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Submit your pitch, session ideas for the 2023 WNA Convention

Jan. 20, 2023

We're looking for member pitches and suggestions for the 2023 WNA Convention in Madison. Submissions are due by Sunday, Feb. 5.

We are accepting both pitches for member-led programming and requests for programming topics. Sessions are 45 to 55 minutes and, if selected, will be presented on either Thursday, March 23, or Friday, March 24, at The Concourse Hotel in Madison.

Wisconsin Civics Games registration deadline is Feb. 20

Jan. 20, 2023

The deadline to register for the 2023 Wisconsin Civics Games, which aims to promote civics education and encourage Wisconsin high school students to develop an interest in public service, is Feb. 20.

This year's regional competitions will be held virtually on Thursday, April 13 and Friday, April 14. The top-performing teams will advance to the state finals on Friday, May 12, at the State Capitol.

Using advertising’s ‘Bill of Rights’ to create an effective campaign

Jan. 20, 2023

In the advertising business, there are things that must be done in order to create an effective campaign. Think of it as Advertising’s Bill of Rights: Send the right message…to the right audience…in the right medium…at the right time…about the right product (or service)…which sells for the right price…in the right environment.

In his latest "Ad-Libs" column, veteran sales trainer John Foust takes a deeper look at some of these basic principles.

Kern named editor at The Post-Crescent

Jan. 20, 2023

Taima Kern, who has worked for the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin for more than 11 years, has been named editor of The Post-Crescent. Kern succeeds Larry Gallup, who served as editor of The Post-Crescent since 2021 and now works as an audience growth editor for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.

Kern joined the network in 2011 as assistant editor for the Action Publications in Fond du Lac County. She became site editor of the Fond du Lac Reporter and the network's nine nondaily publications in 2016. She's a 2011 graduate of Ripon College.

Frank named editor of Green Bay Press-Gazette

Jan. 20, 2023

Peter Frank, who has worked at the Green Bay Press-Gazette for the last 23 years, has been named editor of the newspaper. Frank, who most recently oversaw coverage of breaking and trending news in Green Bay and other sites in the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, will also lead a regional team focused on government, public safety and courts.

Frank succeeds Mark Treinen, who served as news director since March 2019 and recently was named editor of The (Madison) Capital Times.

Meisegeier joins The Ladysmith News as assistant editor

Jan. 19, 2023

Meggan Meisegeier, who recently graduated from UW-Superior with a bachelor’s degree in writing, has been named assistant editor of The Ladysmith News.

In her new role, she will cover local law enforcement and court news, dispatch reports, board meetings, Bruce and Flambeau School news, and various festivals and events.

Jones steps down as editor of Lake Geneva Regional News

Jan. 19, 2023

After a 15-year journalism career, Lake Geneva Regional News editor Stephanie Jones is leaving the field to become a teacher, she announced in a column Wednesday.

A 2007 graduate from UW-Milwaukee, Jones interned at the Green Bay Press-Gazette before joining The (Racine) Journal Times as a reporter. She was named managing editor of the Times in 2016 and became editor of its sister paper, the Regional News, in 2020. She also served as a member of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board's first reader advisory committee.

Devlin named local news editor at Lake Geneva Regional News

Jan. 19, 2023

Travis Devlin, who has served as a sports reporter for the Lake Geneva Regional News since October 2021, has been named the newspaper’s local news editor. His appointment follows the resignation of Regional News editor Stephanie Jones.

A 2018 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Devlin previously worked as a sports reporter for the Athens (Alabama) News Courier, the Sidney (Montana) Herald and The BG News in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Another year, another big race – this time for Supreme Court

Jan. 19, 2023

Now comes another big race — this time for former Chief Justice Pat Roggensack’s seat and a 10-year term on the state Supreme Court.

Five things to add for your ’23 vacation plans

Jan. 19, 2023

The column is produced by the husband and wife team of Bill Barth and Stephanie Klett. Bill is the former Editor of the Beloit Daily News, and a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame. Stephanie is the President and CEO of Visit Lake Geneva, and the former Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.