The next test of voting during a pandemic will come on May 12, when voters cast ballots in the 7th Congressional District, which sprawls across 26 counties in central and northern Wisconsin.
Political ad defamation suits are difficult to win. But even the filing of a lawsuit, successful or not, can chill political speech.
Candidates seeking to get their name on the fall ballot have gotten creative as they try to collect signatures on nomination papers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts in Wisconsin and across the country say the jury is still out about how effectively ventilators treat COVID-19, particularly for patients with less severe symptoms.
During the “safer-at-home” order, a Middleton family has started The Quarantine Times, an online newspaper featuring content created by children.
Claire Lundgren, 10, and her sister, Rachel, 8, are among many children across the country publishing their own newspaper during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One night, during a full moon and after drinking too much tea, I found myself having the strangest conversation with Bob, my pet fish.
The WNA Foundation on Monday celebrated Wisconsin’s student journalists, announcing the winners in its college and high school Better Newspaper Contests.
The 2019 WNAF Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest featured 318 entries from 14 campus newspapers across 20 categories. Arches, Mount Mary College’s student publication, took home top honors in General Excellence.
Winners of the WNAF’s professional contest will be announced on May 15.
Gregg Walker, publisher of The Lakeland Times and The Northwoods River News, was elected president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association during its annual meeting, held virtually via Zoom on Thursday.
Walker succeeds Paul Seeling, publisher of the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, the Woodville Leader and MyGatewayNews.com.
Outgoing WNA President Paul J. Seeling, president of Gateway Publishing, Inc., and publisher of the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, the Woodville Leader and MyGatewayNews.com, thanked the membership and reminded Wisconsin newspapers that ‘We’re all in this together,” during his outgoing comments Thursday at the WNA Annual meeting.
The WNA Foundation has decided to cancel the 2020 WNA Convention & Trade Show, the 2020 Trees Retreat and this year’s summer internship program.
The determination to cancel the convention rather than postpone it, as previously announced, was a difficult decision, but was made in the interest of public health and the best interests of our members.
In light of the decision, the WNA will announce Better Newspaper Contest winners on May 15.
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