Wisconsin seeks federal OK to aid the unemployed with disabilities
Jun. 17, 2020
After issuing a slew of denials, state regulators are now pushing to give federal pandemic aid to laid-off Wisconsinites with disabilities.
After issuing a slew of denials, state regulators are now pushing to give federal pandemic aid to laid-off Wisconsinites with disabilities.
Michael Martoccia, a frequent speaker at past WNA Conventions, has been named vice president of digital sales and marketing for Adams Publishing Group.
In the newly created role, Martoccia will oversee digital revenue development across all APG markets, as well as sales training/enablement and the High Road Agency, APG’s internal digital organization.
Coming off the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s first-ever virtual state convention, Chair Ben Wikler says the party has built a “presidential-class campaign” that will now link up seamlessly with the operation of presumptive nominee Joe Biden.
Aggressive reporting goes beyond tackling sensitive and contentious subjects in a community’s living history. It also means delivering meaningful content, writes Jim Pumarlo, a speaker and trainer on newsroom success strategies.
In his most recent column, Pumarlo provides six examples of reporting that will erode a newspaper’s foundational credibility — and why it’s critical delve further with your reporting.
The Peninsula Pulse has named former longtime Door County journalist Debra Fitzgerald as its news editor, the newspaper announced last month.
Fitzgerald, who had spent the last 11 years at a newspaper in southwest Minnesota, introduced herself to readers in a column. She previously had worked eight years in the Door County Advocate newsroom before leaving Wisconsin in 2008.
I love cooking with mushrooms. And I love eating mushrooms. But growing mushrooms proved to be a different challenge entirely.
John Phillipp Graf, who was the second-longest serving publisher of the Galesville Republican, died Friday, June 5, at his home in Galesville. He was 69.
A Golden Member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, newspapering was Graf’s lifelong career. He worked in a variety of roles, including as a reporter, photographer, typesetter, proofreader, graphic designer, publisher and owner.
Despite safer-at-home orders in place through May 26, many Wisconsinites already had become more mobile than in the opening weeks of the pandemic.
The signs of spring — including birds returning to the Hardie farm — are in full swing. Soon it will be summer. The cycle of life turns.
The “Support Local News” campaign — launched Tuesday by the Local Media Association and the Local Media Consortium in partnership with the Google News Initiative — aims to raise awareness of the importance of local news and encourage support through subscriptions, donations and advertising.
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