Results available for summer activities poll

Readers visiting WNA member websites and social platforms from June 24 to July 6 were asked which canceled summer activities they would miss most in 2020. Here are the results.

Bill Hibbard

Former Milwaukee Journal reporter and editor Bill Hibbard dies at 92

Curt W. “Bill” Hibbard Jr., a longtime reporter and editor for the Milwaukee Journal, died Wednesday, July 1. He was 92.

After graduating with his journalism degree from UW-Madison in 1950, Hibbard started his career covering city hall and police for the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald in Iowa. A year later, he returned to Wisconsin to join the reporting staff at the Journal, where he served in several roles, including writing for the men’s lifestyle section and traveling around the word as the newspaper’s travel editor.

Bill Lueders

Raise the bar on police transparency

It is time to break down some of the barriers that prevent the public from getting a full and true picture of how police perform, Bill Lueders writes.

John Foust, advertising, ad-libs

Advertising sales is a problem-solving business

Being observant can go a long way in selling advertising.

In the most recent installment of his “Ad-Libs” column, veteran sales trainer John Foustdiscusses five things to consider before approaching a potential new client.

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