From billboards to television to direct mail, there is a lot that newspapers can learn from other advertising sources.
Veteran sales trainer John Foust takes a look at seven different advertising platforms — and what can be learned from them.
Health care workers scrambled to treat patients on a day when 92 Wisconsin lives were reported lost. Outside of the hospital, politicians postured.
Despite the highest unemployment rate on record this year and hundreds of school buildings empty since March, Wisconsin voters approved school referendums this month at near-record rates. The results speak particularly loudly given that they happened in a high-turnout election and in communities carried by both presidential candidates.
My 45th hunting season this year will be sad because my hunting partner and mentor is gone. The woods will seem empty. But Dad will be there nevertheless. Because his memories and stories remain.
A new two-year legislative session begins in January, and for the first time in years, majority Republicans have a new majority leaderand a new co-chair of the budget committee.
Richard “Dick” McCord, who in the mid-1990s had a brief tenure as editor of the Door County Advocate, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 79.
McCord was hired by then-Advocate owner Frank Wood to serve as editor of the Sturgeon Bay weekly newspaper.
After retiring, he wrote several books, including “The Chain Gang: One Newspaper versus the Gannett Empire,” which detailed Wood’s efforts to continue publishing the Green Bay News-Chronicle after Gannett had purchased the city’s other daily newspaper, the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
The Center for Journalism Ethics is seeking nominations for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, the Center announced Monday. The deadline for submitting nominations is Jan. 15, 2021.
The Shadid Award, now in its 12th 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.
I always believe in miracles, but to get our prodigal bird back safe and sound, and after spending three days in the impossible wilderness, is more than just a miracle.
Longtime managing editor Christine Spangler will leave the Daily Jefferson County Union next week, the Fort Atkinson newspaper announced Thursday.
Spangler spent her entire career of more than 42 years at the Daily Union. She is stepping down as regional editor Scott Peterson‘s role is expanded to oversee newsroom operations in both Watertown and Fort Atkinson.
Stephanie Jones has been named managing editor of the Lake Geneva Regional News, the Wisconn Valley Media Group announced Wednesday.
Jones has served as managing editor of The Journal Times since February 2016. Scott Williams, previous editor of the Regional News, is moving to a reporting role at The Journal Times. Tom Farley, who had served as news editor since July 2000, will succeed Jones as interim managing editor of The Journal Times.
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