The Oshkosh Examiner has been named a finalist for online public service reporting in the 90th annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition sponsored by the Milwaukee Press Club.The Examiner was cited for “The Coroner Who Conned a County,” a series of articles that examined the erratic behavior, including allegations of sexual misconduct, of former Winnebago County Coroner Barry Busby. The articles, reported and written by Miles Maguire, led to an investigation of Busby by the Board of Supervisors, Busby’s resignation and a decision by the county to adopt a new approach to reviewing suspicious or unexplained deaths. Many of the articles also appeared in the Oshkosh Herald.
The Milwaukee Press Club describes itself as “the oldest continuously operating press club in North America.”
“This year’s contest drew more than 750 entries from throughout Wisconsin in professional and collegiate categories,” MPC said in a press announcement. “The competition was judged by professional journalists from press clubs throughout the U.S., including statewide clubs in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho and Southeast Texas and metro area clubs in Dallas, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco and Syracuse.”
Award winners will be announced at the annual Gridiron Dinner, which has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The other finalists in the online category are Urban Milwaukee and Wisconsin Public Radio.
Oshkosh has three finalists in the collegiate category, all students who work at WRST-FM, the campus radio station of UW Oshkosh. They are Max Fredrick and Gideon Patrick, for their podcast “Script to Screen,” and Joseph Schulz for “UWO Red Zone Initiative,” for best news story.
Schulz has been a regular contributor to the Examiner.
“This year’s contest drew more than 750 entries from throughout Wisconsin in professional and collegiate categories,” MPC said in a press announcement. “The competition was judged by professional journalists from press clubs throughout the U.S., including statewide clubs in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho and Southeast Texas and metro area clubs in Dallas, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco and Syracuse.”
Award winners will be announced at the annual Gridiron Dinner, which has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The other finalists in the online category are Urban Milwaukee and Wisconsin Public Radio.
Oshkosh has three finalists in the collegiate category, all students who work at WRST-FM, the campus radio station of UW Oshkosh. They are Max Fredrick and Gideon Patrick, for their podcast “Script to Screen,” and Joseph Schulz for “UWO Red Zone Initiative,” for best news story.
Schulz has been a regular contributor to the Examiner.
James Fitzhenry, a former editor of the Oshkosh Northwestern who is now vice president for news of the USA Today Network - Wisconsin, is a member of teams that are finalists for best use of multimedia and best documentary.
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