Wisconsin News Sites had a terrific showing at the first annual LION Awards. LION Publishers is a national trade group of Local Independent Online News publishers (WisCommunity has been a member for two years). The awards were presented at the organization's annual conference in Nashville, TN.
Wisconsin publications that won awards were:
Investigative Story of the Year (Large Publication) - Wausau Pilot and Review - Penta Wastewater Contamination
Business Idea of the Year - Racine County Eye - Eye on Employment
Best Breaking News Story - Madison365 - Madison Teacher on Leave After Alleged Beating of Girl Caught on Video
LION Publisher of the Year (Small) - Madison365
In the photo above - From left to right: Awards show co-host and LION revenue and operations director Phayvanh Luekhamhan; Richland Source’s Brittany Schock; awards show co-host and LION board chair Kelly Gilfillan. (Credit: LION Publishers)
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Steve is a member of LION Publishers , the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Local Media Consortium, is active in Health Dunn Right, and is vice-president of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Chippewa Valley.
He has been a computer guy most of his life but has published a political blog, a discussion website, and now Eye On Dunn County.
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