LRB-2797/1
SRM:wlj:jm
2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
September 17, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Richards, Barca, Berceau,
Bernard Schaber, Bies, Brooks, Clark, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein,
Jorgensen, Kahl, Kaufert, Knodl, Kooyenga, Mason, Murphy, Nass,
Ohnstad, A. Ott, Pasch, Pope, Ringhand, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, C.
Taylor, Vos, Wright and Zepnick, cosponsored by Senators Risser,
Cowles,
T. Cullen, Darling, Hansen, Harris, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kedzie, C. Larson,
Lazich, Lehman, Olsen, Shilling and L. Taylor. Referred to Committee on
Rules.
AJR54,1,2
1Relating to: congratulating Steve Walters on being named Wisconsin Journalist of
2the Year.
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Whereas, Steve Walters has been named the Milwaukee Press Club's first-ever
4Wisconsin Journalist of the Year; and
AJR54,1,65
Whereas, established in 1885, the Milwaukee Press Club is the oldest
6continuously operating press club in North America; and
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Whereas, Steve Walters covered the Iowa legislature in the 1970s for the
8Dubuque Telegraph Herald and the
Des Moines Tribune, before becoming the
9managing editor of the
Waukesha Freeman; and
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Whereas, Steve Walters covered Wisconsin's capitol for the
Milwaukee Sentinel 11and the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from 1988 to 2009, serving as the capitol bureau
12chief of the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for 14 of those years; and
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Whereas, Steve Walters has taught undergraduate reporting and writing
14classes at the UW–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication since
151992; and
AJR54,2,3
1Whereas, Steve Walters has found new ways of informing the public about the
2goings-on of Wisconsin state government as senior producer for WisconsinEye since
32009; now, therefore, be it
AJR54,2,6
4Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the
5Wisconsin legislature congratulate Steve Walters on being named Wisconsin
6Journalist of the Year by the Milwaukee Press Club.
