Milwaukee Journal Sentinel taps Karnopp to serve as trending politics reporter

Hope Karnopp, a Pulitzer Center fellow at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has taken on the role of trending politics reporter. Her post on X/Twitter: “I’ll be doing a bit of everything I enjoy: breaking news, fact-checking, creating multimedia, writing accessible explainers and diving deep into how politics impacts Wisconsinites.” Karnopp interned at NBC News, the Wisconsin […]

Fowlkes joins Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as investigative reporter

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has hired a former intern, Tamia Fowlkes, as a public investigative reporter. In her new role, Fowlkes will cover education, barriers to housing, health and safety violations, business malpractice and harassment and climate and environmental issues. Previously, she was a general assignment reporting intern at The Washington Post. She interned at […]

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel adds staff in investigations and data

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has tapped Quinn Clark to serve on the investigations team and Eva Wen to serve as a data reporter.   Clark joined the Journal Sentinel in July 2022 as a reporter. Before that, she reported for Milwaukee’s alternative weekly covering arts, entertainment, culture and dining The Shepherd Express, and also for […]

Katzenberger to cover misinformation as student fellow at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tyler Katzenberger has joined Gannett’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a Google News initiative and Poynter student misinformation fellow. He wrote on X/Twitter: “I’ll be doing plenty of fact-checking, so tips are welcome at tkatzenberger@gannett.com or via DM.” Katzenberger joined in June 2023 as a Capitol bureau intern. He also held the posts of state news […]

Rutledge joins new nonprofit as investigations editor

The Examination has hired Pulitzer Prize winner Raquel Rutledge as an investigations editor. Since February 2004, she has worked at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as an investigative reporter. Rutledge won her Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for an expose on rampant fraud within Wisconsin’s child care subsidy program. She also received a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard […]

Former Journal Sentinel editor Stanley joins media company

George Stanley, who recently retired as editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has joined Green Bay-based media company Multi Media Channels LLC as local news initiatives adviser. Stanley also served as the regional editor of the USA Today Network and had been editor of the Journal Sentinel since 2015 and managing editor since 1997. He […]

Borowski named exec editor of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Greg Borowski has been promoted to executive editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he will oversee the newsroom operations at the Journal Sentinel, Green Bay Press-Gazette and Appleton Post-Crescent. Borowski has been with the Journal Sentinel for more than 24 years. There, he served as a political reporter, local enterprise editor, senior editor and […]

Casey joins Wisconsin Public Radio as Milwaukee reporter

Evan Casey has joined the Wisconsin Public Radio as a Milwaukee reporter. Recently, Casey served as a communities reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He freelanced for Kenosha News and was a multimedia journalist/web editor at Shepherd Express in Milwaukee. Other freelance posts include The Journal Times in Racine, Wis., and the Milwaukee Courier. Casey […]

Washington Post hires Johnson as science writer

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post‘s national editor Matea Gold, deputy national editor Phil Rucker, health and science editor Stephen Smith, deputy health and science editors Carol Eisenberg and Tracy Jan and health and science assignment editor Katie Zezima: We are delighted to announce that Mark Johnson is joining The Washington […]

Washington Post taps Marley as democracy reporter for Upper Midwest

The Washington Post has hired Patrick Marley as a democracy reporter for the Upper Midwest, where he will center on Wisconsin, Michigan and the region in general. He begins June 27. Marley  joins from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he is a State Capitol reporter. He was also a government reporter at Kenosha News and […]