaving to help his wife fulfill her dream of becoming a physician.

Veteran sportswriter Jim Owczarski will take over for Velazquez on the Bucks beat, the newspaper announced Thursday. Owczarski previously covered the Green Bay Packers beat for the Journal Sentinel.

Bill Lueders

Your Right to Know: State must do more to promote openness

Dec. 2, 2020

The state’s openness laws should not be seen as a burden, but as a way for public officials to build trust with the people they represent, writes Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council president Bill Lueders in the council’s most recent Your Right to Know column.

In the column, which is available for publication by WNA members, Lueders discusses a decision by the DOJ’s Office of Open Government that took far too long to issue.

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Poll: How will pandemic impact your holiday budget?

Dec. 1, 2020

A new poll question about how the pandemic will impact readers’ holiday budget is now available to be used by WNA members.

WNA members who have signed up for an account with Polco can access their local version of the new question, as well as local poll results, on their dashboards. Those who have not signed up can do so here for their own dashboard. They can also opt to embed the WNA-branded question.

Bart Pfankuch

Reporting on problems while seeking solutions

Dec. 1, 2020

Solutions journalism seeks to look for and cover topics of great importance by examining responses to problems, seeking out and defining solutions and sharing with readers what is working in our society and why.

In Bart Pfankuch‘s most recent installment of “Better Writing with Bart,” he discusses how to implement this new form of journalism, which can lead to positive changes in our communities and the lives of residents.

dodge county pionier, multi media channels

Three Multi Media Channels newspapers moving to new office

Nov. 30, 2020

Three Multi Media Channels newspapers — the Campbellsport News, Kewaskum Statesman and (Mayville) Dodge County Pionier— will relocate in January to a single office in the village of Theresa.

The move comes following the sale of the Pionier building in Mayville. Also up for sale is the building in Campbellsport, which since April 2019 has housed both the News and Statesman.

Rosemary Kendrick

Rosemary Kendrick, former Capital Times copy chief, dies at 80

Nov. 30, 2020

Rosemary Kendrick, who worked nearly 40 years as a reporter and copy editor at The Capital Times, died Nov. 10, in Madison. She was 80.

Hired by then-city editor Elliott Maraniss, Kendrick joined The Capital Times staff as a city hall reporter in September 1967. She moved in 1984 to the copy desk, where her sharp editing skills earned her the role of copy chief. Kendrick remained with the newspaper until her retirement in 2005.

Maureen Wallenfang

Columnist Maureen Wallenfang leaves The Post-Crescent after nearly two decades

Nov. 30, 2020

After nearly 19 years of covering consumer business in the Fox Valley for The Post-Crescent, Maureen Wallenfang has written her final column for the Appleton newspaper.

Wallenfang, who announced her departure last week in a farewell column, wrote “The Buzz,” which ran every Sunday and received more than two million page views per year.

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