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Center for Journalism Ethics to host ‘Ethics, Urgency & Climate Journalism’ on April 28

Mar. 6, 2023

The UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics will host its 14th annual conference on Friday, April 28, at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in Madison. It is free, open to the public and made possible by generous sponsorships from craig newmark philanthropies and the Evjue Foundation. The WNA also is among the conference's participating sponsors.

"Ethics, Urgency & Climate Journalism" will bring together news media professionals, non-profit news leaders, media innovators, academics, climate change communicators, students and the public to address the ethical dimensions of covering climate change for our local, state, national and global communities.

The road signs of spring

Mar. 6, 2023

The classic harbingers of spring are the return of the robins, the maple sap run or the first blooms to sprout from the thawing earth.

Borowski named editor of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Mar. 4, 2023

Greg Borowski, who has worked at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 25 years, has been named the top editor of his hometown newspaper. He succeeds George Stanley, who retired at the end of last year after serving more than 43 years in journalism.

Born and raised in Milwaukee, he graduated from Messmer High School and Marquette University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1989. He joined the Journal Sentinel in 1998, covering politics and city government for a decade. For the last four years, he has served as deputy editor for news, projects and investigations.

Dining critic Carol Deptolla leaving Journal Sentinel

Mar. 3, 2023

Carol Deptolla, who has served as dining critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the past 15 years, is retiring from the newspaper, she announced in a farewell column Monday.

Deptolla, who succeeded Dennis Getto after his death in 2007, previously served as assistant chief of the Journal Sentinel's night copy desk. A Milwaukee native, she joined the newspaper as a reporter and features editor in the late 90s, after serving as a senior public relations specialist for the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Bob Heisse retires after 44 years in journalism

Mar. 3, 2023

Bob Heisse, who has served as executive editor of the River Valley Media Group for the past 2 1/2 years, is retiring after 44 years in journalism. He is being succeeded by Todd Krysiak, whose first day in the role was March 1.

Heisse joined the news group, which is owned by Lee Enterprises, in 2020. During his tenture, he oversaw newsrooms at the La Crosse Tribune, The Chippewa Herald and Winona (Minn.) Daily News. For the last two years, Heisse served as executive editor of the Kenosha News.

Todd Krysiak named editor of River Valley Media Group

Mar. 3, 2023

Todd Krysiak, a longtime journalist with 24 years of newsroom experience, has been named executive editor of River Valley Media Group. His first day in the new role was March 1. He succeeds Bob Heisse, who is retiring after 44 years in journalism.

Krysiak earned his degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University, where he wrote for the student newspaper, Northern Star. He joined Lee Enterprises in 2006 as a staff reporter for the Portage Daily Register before assuming the role as editor at The (Sauk City) Star News, the Baraboo News Republic and the (Reedsburg) Times Press.

Former Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Egan pens another book

Mar. 3, 2023

Dan Egan, a former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, has released a new book, "The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World out of Balance," in which he sounds alarms on both the scarcity and overreliance of phosphorus.

In 2017, Egan released "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes," which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a Go Big Read book at UW-Madison.

Walterry Insurance Brokers co-founder Terry Coady dies at 87

Mar. 3, 2023

Theresa "Terry" Marie Coady, who established Walterry Insurance Brokers with her husband, Walter, in 1968, died on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Fort Washington, Maryland, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. She was 87.

In 1976, the company began writing insurance policies for news organizations and, eventually, became one of largest insurers of media outlets in the country.

David Wagner, who helped lead Madison newspaper strike, dies at 79

Mar. 3, 2023

David Wagner, who helped lead the 1977 newspaper strike in Madison, died on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Tempe, Arizona. He was 78.

Wagner graduated from high school in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from UW-Madison. He became poetry editor of the underground newspaper Connections, and a short-time editor of the alternative weekly, Madison Kaleidoscope. He worked at The Capital Times from 1966 to 1972, as a protege of former editor Elliott Maraniss. Following the newspaper's strike, Wagner went on to work as editorial page editor of the The Waukesha Freeman and as an editor at The Arizona Republic until his early retirement for health reasons.

Digital journalism pioneer Mandy Jenkins dies at 42

Mar. 3, 2023

Mandy Jenkins, a digital news leader who worked as a news producer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from 2004 to 2007, died Sunday, Feb. 26, in Zanesville, Ohio, after nearly four years of cancer treatment. She was 42.

She most recently worked as Head of Product at Factal, a breaking news technology company, and previously served as General Manager at The Compass Experiment, a partnership between Google and McClatchy to explore sustainable business models for local news, wrote Carrie Blazina for the Online News Association. Jenkins served eight years on the ONA Board, including a term as president from 2018-19.