Milwaukee Press Club announces 2023 Sacred Cat and Headliners Awards

Mar. 1, 2023

The Milwaukee Press Club will honor its 2023 Headliners, Derek Mosley, director of Marquette University Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education and George Stanley, former editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and regional editor of USA TODAY Network Wisconsin, on Friday, May 12, at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

During the event, the press club also will honor Anna Wolfe, an award-winning investigative reporter for Mississippi Today, as its 2023 Sacred Cat Award honoree, as well as winners of the 2022 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition

There’s something to be said for decency

Mar. 1, 2023

The 39th President of the United States was smiling on July 27, 1979.

Less than four months later – on Nov. 4, 1979 – the defining moment of Jimmy Carter’s presidency occurred, when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage.

George Stanley

George Stanley to join Multi Media Channels

Feb. 28, 2023

In March, George Stanley will join Multi Media Channels (MMC), the publishing company of The (Green Bay) Press Times, as the company’s Local News Initiatives Adviser.

In his role, Stanley will work with the Pass it Forward internship program, as well as other company initiatives to nurture a healthy community journalism environment in the state. Stanley stepped down as editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in January.

Mark Lewis, Lee Enterprises, The Journal Times

Mark Lewis named regional president for APG

Feb. 27, 2023

Longtime media executive Mark Lewis has been named regional president for Adams Publishing Group-Southern Wisconsin. The news group includes The (Janesville) Gazette, Beloit Daily News, (Fort Atkinson) Daily Jefferson County Union, Watertown Daily Times, Antigo Daily Journal, (Marinette) EagleHerald and Hometown News Group.

Lewis, who previously served as publisher of The (Racine) Journal Times and has 30 years of experience in the industry, succeeds Orestes Baez, who in January was named CEO of TravelHost. 

A tale of ice

Feb. 27, 2023

While politicians and others way above my station and pay grade continue to debate, expound upon and expunge homosapien influence on the stratosphere, one thing I know for sure. The winter weather has changed and we’re seeing way more rain and ice.

Ardis Bloom Swenson, former publisher of The Stanley Republican, dies at 95

Feb. 24, 2023

Ardis Bloom Swenson, former publisher of The Stanley Republican, died on Jan. 27. She was 95.

Ardis and her late husband, Ralph, moved frequently as he grew his newspaper business. In 1960, they purchased The Stanley Republican, where they worked together until 1964, when Ralph died at the age of 39. Following his death, Ardis became publisher and editor of the newspaper, and wrote a column "The Melting Pot." She sold the newspaper in August 1968 to Joseph Frazedin of Fulda, Minnesota.

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