FeaturedJune 22 2026

Wausau reporter receives IRE fellowship

A reporter at Wausau TV station WSAW-TV is one of 20 TV journalists from across the country awarded a fellowship from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). The fellowship means Emily Davies will join the TV Data Journalism Bootcamp taking place in September. The fellowship received financial backing from the Knight Foundation.

Training offered on reporting on suicide deaths

Your WBA is offering free training to newsrooms on how to report on suicide deaths. The free training comes from the Poynter Institute and will be held via webinar on Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. CT. You can register here. Read more: Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, in… – MORE –

Column: Lawmakers seek to keep their misconduct secret

Bill Lueders

Even Staush Gruszynski didn’t want this to happen. The former state Assembly representative from Green Bay is the subject of an ongoing legal battle over records regarding his sexual harassment of a female staffer. A judge in late June that the Legislature violated the state’s open records law in denying media requesters access to these… – MORE –

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