Sidney H. Bliss
Sidney H. Bliss, former publisher of The (Janesville) Gazette, was a third-generation newspaperman. The family first took over operations of the The Gazette in 1884, and Bliss came aboard in 1923. He previously worked at the Minneapolis Journal, where he developed classified advertising sales techniques that gained widespread industry acceptance. At The Gazette, Bliss worked […]
Shirley Gauger
Scott M. Cutlip
Scott Cutlip, a longtime UW-Madison journalism professor, is remembered as a paragon of his craft. From writing industry-defining public relations textbooks to turning down higher-paying work to remain a professor, Cutlip was held in high esteem by colleagues and students alike. He spoke and wrote on the principals of truthfulness and openness in the field […]
Steve Hopkins
Steve Hopkins died in August 1998, an 85-year-old retired newspaper executive and community leader. He capped a 41-year career with the Marshfield News-Herald when he retired in 1978. He started working there in 1937, one year after graduating from the University of Missouri with his journalism degree. Hopkins worked through the ranks to be named […]
Steven W. Fogo
Scott B. Nichols
Stanley Doolittle
Sanders (Sandy) H.B. Hook
Sanders H.B. “Sandy” Hook’s entire 30-year career as a newspaperman was with Lee Enterprises, starting in 1965 in advertising at the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa. He transferred to the La Crosse Tribune a year later where he worked in the circulation, editorial and accounting departments before advancing to systems coordinator in 1970 and […]
Thomas R. Daniels
Thomas R. Daniels, longtime Middleton Times-Tribune editor and publisher spent nearly a quarter century at the newspaper. A World War I veteran and UW-Madison graduate, Daniels taught agriculture for a year at Middleton High School before he purchased the newspaper. Daniels served as editor and publisher of the Times-Tribune from 1924 until his unexpected death […]
